10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

It included a video that a production company took with a drone in our park’s corridor. Then there are the other uses and a question of ethics: Let’s say you know where Kirtland’s Warblers or Whooping Cranes are nesting and you want to document it with a drone…is that harassment? What if there’s an injury?

Bald Eagle 195

Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”. Accessorizing for birds. These birds have too much taste.

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Gooddie gets the book off to a quick start by describing his love affair with pittas (“the ultimate forest prize”), and detailing his decision to give up a good career as sales director of an audio manufacturing company (“my life was out of whack”). Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. And mosquitos.

Hunters 194

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 194

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. At Sea with the Marine Birds of the Raincoast. by Caroline Fox. 304 pages or 272 p.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100