10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

Falcons 226

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 226

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Why do they gather feathers (duck feathers or others, white or sometimes otherwise) to line the nests– and place the feathers in a sort of canopy over the nest, like a parasol with a hole in the top? But Heinrich uses the term to mean (probably) that a strange female has laid her egg in a nest she did not make – a la the cowbird or cuckoo.

Eggs 131

Eggs Emotional Bats 2014 131

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

In the finest tradition of Romanticism, gulls dwell in the mystic world of dark and morbid imagery and emotions, which is expressed in often eroticized ways of aesthetic self-dramatization*. How do I know of their Gothic moods when they have hidden them so well in an egg-white shell of conformity? Get yours today! They’re Back!

2011 168

2011 Birds Deer Europe 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There are 160 to 200 species of marine birds here, depending on your definition of “marine bird” (Fox defines it as “species traditionally considered coastal,” including birds like Sandhill Cranes with the more traditional tubenoses, gulls, and ducks). Black-footed Albatross, image courtesy of Jared Towers.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Felonious Jive really likes a ravishing returning rarity – a Falcated Duck. Falcated Duck by Felonious Jive Duncan Wright had some pretty good birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Year. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. Sound good? And, no, I am not kidding.

2012 157

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 157