10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2011

This fear of the dark and deep is the reason why I am happy and grateful every day I wasn’t born a duck. Seriously, ducks must be the toughest creatures ever, the Chuck Norrises of the bird world, because they endure this thing all the time. He doesn’t go there for the ducks, but for the fish.

Zoos 186

Zoos Ducks Elephants Tigers 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Slaughter Lake does not sound like it would be a nice place to visit but we three Americans, my small family, were blissfully unaware of what Schlachtensee translates to before our expedition there.

Woodpeckers 160

Woodpeckers Birds ALA Slaughter 160

Animal Person

JUNE 26, 2009

People in South Florida are still in an uproar over the mutilation and slaughter of 19 house cats (allegedly) by 18-year old Tyler Weinman, who was declared mentally competent and not a danger to himself or others (!). We don't say we hate pigs and want to see them writhing in pain and slaughtered. We don't say we hate cows.

Cats 100

Cats Dissection Cougars Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. Lest people read this and think that I have gone completely off of the deep end please recall that Muscovy Duck , which in Florida is entirely an escaped domestic, is on the checklist there. You see, the chickens are being shortchanged. Americans love chicken.

Chickens 193

Chickens Florida Feral Species 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. A curious Laysan Duck takes a stroll at Midway Atoll. Although Laysan Duck is a Hawaiian bird, most birders have never heard of it.

Albatross 199

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Most of the deer and duck hunters I know lament the loss of an old growth forest or flood-plain swamp as much as I do. It is a very interesting read, and as I stated in the post I wrote on my blog , part of the team that wrote the plan is the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, one of the states proposing a Sandhill Crane slaughter.

2011 240

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

And similarly with 99 other birds — raptors, songbirds, ducks, and otherwise. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g., This is a book that will be read with pleasure and amazement by both birders and nonbirders.

Birds 240

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 240