10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Nesting is now confined to Morocco, irregularly in Boghari in Algeria and in Birecik, Turkey.” (The Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain. (In Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience. But this range is now much reduced.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2020
If I had known that these Amanita caesareas smell pleasantly of eggs, I would have taken a sniff. Sometimes it is the experience that makes them memorable. My Laurelito trip was topped off by my discovery, when I walked back to my car, that it had been turned into a turkey perch. Then I saw its shiny partner. More on that later.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Going back to that assumption that birds don’t have a sense of smell, it can be traced to John James Audubon (of course), who performed several experiments with Turkey Vultures and concluded that the vultures used sight, not scent, to find food. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2016
While so many spent the weekend obsessing over eggs, others cast their eyes to the feathered fruit of eggs… not necessarily Easter eggs, but different, non-chicken eggs. I enjoyed observing Wild Turkeys , clearly feeling bolder on Easter than Thanksgiving, foraging openly along the Palisades Parkway.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Most of the chapters in The Bird Way focus on one or two scientists who has done extensive research on ‘outlier behavior.’
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
There will be no greyhound corpse on our table, no turkey corpse and no pig corpse. There will be no pies or cakes that were made with milk that was meant for calves, or eggs that represent dead male chicks , forced molting, debeaking and other mutilations and cruelties.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
In addition to Pileated Woodpecker, the Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania documents increases in numbers of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hooded Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Alder Flycatcher, Common Raven, Wild Turkey, and, of course, Canada Goose. Images courtesy of Pennsylvania State University Press.
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