10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

27, 2015 Christian Gutierrez, Raymond Justice, and Carter Mesker went on a camping trip to Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu, Hawaii. They emerged from their bloody rampage leaving fifteen adults dead, and fifteen destroyed nests with either smashed or missing eggs. Nature does not always provide a happy ending.

Albatross 214

Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks! “Almost restores your faith in humanity!”

Transported 278

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

I ended up looking for photographs of Peregrine hack sites, captive breeding aviaries, Hawaii tropical forest, and the California Condors of the Grand Canyon on the Internet. There is a beautiful photograph of a Peregrine Falcon on the cover and smaller photographs of Hawaiian Crow and California Condor on the back cover, but I want more.

California Condor 171

California Condor Falcons California Birds 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Blue Whistling Thrush is presumably named for its loud human-like whistling, and possibly for being blue. The male Grey Peacock-Pheasant looks quite attractive, though most human males would rightfully shudder to wear a shirt covered in purplish dots. “It is not deep enough yet!

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147