10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. Hundreds of millions of sparrows were killed, almost to the point of extinction.

Bald Eagle 154

Bald Eagle Montenegro Campaign Turkey 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2024

Nowadays, the numbers are being controlled through culling. but walking to the Schollevaar hide I saw Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Tree Sparrow , European Stonechat , Eurasian Blackbird , Eurasian Blue Tit , Common Kestrel and even a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Actually, no, they just starved to death for lack of care. It was awful.

Beavers 141

Beavers Netherlands Eagles Geese 141

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

In 1898, Hermon Bumpus published a paper about change in the morphology in a population of House Sparrows that he proposed was an example of Darwinian Natural Selection in action. House Sparrows ( Passer domesticus ) are introduced birds over most of their very large range. Where has all the road kill gone? 2013.02.023.

Killing 194

Killing South Africa Nebraska Collecting 194