10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California. Except for the falconer’s jesses and bell, they were to be allowed freedom to pursue life in the wild, life with minimal human contact. The concern possessed him.

Falcons 192

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 192

Animal Ethics

MARCH 11, 2008

Pharmaceutically-laced water isn't just a problem for humans. Here is an AP story highlighting the impact these pharmaceutical substances are having on aquatic and avian species. For example, exposure to these substances is negatively impacting the reproductive abilities of some fish species, threatening their extinction.

Species 40

Species Dallas Phoenix Unwanted 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov. It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

The modal bird song is a song, but not all ‘songs’ are song-like, in the sense that we expect song to come out of the ‘mouth’ (bill) and to consist of modulated air currents (like human voice). Drawing of bower birds from Darwin’s 1871 volume on sexual selection.

Zebras 261

Zebras Birds Humane Raised 261

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2019

One of the advantages of Morelia as a birding/tourist destination is that we receive direct flights from Houston on United, Dallas/Fort Worth on American, and Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose (California), and Chicago/Midway on the Mexican carrier Volaris. One species of interest is more common on Punhuato than in los Filtros: the Spotted Wren.

Birds 173

Birds San Jose Los Angeles Fort Worth 173