10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

The beautiful Red-tailed Parrot ranges only in a narrow strip of littoral forest along the coasts of the states of Parana and Sao Paulo while the partially migratory Red-spectacled Parrot roosts during the non-breeding season in only a handful of Araucaria (monkey puzzle) groves in southern Brazil.

Parrots 169

Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 169

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

I am sharing it again here, at the request of Corey Finger, who takes some sort of sick pleasure in seeing other birders squirm and suffer under the weight of their obsession with life birds. For stones I used pieces of logs—something my friends in the tropics call a monkey bridge. My monkey bridge back across the boggy creek.

Connecticut 177

Connecticut North Dakota Ohio Owls 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. As we left the long harbour there were plenty of inshore seabirds such as gannets, shags, gulls and terns.

New Zealand 176

New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. For all its cultural ubiquity in New Zealand, actually seeing a wild kiwi is actually quite a challenging proposition for a birder.

New Zealand 150

New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 150

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. Harvard University psychologist Marc Hauser observed what could be called embarrassment in a male rhesus monkey. After sensing that no other monkeys saw him tumble, he marched off, back high, head and tail up, as if nothing had happened.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. The new rankings will be used in a major conservation initiative called the Edge of Existence program at the London Zoo. Also written up here. The original paper is here.

Birds 186

Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 186

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

If you are suffering from depression, you just have found another reason to go birding. Red-billed Blue Magpies are occasionally eaten by snub-nosed monkeys. The gory details are outlined in a paper describing that the monkeys eat the head of the bird first but reject the wings.

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

The Argument from Speciesism If there is some doubt whether the arguments from monkeys and from glass walls should be considered moral arguments, there can be no doubt about the moral import of the argument from speciesism. capable of suffering), then yes, it would follow that they matter, morally, because suffering is intrinsically bad.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Speciesism Killing 40