10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. So, I just sit here, amazed at this book.

Birds 207

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 207

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”.

Wildlife 242

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 242

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

As she has done for many years and with more than twenty species, she adopted a baby bird, a blue jay. The latest and delightfullest in this genre is Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-luck Jay. To readers and to baby birds, its author, Julie Zickefoose, is a treasure.

Ohio 137

Ohio Adoptable Emotional 2019 137

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Today I want to talk about how it also damages conservation by, in much the same way as other media does, by reducing issues to pithy statements, devoid of nuance and heavily laden with emotion, and shaping the opinion of millions as it does so. Conservation is concerned about protecting populations, species, habitats, ecosystems.

Lions 203

Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 203

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2011

And while they are easily identified to genus level, species identification - where necessary - is all I have mentioned in the intro to this post above, and then some. “Outside North America&# and “where necessary&# ? have asked themselves for ages: Is the Brown Creeper more than one species ? I’ll explain.

North America 145

North America Europe Asia America 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

It is also clear that the authors envision a system where crows are more romping family members, like dogs, and less decorations in a cage like so many avian captives.

Humane 140

Humane Emotional Stray Dog Science 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2019

” Glancing at the man who’d interrupted, I remembered exactly how his family first made their money and decided to move ahead quickly. That species could use a cash infusion right away.” “I’ve never even heard of this McCown jerk. No brand recognition at all.” “Exactly! Bezos’s Longspur?”

Branding 155

Branding Falcons California Condor Birds 155

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I should add that the Big Owls taking over NYC social and even hard print media, dominating conversations with my nonbirder friends and family, are not the only owls in the five boroughs, but like a musical, the closer you are to Broadway, the closer you are to fame and fortune (and maybe even a higher quality rodent for dinner, who knows?).

New York City 181

New York City Birds Owls Fox 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The simple answer is monetary gain, there is a global black market for these items, regardless of the species’ vulnerability for extinction. a close childhood friend of Lendrum’s, Howard Waller, breeds falcons for Sheikh Butti bin Maktoum, a member of the Dubai royal family.

Falcons 202

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Unless you are nothing but the lowly diehard lister, for which you should feel much shame and embarrassment for, birders and biologists alike frequently want to understand birds on a deeper level than how to identify the age, sex and species of a certain individual. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

Emotional 200

Emotional Science Birds Mammals 200

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. And, to give his dream year a little more oomph, he created a grand once-in-a-lifetime goal: to track down and see every pitta species in the world in one year. It’s what I dream of every Monday morning. And mosquitos. edition of the book in the fall.

Hunters 188

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum. Detective Inspector Fraser Wylie of the Hertfordshire Constabulary offered a number of theories about how the stolen birds might be used—for dressmaking, costume jewelry, or fishing lures—and asked collectors to keep an eye out for these species.

Collecting 103

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families). The process took eight years and has since been duplicated all over the world with a variety of species, explained one of our guides … the genial and informative Dr. Kress himself.

Puffins 249

Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 249

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2022

The Beautiful Sibia is one of 11 bird species listed in the HBW with the word “beautiful” in its name. However, the Latin species name is desgodinsi after Auguste Desgodins, a French missionary whose sole claim to fame seems to be that he attempted to enter Tibet in the early 1860s. Nationalism still sucks.

China 209

China India Birds North Korea 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

Ghana 189

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 189

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

My trips abroad were limited to short family vacations to the Cote d’Azur during the first days of January and a week-long vacation to northern Tuscany / Italy in May. I therefore finished the year on a high note, seeing quite a few species I scarcely got to see during the previous years. 1, my best bird of the year… 10.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

According to Dr. Spock: Most families have become more conscious about the fat content of meats, and many are choosing the lower-fat cuts. My emphasis] There are other reasons why families are looking more favorably at plant-based choices. Michael Klaper, Pregnancy, Children, and the Vegan Diet , p. Never mind all that.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. 2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama.

2012 144

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 144

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I come from a large family: five sisters, two brothers and almost everyone has kids. Most of my family lives in Indiana, but thanks to social media we can easily keep in touch. Case in point: some of my family members have become active with feral cat colony organizations. We see several different types of species.

Feral Cats 177

Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 177