10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2015
This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. Neighbor A’s private property and peace of mind are both suffering because of the cats, which are killing government-protected species. You call the SWAT team. What birds need is their own SWAT team.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
This is how it looks like: Or at sunset: A species I did not come for from Shanghai is the Black-crowned Night Heron. Its species name graydoni is in honor of Philip Newenham Graydon (1864-1940), a British planter in Sabah. Why that makes Mr. Graydon worthy of having a bird species named after him is a mystery to me.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2011
Look at the facts, lay your emotions aside and listen to reason—exactly the same reasoning that’s been so persuasive in convincing me that hunting cranes is the right thing to do. There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. We need to give hunters new opportunities and new species to hunt.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 10, 2020
But I would never have imagined how important it would be to my emotional well-being to have a bird-friendly garden during lockdown. It doesn’t seem to offer food or shelter for birds; but, being the tallest tree on the block, is an important stopover for lots of species. Ash: My ash tree is at least 50 feet tall.
10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2016
It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. Go to political rallies to get your emotions manipulated by potent, practiced con-artists? It will be birding on the sly at its best and if the birds are singing, I might even break 100 species.
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. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches). We simply refuse to squee.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
What I’ve found instead is that comparatively few people have closely tracked or particularly cared about most of the organization’s occasional but real stumbles. And every organization, especially a membership-based one, needs its critics and does well to consider and address their criticisms. There are hundreds, of course.
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