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
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. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches).
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10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2016
Go to political rallies to get your emotions manipulated by potent, practiced con-artists? I can also wait because the results of that birdathon were 260 species, and some fine, new, year birds like Upland Sandpiper, Common Potoo, and Purplish-backed Quail-Dove. If you live in the northern hemisphere, of course there isn’t!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2014
That’s when the state and feds demand that we fill out complicated forms detailing every bird we’ve taken in during the year, supposedly using the North American Ornithological Society’s abbreviation for each species. Fried rehabbers become emotional in ways that make perfect sense to us, but not necessarily to anyone else.
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. And they continue to ingest lead.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2024
There was a large raft of hundreds of American Coot , an American White Pelican and lots of duck species. 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. The birds warmed us too.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2019
“We’ll take the Peregrine Falcon ,” at least seven voices said at once. That species could use a cash infusion right away.” ” But the others were back to talking over each other, and me, and mostly what they were saying was Peregrine Falcon, Peregrine Falcon. Sparrow polls really bad.
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