10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia watches him in half-amusement, then raises and gives a low, bull-like roar, provoking the lapwings to an excited screech, makes a few steps and lies down. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. The other two are motionless.

Tigers 252

Tigers India Killing 2012 252

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The critically endangered Forest Owlet © Nitin Bhardwaj. One Indian Muntjac deer quickly crosses two beams of light. Trips endangered species India owlets owls' It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot.

India 259

India Owls Tigers Endangered Species 259

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. One Indian Muntjac deer quickly crosses two beams of light. It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. The Forest Owlet is watching us – we are staring in awe. The bird that was lost for more than a century is looking at us.

India 187

India Owls Tigers Cows 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

The USFWS designated the whooping cranes in this population “nonessential and experimental.” What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243