10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2013

When I was a preschooler, I wasn’t allowed to watch much television, but I did get a double-dose of public programming — the PBS station out of Buffalo and the CBC beaming across the border from Ontario both showed a lot of material that met with my mother’s approval and my own.

Woodchucks 173

Woodchucks Buffalo Massachusetts Fox 173

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend. Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Is this moral? Photo by Paul Huber.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?” Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes. In exchange for a handful of wildebeest, oryx, impala, buffalo and kudu, not to mention the occasional lion, enormous areas of wilderness and all the species they contain are set aside and protected.

Tigers 178

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 178

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Swainson’s Flycatcher – Myiarchus swainsoni. Parque do Ibirapuera. 14 Mar 2016. Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. 24 Apr 2016. La Paz, Mexico.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154