10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend their nest, raise a chick, and tear monkeys apart in Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth , a well-crafted, beautifully filmed documentary with a mission. The Philippine Eagle has a kind face.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

Jim McCormac, one of Ohio’s best, most avid birders has not done a newspaper interview in the past five years where he failed to point out that “one of my very accomplished birding friends–the editor of a major birding magazine–has not seen a certain bird, the Connecticut Warbler.&# A toast to a great life bird.

Connecticut 171

Connecticut North Dakota Ohio Owls 171

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey. As we all know, dogs are “man’s best friend.”

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100