10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

It was the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, calling to report a Bald Eagle standing “crumpled” in remote area near Wausau, Wisconsin. A waste truck driver had found the eagle, but was unable to stay with her until we could arrive. This eagle is not long for this world.”. We are off to rescue a Bald Eagle, kiddo!”

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

En route, the teenagers were chatting away when suddenly I screamed “Eagles!”, Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. Bald Eagles ,” I said encouragingly/defensively/lamely. There’s one!”.

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Puffins Eggs Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle 274

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Like a bad boyfriend not changing into nicer clothes for an evening out, the Brown-cheeked Fulvetta gets chided on eBird for not making any efforts: “an unapologetically drab and unmarked fulvetta” The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater apparently digs nest-burrows in which to lay its eggs. “It is not deep enough yet!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. All I see are their buts. Also written up here. The original paper is here.

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