10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

Even when hunting in sub-freezing temperatures on the edge of the Mongolian border or doing her chores around the family ger (yurt) in the isolated Altai Mountains, Aisholpan beams. Eagle hunting is a family tradition that goes back at least 12 generations, part of the larger nomadic Kazakh culture. It’s exciting.

Eagles 101

Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

2011 154

2011 New York Deer Birds 154

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. Back in the olden days of the family farm we never knew about the occurrence of food-related illness because we did not have a way of tracking it. 21, 2008

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40