10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2017

You can probably understand the disappointment of a herpetologist friend of mine when he discovered that his very research transect was now paved. There’s enough scientific data collected already ( eBird illustrated checklist ), it is not as if we really need more. Cover photo : White Hunter Black Heart, 1990.

Rights 112

Rights Serbia Collecting Abandon 112

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. Ironically, only the women of one of these campaigns, the suffragette movement, have been recognized and honored.

Industry 117

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 117

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The Guan had never been seen in the wild after Polish Naturalist Wladyslaw Taczanowski collected one individual in 1876. Nineteenth and early twentieth century naturalists collected birds on long and arduous exploratory expeditions in the New World. A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection.

Collecting 266

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 266