10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

His goal, he says in the Preface, is to fulfill a childhood desire to learn more about a stern figure in a family photograph, a mysterious man with impressive but largely undocumented achievements. McLean, Birdman of the Senate by Will McLean Greeley RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press; March 2023) Paperback, ?350 978-1939125996

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

They’re all named for livestock. The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched. Wikimedia Commons Bucerotidae is etymologically opaque to most birders, I’d venture, but when Rafinesque described the family almost two centuries ago, he had kine on his mind.

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

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