10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2012
The name has always seemed to apply to a rather motley group of birds, from the exquisite Scissor-tailed Kite of east Africa, to the grotesque Hook-billed Kite of Central America, and various and sundry examples in between. When suddenly one of them plummeted to the ground. This is a bird that does not mess around.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2014
In my vast experience in the terrifying outland that is the world of the non-birder, the biggest question I get concerns the inherent trustworthiness of the avocation. I found this young Glaucous Gull at a Raleigh landfill among several thousand more common birds. We are not immune. What happens if you get caught.
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