10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2019
The Philippine Eagle has a kind face. I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend their nest, raise a chick, and tear monkeys apart in Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth , a well-crafted, beautifully filmed documentary with a mission.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Clavruel’s book is not a day-by-day recreation of Audubon’s various itineraries, but rather a loose investigation of “regions and birds unknown to me,” he says, prompted by his “desire to meet and sketch people who live each day in contact with nature.” On the other hand, Davis is, of course, a big fan of the Bald Eagle, as Audubon was not.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2016
This Bald Eagle, photographed by Corey, was after Blue-winged Teal in Florida, not Atlantic Puffins in Maine. To wit: In an experiment informally called the “Cheetos Challenge,” a scientist investigated whether magpies or crows would be quicker to develop a taste for Cheetos—and which birds would ultimately steal them from the others.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Even to the author of the paper, who cautiously adds that “nest architecture is unlikely to be irrelevant to females, and its role deserves further investigation” (if swear words were allowed on 10,000 Birds, I would say that he is trying to cover his ass). It very effectively forms a small foraging group in this manner.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
There is another raptor over the ridge, light body and wings, dark head and chest – the Short-toed snake Eagle. Lazy afternoon at another beach, having lunch in one of the taverns known Pelion-wide for excellent fish. It doesn’t take long to spot five or six Yellow-legged Gulls and one odd bird among them.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2015
They were even investigating an old fire pit, which was interesting to observe. The largest bird being a Wedge-tailed Eagle , followed by Black Kites, Whistling Kites, a pair of Little Eagle, Nankeen Kestrel and Brown Goshawk. They were the first of many of the finch family that we would observe along the Negri River.
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