10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Curiously, in 1831, McCormick was appointed a surgeon on HMS Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy and he expected to put together a sizeable natural history collection.

Russia 181

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2014

It has taken us around Western Australia on sealed and unsealed roads and over into the Northern Territory and shown us some amazing birding sights. If you are considering a vehicle for the outback and birding it is useful to have a Roo Bar, which protects your radiator if you have a close encounter with a kangaroo.

Birds 167

Birds Australia Kangaroos Protection 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. At the same location it was possible to watch Spotted Shags collecting nesting material and try and get airborne. I’ll work on that.

Penguins 165

Penguins Parrots New Zealand Seals 165

Animal Ethics

JULY 29, 2009

Keith, Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, is extremely close to reaching our goal of collecting 10,000 signatures on our "Truth Behind Labels" petition to the USDA to tell them their "naturally raised" label is not natural. We're currently at 9,556 signatures—96% of the way there!

Farm Sanctuary 40

Farm Sanctuary Meat Farm Animal Farmed Animals 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Wilson’s Storm Petrel Within the storm petrel collective, Black-bellied Storm Petrel migrate northwards through the trawling grounds during the September to October period.

Albatross 189

Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. The early threats of guano harvesting and egg collecting have been replaced by the more ominous threats of oil pollution and overfishing of their favorite food source – pilchards. Sharks, Cape Fur Seals and even Killer Whales will prey on them in the ocean.

Penguins 226

Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 226

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

In fact, should anything smaller than an elephant seal wander into the territory it will be rewarded not only with copious amounts of warm milky guano but a thorough battering. In fact the island is strewn with the debris collected from the tips along with the food, the more interesting items of which are collected for the gull juju box.

Breeding 177

Breeding Collecting California Hunting 177