10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family.

Ethiopia 249

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 249

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

Among the Efe (Pygmy) people that I lived with in the 1980s, the young men would in fact disappear from the bosom of their families and spend a lot of time, perhaps months, living on their own in the forest. Frogs and fish and insects and rodents yes, but not birds. Not birds, though.

Birds 171

Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 171

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. Either that or having family friends in Germany. Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland.

Salamander 140

Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). Older chicks are not only larger and able to withstand larger wounds from other siblings, but also have the ability to monopolize the food they are fed by parents.”

Los Angeles 200

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 200

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Rehabbers see reptiles in glue traps, gulls entangled in fishing line, raccoons used as target practice, raptors dying from rodenticides, and songbirds shredded by domestic cats … cats like Puck. They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. It’s tribal and familial.

Cats 218

Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 218