10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2021

I daresay Fred wanted to do the hike more than we did but being kids before the digital age, we were always game for outdoor adventures. With what seemed to be extreme caution, they slowly moved into sight, raising and lowering their orange crests as they ninja walked onto the trail.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Chickens Pennsylvania Litter 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers.

Turkey 198

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted.

2011 239

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. I raised 4 of the cranes shot this year– chicks that still had much of their brown plumage.

2011 239

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

After a long hiatus that included a new cat, a new apartment, and enough time with the in-laws to last me quite awhile, here’s a rundown of April’s bird news: Funny, sad, and thought-provoking … an African-American ornithologist’s video tips for birding while black. Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.)

Malta 180

Malta Barn Owls Cyprus Fowl 180