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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The 32-page insert of color plates presents 63 images of paintings, book plates, mosaics, photographs, and a map, culled from Wikipedia Commons and other sources. It’s content is very different from a similarly named book, also by a well-known British nature writer, Birds and People by Mark Cocker.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

Excuse the sudden and random departure from the typical self-aggrandizing and narcissistic ornithophilic content. What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. That will return next month. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights.