10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Diving has taken me to places like Belize, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Egypt, places that coincidentally are fun to bird. The dive was a gentle one, as dive goes, with a lot of kelp to get under to hunt for interesting fish, lobsters, sponges and rays. Kina, or Sea Urchin. I was a diver before I was a birder.

New Zealand 160

New Zealand Goats Vanuatu Fiji 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2019

Gyrfalcons have long been prized for their ability to hunt prey considerably larger than themselves, as depicted in this painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, where the unlucky victim is a Gray Heron (note the jesses on the falcon).

2016 100

2016 Iceland Falcons Europe 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

There’s the Neolithic era; Ancient Egypt (bird mummies!); He continues with images found in illuminated manuscripts such as Catherine of Cleves’s Book of Hours and Frederick II of Germany’s On the Art of Hunting With Birds. With Birkhead, you never know what’s going to come next.

Dissection 209

Dissection Birds Research Europe 209

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

And, I’ve passed through the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, where the Ibis is featured on pottery fragments, many times. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

Birds 205

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 205