10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

Inspire me to try a little harder to get that composition just right, to get that jaw-dropping moment. One wouldn’t tether a rabbit out to get a shot of a fox or a coyote, or is that somehow different? Photos that capture great behaviour, and the incredible beauty of birds. It bugs the heck out of me, but should it?

Owls 186

Owls Mice Tethering Chickens 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. But, what about the rights of those who cannot defend themselves? In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits.

Honduras 185

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. The foxes wreaked havoc on nesting birds, and island by island the geese disappeared, until it seemed that they were gone for good. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

Albatross 198

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We ended with 7 species of mammal, including River Otter, Gray Fox, and Marsh Rabbit, but the highlight may have been a little Canebrake Rattlesnake crossing the road at the Bodie Island lighthouse, a lifer herp for me. “Heron high going right! Photo by Nate Swick. “ (American) BITTERN !”

North Carolina 150

North Carolina Rattlesnake Sparrows Owls 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines. What a horror! What a disaster!

Species 174

Species Australia Birds Parrots 174