10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. 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.

Industry 120

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 120

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 102

Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 102

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

There are over 5,000 species of frogs in existence (5,858 at the time the book was written, the exact number changes as research dictates re-arrangements of taxonomy and new species are discovered). There is a large family of frogs, Bufonidae, that includes most of the warty, hoppy creatures we think of as toads.

Reptiles 187

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Jennifer Ackerman points out in the introduction to What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds , that we don’t know much, but that very soon we may know a lot more. What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds is a joyous, fascinating read.

Owls 219

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 219

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

In it, Bloch becomes LeChiffre, Fleming becomes Mathis and Popov becomes 007 (it does sound a bit better than Tricycle Licensed to Kill), while the rest of the gambling scene remains the same. Furthermore, there are six families confined to the Greater Antilles. Living in the Caribbean, in 1953 Fleming was writing the Casino Royale.

Saint Kitts and Nevis 165

Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 165

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Without further ado, here are our Best Birds of the Year for 2015… Jochen makes us all jealous with a bird that most of us would kill to see. At least in the northeastern United States, their rate of so doing is high, according to research I summarized here. 2015 was great and here’s hoping 2016 will be even better.

2015 187

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). .” But this is not a hagiography.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147