10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2014
Some abbreviations roll off your tongue and are thus quite helpful – Mourning Doves are MODOs, Peregrine Falcons are PEFAs, Mississippi Kites are MIKIs. Fried rehabbers become emotional in ways that make perfect sense to us, but not necessarily to anyone else. Here’s an example.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2016
Go to political rallies to get your emotions manipulated by potent, practiced con-artists? If you live in the northern hemisphere, of course there isn’t! What are you going to do, stare at some mobile device like a 21st century zombie and watch videos of people doing silly things? No, everyone should be out birding.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2012
The World Center for Birds of Prey ( The Peregrine Fund ) in Boise, Idaho, most famous for its Peregrine Falcons , also has a vital population of California condors. I sensed his ability to hold a lot of information in his head while sorting through his emotions about what’s happening.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Peregrine Falcon nests. We simply refuse to squee. Some people love books like that. Familiar is not necessarily common.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2024
A Merlin had just attempted to grab breakfast before our very eyes… She missed and while we were happy for the sandpipers – they are very pretty – the excitement we felt was for the falcon. Hearts racing and tears of emotion welling up in our eyes! What a spectacle. The excitement was far from over. Next stop: Presa Agualeguas.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2019
“We’ll take the Peregrine Falcon ,” at least seven voices said at once. ” But the others were back to talking over each other, and me, and mostly what they were saying was Peregrine Falcon, Peregrine Falcon. “The Peregrine Falcon isn’t even that rare anymore!” You know it does.*.
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