10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2017
It’s Christmas Bird Count season, and if you know Christmas Bird Counts you have probably heard the tale of how Frank Chapman invented this winter tradition to replace the older and considerably less optimal for birds tradition of the Christmas side hunt. Or specific members thereof. And I’m not even talking about dinner.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Not all the birds, of course, but many of the distinctive and conspicuous species. Yes, you read that correctly – it was seemingly reversing the laws of gravity. I’ve seen this bird hunting, actively denuding dead branches in pursuit of what lies beneath. But this book taught me about eagles, owls, storks and herons.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
The lessons are written in a relaxed personable way, with separate sections on tools, such as “carving tools and the marks they make” and on techniques, such as “watercolor studio painting,” “drawing from life,” and, of course, “making a block print.” Cleaning brushes, for example.
Animal Person
MARCH 29, 2010
In some sense, of course, many (perhaps most) humans don't know right from wrong. Still, with regard to human victims, the law doesn't accept the victimizer's enculturation as justification. law is even more speciesist than the U.S. Most believe that it's wrong to hunt animals for sport, but sport hunting is legal.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2015
When they called our state agency, they were told to “let nature take its course.” Lead remains in both fishing and hunting products, with strong lobbies that insist lead poisoning is not real, even as our facilities fill regularly with birds afflicted with it. He lay in a ditch with a spinal injury, unable to move.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2012
And this year the pickin’s for quality hunting grounds may be even slimmer. Most will say, “of course not” and the people who disagree will withhold comment. When in doubt, follow Wheaton’s Law. One particular airport had at least three Snowy Owls perching on runways. I suspect I know the answer.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2016
This species, one of the heaviest birds able to fly, was once common through most of southern and central Europe and all the way to Mongolia, but was driven to extinction by hunting and changes in agricultural practises in most of its European range during the 19th and early 20th century.
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