Events Experiments Family Killing 
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2024
In his book Tales of a Tribe , author Mark Cocker describes an unfortunate event befalling a friend. He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. Having learned from my Namibian experience I walked away briskly. It’s just the warm-up.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. date the split of those branches to 88 million years ago, well before the extinction event that wiped out all non-bird dinosaurs and many other forms of life about 66 million years ago (the K-Pg boundary). In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2023
It was the same day George Floyd was killed. In Better Living Through Birding , Chris tells us stories of his life, a very unique life, but he also crafts his experiences so we can relate to them as birders and as people. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. I remember that day.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2013
What if there was an event that truly captured the rigors and fast-paced nature of the sport? What if this event took place in one of the most biodiverse natural areas in the world? Enter the inaugural Peru Birding Rally Challenge , the first international birding event of it’s kind in the world.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 31, 2019
I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. Our family trip to Barbados was mostly about the beach but it was also chock full o’birds! I loved that I was seeing them at all!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. Apparently.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 26, 2014
Imagine the heart exploding with happiness that the beautiful pet you have supported and loved, has found forever love with a great family. Fostering is a wonderful experience. A pet needs time to decompress, to learn trust, to “get over” the shelter experience. The former could not be further from the truth. Look at tail wag.
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