10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2018

And these weren’t just any old foundlings either, but some of the oddest members of the beer family, lurking in the dark, dusty corners of ancient, regional brewing traditions – often delicious but hopelessly antiquated holdouts against Progress. Uinta Brewing Company: Flamingose. Consider yourself warned.

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Germany Utah Adoptable Stray 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

A description of the parenting habits of Emperor Penguins begins the lengthy chapter, “Family Matters,” about Chris’s difficult, intense relationship with his father. A trip to Nepal with a non-birding boyfriend, with the goal of climbing the Himalaya to the foot of Mt.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’m missing my family and that probably doesn’t leave me in the best frame of mind to write. There is much to love about their company. I’ve neglected their company too long, but they always let me know that the winter isn’t so bad, not when you can spend it with great birds like them.

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Tethering Neglecting South America Dogs 181

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

I liked the way the film connects oil use to an oil company. And there is a family in rural England who charts their energy use and we see that food is the second highest use of energy for them (air travel takes up the most). It's about the people and the land. A young woman in Nigeria (can you say Shell Oil?) But they dismiss food.

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Nigeria Vegan Neglecting Vegetarian 100