10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2020
The late nights with the mosquito crowd are worth it when the owls finally reveal their lethal soft selfs by sound. Black-bellied Plover – Pluvialis squatarola; Punta Morales, 10-Jan. Wilson’s Plover – Charadrius wilsonia; Punta Morales, 10-Jan. Semipalmated Plover – Charadrius semipalmatus; Punta Morales, 10-Jan.
10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2022
A couple weeks ago, a few local birders were fortunate to participate in just such a conjunction when they saw a Hudsonian Godwit at the shorebird hotspot of Punta Morales. It meant that we could either just go back home or drive nearly two hours north to Punta Morales. We weighed our options.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2013
Moral: they’re everywhere. “I I had an evil-tempered Great Horned Owl - is there any other kind? Another Great Horned Owl snagged his talon under the wedding band of Vonda Lee Morton’s vet. Birds American Crow Bald Eagle brown-headed cowbird great-horned owls Red-tailed Hawk sandhill crane wildlife rehabilitators'
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2019
A few nights ago, I sat out in a light snow/rain mix, in the pitch black of Madera Canyon, trying to find a Whiskered Screech Owl. By 7:30, two of the owls starting calling back and forth across the small ravine, and I had my 1300th bird! With four days to go in 2018, why not try for a few more, right?
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
Essay #158, “Things Birders Do: Big Years,” starts with the writer’s observation of a Barn Owl and then defines a Big Year, surprisingly celebrating it as opportunities for solitary introspection.
10,000 Birds
JULY 14, 2011
A subject that Aelian returns to again and again is the still-contentious issue of the animal mind , and to what degree the creatures he describes can be accurately said to learn, reason, and have morals.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2022
Surprisingly, the moral of the story ( as cited by the Brothers Grimm ) includes one aspect that I had never considered: “The moral of this story is, first, that no one, however distinguished he thinks himself, should make fun of a lesser man, even if this man is a hedgehog. but without the bitter taste of losing a race.
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