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Why You Should See The Big Year When It Opens

10,000 Birds

Timothy Barksdale is a birder, Prairie Chicken documentarian , and wildlife videographer well-known for his stunning Adventures with Birdman. That is a very human thing and from what I know, I believe this film will bring out the humanness of birding along with so many other wonderful aspects.

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My Favorite Release

10,000 Birds

We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. I’ve been locked in a chicken coop once or twice, too. It was like they said, “You reek of humans, go wash.”. We laugh because we are pretty darn sure he beat us back into Ohio.

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Bird Sex Voyeurs

10,000 Birds

Amy Evrard has a PhD in social anthropology from Harvard University and loves to write about human relationships with nature. A few weeks ago I joined a group of bird lovers to go out to a little clearing in the woods of West Virginia and watch the skydance of the American Woodcock. But that makes her sound awfully stuffy.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. Chicken actually has just as much cholesterol as beef (about 100 milligrams of cholesterol in a 4-ounce serving) and almost as much fat. Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken.

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