10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the Atlantic, I’m always encouraged to find that I’m already familiar with many species found over there, even though most of my birding experience has been limited to eastern North America. I remember the talking (Song?)

2017 118

2017 Portugal Rabbits Europe 118

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name? It is early April as I write this, and migration is beginning to trickle through to New York City.

Cyprus 257

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 257

Animal Person

MARCH 27, 2009

In "Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City" Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the "display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. The elitist “animal-rights” zealots hate to admit this.

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Circus Animals New York City Elephants Zoos 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Here is another photo of this beautiful species. Winter Hits New York City Desert Finch in Arkansas (!?!?!) Tags: features , swallows , tree swallows , western beat • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? I concluded that this must be pair bonding behavior, after all, Spring is in the air!

2011 205

2011 Jordan Deer New York 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Mostly the ducks were Red-breasted Merganser and Greater Scaup , the two most prevalent species on the pond, but there were a few other birds mixed in as well. It is my belief that the birds were migrating, though one New York birder suggested that they might have been flying out for some crepuscular feeding.

Ducks 172

Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

I finally got my first phoebe of the year yesterday, Saturday, 19 March, a mere eighteen days after the first phoebe of the season was reported in New York City. And, if you don’t get Eastern Phoebe or if they winter, what species do you use as your sure sign that spring has arrived?

2011 188

2011 Deer New York Philadelphia 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

. “Invasive&# is an ugly word, and ugly consequences have come from many of the explosive range expansions we’re most familiar with, whether of exotic species or even of native species with their normal restraints removed. So, tentatively, welcome spring and new life. Get yours today!

Montana 137

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 137