4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2022
This all came back to me as I read Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure because author Susan Fox Rogers was one of the two birders to find the Ames Henslow’s Sparrow. by Susan Fox Rogers. It’s the subject of the eleventh essay in this collection, almost smack in the middle of the 22 pieces that comprise the book.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
In Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure , Susan Fox Rogers offers a series of elegantly written essays on learning to bird. This is a topic fraught with the danger of cliche, but Rogers knows how to use the essay form to tell a good story and convey the magic of emotional and worldview change.
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2016
It was also in some ways an emotional quest for Audubon, who was freshly driven to complete his great work in the face of his first intimations, not only of his own mortality, but also of the idea that his beloved adopted continent was not inexhaustible and that its natural riches could be destroyed by constant exploitation.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
At the same time, reading When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers, set me wondering about viewers’ reactions, especially New Yorkers who have never seen an owl outside of a zoo or a picture book. When Birds Are Near: Dispatches from Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
The author, conservation biologist Caroline Fox, is observing the albatross’s shadow to the side of the boat. Fox notes the albatross in her “soaking-wet notebook” and watches it circle and fly back into the masking glare. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 16, 2015
In my own defense,” said one boy, “I had a choice between spending my money on a kayak or a better camera.”. Fueled by Sue’s enthusiasm, our group crowded around excitedly but silently. It’s just …” one camper finally blurted out. It’s just we’re not sure how to respond emotionally.”.
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