10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral.

Ethiopia 241

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 241

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

This photograph of a family working on feathers while the father looks on is from the National Child Labor Committee Photograph series taken by Lewis Hine. Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.

Industry 119

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 119

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Many of the fruits, seeds and flowers that make up a significant part of a macaw’s diet in this part of the Amazon basin have evolved with naturally occurring toxins designed for the plant’s self-protection. The clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. Photograph used in image section of The Feather Thief.

Collecting 103

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. The adults move to flocks, there may be two or three of them, that hang out mostly far off shore in the larger part of the lake, abandoning their embayments or otherwise protected areas.

Humane 206

Humane Eagles Investigation Research 206