10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2011
In many cases, myself included, the desire manifests itself in less apparent ways than going out and killing something for the trophy wall. I don’t need to kill something to feel the rush of the hunt. Enter our quest to see the Scaled Antpitta at Tandayapa Lodge in Ecuador. v=eeJ3XmPEncg These are the rewards of birding.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2013
Unfortunately, contemporary people from the high Andes are beginning to see condors as the enemy; a predator that will kill and eat livestock. After a while, Condors will continue eating the now dead animal and this is what people witness and believe condor intentionally killed the animal and then ate it. Photo: Alexander More.
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Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2014
In addition to Corey’s photo below from his trip to an Oilbird cave in Ecuador , check out these additional remarkable Oilbird eyecandy images. Oilbirds ( Steatornis caripensis ) in Ecuador © Corey Finger. Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomus discolor). Secretarybird ( Sagittarius serpentarius ) in Kenya by David J.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2013
Instead of competitively killing birds each Christmas season, Chapman proposed counting birds instead. Chapman was a pioneer of the Neotropics, publishing various surveys of the birdlife of countries like Colombia and Ecuador. This is his first contribution to 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2012
While exploring the grounds of Wildsumaco Lodge on the east slope of the Andes in Ecuador I came across a rather large bug lying on its back. Of course, the idea that a bug could kill you with a bite if you remained chaste is absurd. What a cool bug! No I am not making this up.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2013
We all know the answer to that – not thinking at all about the how – how on earth you actually do that – and causing a civil war that has killed hundreds of millions. Kill a president/religious leader/bunch of unfortunate random people and the masses will miraculously agree with you and join your cause.
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