10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. Then I started volunteering at The Raptor Center to give educational programs with live birds of prey and my trainer was a master falconer. Turns out the founder of TRC and many the vets who worked in clinic were falconers as well.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 251

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

As an independent illustrator, he regularly contributed art to Ford Times , a “lifestyle” magazine published by the Ford Motor Company. He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. White article on bird feeding stations.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

So, all this makes birding this place an occasionally less than pleasant experience. A few general words about parrotbills to fulfill my educational duty towards you, the valued reader. However, it is still worth it, if only for the parrotbills, four of which I encountered here within a few hours.

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 218