10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Legend has it that anyone who kills one of these pigeons will go blind – for once, a superstition I highly appreciate and which I wish we could expand to all other bird species as well. We will establish a series of online workshops, trainings, and seminars for young women. The second, even more pressing area is female education.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Besides the presence of several noted birding personalities, interesting seminars and phenomenal prize give-aways, the real stars of the show were undoubtably the birds. We have just returned from hosting this past weekend’s inaugural Extreme Raptor Weekend and Hawk Mountain was one of our chosen partner venues.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2024

It suffered a similar fate as Zuhak – it was sieged by Genghis Khan, and after his favorite grandson was killed in battle by an arrow from the walls, Genghis massacred the population of the city, earning the city the name “City of Screams” (Wikipedia). Another fortified city even closer to Bamiyan, Shar-e Gholghola.

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