10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2016

Gray Kingbirds are rarely seen in New York State and when they are they usually are only seen by the person or people who find them or those in the immediate vicinity. The long drive back to New York was filled by more lousy, incidental eBird checklists, more fast food, and more road kill.

New York 101

New York Bald Eagle McDonalds Fast Food 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Fast food containers are popular. “An They were awesome.” “A driver wearing a tuxedo and white gloves pulled up in a stretch limousine,” said Barbara Bellens-Picon in New York, “and handed us a velvet-lined box of baby squirrels.” “I “Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.”

Transported 278

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2014

Imagine yourself on board a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York City, an eight-hour journey that begins at bedtime and ends at breakfast. Fast food, caffeine and deadlines fuel your day’s full schedule. Your plan to sleep during the flight is thwarted by sporadic turbulence and an uncomfortable seat.

Los Angeles 172

Los Angeles Bats Feral Cats New York City 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2012

I had to content myself with my first Black-capped Chickadees for the year in New York, though the American Bittern I inadvertently flushed was nice as well. We made a fast-food stop before finally making our way to Shinnecock Inlet where a Snowy Owl had been around for days and we also hoped to find other good birds in the inlet.

Agenda 167

Agenda Owls New York Fast Food 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2012

Let’s say you’re at a fast food restaurant and you have a few french fries left over and a gull is eagerly staring at you and the fries. In my neighborhood and across New York City, there are quite a few places with signs like the one above. Do you toss the bird your leftovers?

Birds 234

Birds New York City Fast Food Geese 234

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

The lifestyle associated with the Sunday roast involves sacrifices that those brought up on fast food are unused to making—mealtimes, manners, dinner-table conversation and the art of cookery itself. Roger Scruton, A Political Philosophy [London and New York: Continuum, 2006], 61-3 [italics in original])

Meat 40

Meat Vegetarian Battery Fast Food 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

And could we just do a quick drive through at a fast food joint? We had to eat some wonderfully prepared Lebanese food including some outstanding hummus. Rather than continue on to our next birding spot Carlos decided that my complaining about being hungry again warranted a stop for lunch. Of course not!

Florida 114

Florida Miami Birds Owls 114