10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This location is great as it is close to Jeanne’s Family, as well as a very short drive to the Billy Frank Jr. This cold weather and snow does not seem to have much effect on the huge number of ducks and geese, but the smaller song birds, all seem to wake up much later in the days, and only after it has warmed up a bit. Nisqually NWR.

Fox 125

Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 125

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it? The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds. Experienced Canada geese will corral young from less experienced females and you’ll find rafts of 20 goslings tended by a four adults–safety in large numbers.

Birds 265

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. Share Your Thoughts « Domestic or Ganky Geese The Bluebird by John Burroughs » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows.

2011 154

2011 New York Deer Birds 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks. Magpie-larks are neither magpies nor larks but are the largest of the monarch-flycatchers, and the most terrestrial of the family.

New Zealand 171

New Zealand Ducks Australia Japan 171

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Common sense tells us not to put the foxes in charge of the henhouse, but politicians repeatedly deny common sense in favor of the needs of special-interest groups. The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., The live feed can be monitored by any and all who are willing to watch.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40