10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

Among the Efe (Pygmy) people that I lived with in the 1980s, the young men would in fact disappear from the bosom of their families and spend a lot of time, perhaps months, living on their own in the forest. But it seems that many societies have a version of this that is less dramatic. Not birds, though.

Birds 169

Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990. Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral.

Ethiopia 239

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 239

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 1, 2011

People ask me about my favorite story in the collection. After talking to Barb’s family, there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that they were anticipating her passing with a sense of weary relief, so I was surprised when the hospice nurse called me on the day of Barb’s death and asked me to come out to the home quickly. A poodle.”.

Pit Bulls 100

Pit Bulls AKC Rattlesnake Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). Older chicks are not only larger and able to withstand larger wounds from other siblings, but also have the ability to monopolize the food they are fed by parents.”

Los Angeles 182

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 182