10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I spent two full days where the birding was near constant, and, just to keep the binoculars from being neglected, topped it off with another half day of birding on our drive back from Cano Negro, Costa Rica. One of those species was a Pied Puffbird , our sole individual for the day and maybe the only one for the count.

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Farming 128

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I neglected to take the camera into the courtyard in the beginning, though I did bring the hounds and their beds. It's about not fetishizing one species while making an industry of torturing others. Violet was spooked early on, but Charles stayed for the entire evening. Veganism, to me, is about justice.

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Vegan Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I tried to get a better idea of what exactly the definition of cuckoo-dove is but am still not very clear about it – Wikipedia only offers the rather formal definition “any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia , Reinwardtoena, and Turacoena of the pigeon family.” But I may well be wrong.

Birds 147

Birds Geese Fish Industry 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The story of the White-winged Guan , in some ways resembles the re-discovery of some species thought to be extinct. A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection. The decades of storage in a museum came after it was regarded as an extinct species. Most species go extinct.

Collecting 270

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2012

But the honeyguides, indigobirds, and a single species of duck all do the classic cuckoo strategy (obligate interspecific brood parasitism) as well. In the old days, this was par for the course. It’s easy to see why some birds adopt this way of life. But come on. How could you hate a face like this?

Eggs 156

Eggs Neglecting Adoptable Hunting 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2015

Florida is perhaps the one place in the United States where you can rack up a pretty great list of birds, including some of North America’s most impressive species, simply by walking down the sidewalk for an hour or so. That was largely due to the vagaries of a single rental car and two young children, but it wasn’t so bad.

Florida 184

Florida North America Neglecting South America 184

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2014

And, of course, the wood-warblers. I spent as much time as I could out and about in the parks of Queens and enjoyed every single second, spotting twenty-two species of wood-warblers. And was it ever! Reports abounded of a huge variety of birds, from thrushes to nightjars, terns to vireos. Saturday was sublime and Sunday was superb.

New York City 172

New York City New York Kentucky Abandon 172