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Cow Birds

10,000 Birds

About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? at Princeton University in 1990.

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Thrashing XXX

10,000 Birds

These Blasts From The Past Finally a Feeder Watcher Recent Forest Park Birding Unpacking My 2009 Year List New Year, New Bird Exodus: The Migration of Saw-whet Owls in North America About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. at Princeton University in 1990.

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eBird Profile Pages and the Power of Suggestion

10,000 Birds

But I had spent years in Ann Arbor attending law school at the University of Michigan, albeit before I started birding. On eBird profile pages, size matters: tiny Delaware is barely noticeable whereas Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri are conspicuous. Some states just seemed to taunt. territories, some of which are missing entirely.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

Just don’t bring up the topic during a dinner with your in-laws. As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. North Dakota. Rhode Island. South Dakota.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

As the Newsweek story indicates, 38 states have passed laws giving women the right to breastfeed in any public or private place she’d otherwise be allowed to be. How sick and twisted have we become?

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