10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. Fuller’s astonishment at locating this “grail of extinct-bird photograph hunters” is contagious. Princeton University Press, 2014 (also published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2013).

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 267

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

First issued in a limited printing in 1972, then re-issued by Ammo Press in 2008 after Harper’s death in June 2007, it contains images that are iconic and familiar, striking and unique. The Eskimo Curlew “ran the gauntlet of a hunter army, which stalked him from state to state to provision meat counters by the wagonload.”

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Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. from Princeton University Press (directly from their website or from online book stores) and in Europe from the South Georgia Heritage Trust website. I found this all out on websites not affiliated with this book.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. Another great birding adventure book is The Jewel Hunter by Chris Gooddie (Princeton Univ. Press, 2012). I think of The Jewel Hunter often when I travel to foreign countries, wishing I could do it like Goodie did.

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

I also find it strange that Avery nowhere acknowledges the work being done on the Passenger Pigeon by Joel Greenberg, who must have been researching A Feathered River Across the Sky at the same time he was doing his research and journey. Princeton University Press, September 15, 2014. The Passenger Pigeon. by Errol Fuller.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 160

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

So, I welcomed the opportunity to read and review Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds , by John Pickrell, published in the United States by Columbia University Press. Don’t let the university press imprint deceive you. Huxley, an evolutionary biologist, that birds evolved from dinosaurs, but it was still a rocky ride.

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Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 182

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. I followed his call, but so did Emily The Hunter. So much for the predator instinct.

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Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100