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More Encouragement to Bird at Home

10,000 Birds

My first experience was with a nesting pair, one bird was out at the time and the other was comfortably sitting quite low in the nest. Instead, I shimmied across to a nearby fishing depot and tried to make the most of the dramatic dawn light. Now, although I have seen this species several times before, we have a unique relationship.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. Dog and Fish: Improbable Friends.

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