10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

The two best ways to find it when visiting Costa Rica are: taking a trip to Cocos Island, and watching pelagic seabird flocks associated with tuna and dolphins. It’s an unfortunate answer that reflects the steady decrease in population suffered by this parrot king of the tropical dry forest.

Costa Rica 251

Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 251

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. I also think there are chapters where the photographs crowd out the text.

2006 242

2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 242

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

And this is partly what’s so disappointing about the message of this book: Herzog amasses the research, and sees and does things that involve tremendous suffering and injustice. The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue).

Vegan 100

Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. White-faced Storm-petrel ( Pelagodroma marina ) The trip set out from the Northland town of Warkworth (around an hour north of Auckland) bright and early at 8.

New Zealand 174

New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 174

Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

Now, although it is plausible that adult animals of some very intelligent species, e.g., dolphins and chimpanzees, have such a concept, it is not clear that adult animals of other species do and it is very likely that young infants of any species do not. Presumably most animals—even infants—would have the right not to suffer.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Suffering Killing 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

To get out to the deep water we have to cruise for hours which necessitates leaving late in the evening, trying to sleep on an uncomfortable, moving boat, and waking up in the predawn hours to spend not-enough-time amid amazing birds before suffering through the long, boring ride through the “dead zone” back to shore.

Whales 108

Whales Whaling Albatross Dolphins 108