10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

One of Desi’s favorite things to do when we are visiting his grandparents is wander around the yard looking for bugs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals – basically, anything living thing. But what we found hiding amid the Black-eyed Susans on Sunday was clearly his favorite creature of the year.

Salamander 174

Salamander Chipmunks Reptiles Cooking 174

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. When it comes time to for me to plan a vacation I first figure out what herps occur in the area and then what birds and mammals I can also find.

Salamander 137

Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 137

Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

intelligence, having a sense of past and future, having social ties, being a mammal or a bird). No living group of nonhuman animals--no existing species of invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or nonhuman mammal--is ancestral to humans. No frog, toad, or salamander ever was our forebear.

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Apes Advocacy Salamander 100