article thumbnail

Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

10,000 Birds

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. Kaufman knows that duck hunters can be ardent, loving conservationists, too. by Kenn Kaufman.

Ohio 196
article thumbnail

Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

A feral kitten captured and neutered by a small non-profit, somewhat militant organization, was on display at our local Massachusetts Society Prevention of Cruelty Association branch, which often took these feral cats in the hope of finding homes for them. My youngest daughter spotted the exceedingly shy black cat and wanted her.

Pit Bulls 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He is also, according to his Bloomsbury Publishers’ bio, “an obsessive birder and vagrant-hunter (when time allows!). The two men have co-authored several previous articles on avian vagrancy.

Birds 258
article thumbnail

Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline

10,000 Birds

These Blasts From The Past In the Spirit of Thanksgiving Amazing Election Results IATB #64 Deadline Zebra Finches on Guitar Quincy, Massachusetts Man Deserves Kudos About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

Ethiopia 145
article thumbnail

Winner of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil Giveaway

10,000 Birds

Quincy, Massachusetts Man Deserves Kudos About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. But Does It Keep a Life List?

Brazil 150
article thumbnail

Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. Again, they just want to prevent the "cruel" hunters from killing Bambi's mother. First of all, does he really believe that piffle?

article thumbnail

Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

10,000 Birds

The Eskimo Curlew “ran the gauntlet of a hunter army, which stalked him from state to state to provision meat counters by the wagonload.” Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career.