10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

It is now believed to have been a fairly common resident of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands until the arrival of the first humans when it went the way of most flightless easy to catch island birds immediately after the arrival of man. Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni. So wither the Guam Rail now?

Puerto Rico 192

Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 192

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

I know on some level, I think that’s something almost all of us can get behind…no one, except the most callous and cold-hearted of the human race things its fine to torture animals, or deny that they are capable of pain and suffering. Navy wiped out every single rat on Midway Atoll, seabirds flourished afterwards.

Animal Rights Movement 214

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Guam Flycatcher. What right do we have to even exist when our very existence as humanity is what has caused a rate of extinction not seen except during cataclysmic events? Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Olson’s Petrel. Viti Levu Scrubfowl.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 172