10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

More than 5,000 bird species in the world make some kind of seasonal movement. But in the fall (with plumage as in the photo on the left, above) they take an entirely different, and heroic, route, first to Massachusetts and then, after a rest, south over the Atlantic Ocean. Eighty hours of flying. More than two thousand miles.

Ohio 202

Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

The name “Harpy Eagle” was coined by South American explorers, and is based on the harpies of Greek Mythology. Because they like to hunt in the tree canopy , they will also eat “iguanas, parrots, porcupines, coatimundis, and raccoons.” A Harpy Eagle. Like Woods, I can’t get over their talons.

Panama 100

Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

…Sure, we got lots of ‘em javelina and wild hogs too” But I explained to him that I was a hunter of a different kind and that I was looking for tiny owls and not wild pigs. I went on to tell him that I’d seen these birds in Central America but that I needed to see them in the US too. “Indigenous pig sows?…Sure,

Owls 157

Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 157