10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2016
Jason’s first contribution tackled the importance of the National Wildlife Refuge System , his second took a deep look at how many birders there really are , and his third looked at the competing interests of sage-grouse and wind turbines. Chapter 2 (“Management Direction”) discusses management goals, objectives, and strategy.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2018
The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again. Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again. Images of wildlife coated in toxic goo haunted me; particularly the birds. Image by NPCA.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2015
My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” The difference seems obvious.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2020
The authors are Bianca Lopez ( The New School ), Emily Minor ( University of Illinois at Chicago ), and Andrew Crooks ( George Mason University ), and the article is “ Insights into human-wildlife interactions in cities from bird sightings recorded online.”. Why are birds a good proxy for broader human-wildlife interactions?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Many years ago the journal British Birds published a note from an observer who had watched Turnstones scavenging from a human corpse that had washed up on the tideline. In Britain, wildlife spectacles don’t get much better than that. These tough little waders are notorious for eating almost anything.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.
10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2022
Gisela Kaplan has written a book about the species, and how they seem unperturbed by humans: “It’s one of their most successful defense strategies. When going to Australia, one of the two birds I wanted to see most was the Tawny Frogmouth. They just sit and pretend not to be there to avoid interaction.”
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