10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2021

Chapter Two is a potpourri of stories about nemesis birds, birding by ear, birding for science, under the rubric of birding ‘for the love of it.’ Marybeth Lima tells her birding and personal stories in straightforward, honest language that never skimps on detail (sometimes a bit too much detail) but never overflows on emotion.

Louisiana 264

Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

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. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

Birds 205

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 205

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. government (Johnson had worked in Iraq for USAID, where he learned about his friends and colleagues problems first-hand). Mostly adult males.

Collecting 102

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 102