10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Fall is the transition season, and for a while I used to be the transition guy, linking up the crazy summer seabird season on the Farallon Islands with the slightly more laid back fall landbird and shark season there. The gulls that spent months attacking any human on the place are content to loaf around and ignore you.

Whales 157

Whales Whaling Sharks Bats 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2015

Another day, another dead lion erupting in the world’s media, another opportunity for me to annoy my few remaining anti-hunting friends. There isn’t too much I could write on the subject that isn’t dealt with much better by David Shiffman, a shark conservationist from Florida. Go read his take. I’ll wait. .

Hunters 176

Hunters Hunting Animal Cruelty Game 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Forget lions, tigers, and bears – if Internet listicles are to be believed, all of Oz is full of crocodiles, sharks, jellyfish, snakes, spiders – even magpies – that are dead set on killing, maiming, or injuring any humans they encounter. One of these killers even has the word “death” in its name, for crying out loud.

2019 253

2019 Australia Ducks Fowl 253

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:37 am Hi Laurent, that is a fascinating example of humans responding to difficult environmental challenges.

2011 230

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 230