10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2011

Fortunately, a pair of fellow Queens birders who will be known to those who read my posts about going to Ecuador, Karlo and Alison Mirth, witnessed a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from a Raccoon in Forest Park, Queens, recently and Alison got some pictures that she agreed to let me share here on 10,000 Birds.

Raccoons 224

Raccoons Woodchucks Opossums Squirrels 224

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2013

The species is being re-introduced in Colombia and Ecuador where the condors are either locally extinct or persist in very low numbers. In some regions people will bring their livestock to safe areas to prevent incidents with Andean Condor and Andean foxes. It is estimated that only a few thousand birds remain in the wild.

Livestock 175

Livestock Chile Colombia Ecuador 175

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The idea is that some finches from what is now Ecuador ended up on the Galapagos Islands, and subsequently diversified into a number of different forms … they speciated … filling various niches that on the mainland would have been filled by a number of different species. This included some birds as well as a fox.

Tortoises 198

Tortoises South America Panama Culling 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes. An example of this from outside hunting – Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park. It is very natural condition to look at something going wrong and imagine what should be happening instead. A hungry child should be fed. And embattled minority should be protected. Heathens should be converted.

Tigers 172

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172