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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. They are considered unlucky, so no one has a kind heart for them.”.

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Bird Songs (but maybe not the kind you’re thinking): A review of “There Are Birds,” a music album, and an interview with songstress Stephanie Seymour

10,000 Birds

Seymour lives in New Jersey but she gets around, too. A couple of the songs are sung, not from the human point of view, but from the bird’s – or maybe from both at the same time, as with “Bald Eagle.” As anyone knows who has been put under for a medical procedure with “twilight” anesthesia, waking can be weird.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

4 The Love Of Animals

NEW JERSEY – Animal shelters are full, they have no space, they often have no money, and they have a small amount of dedicated volunteers. But perhaps their human passed away, or maybe they fell on hard times and just couldn’t afford pet care any longer. Some pay for all medical bills, some even pay for food.

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