10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2013
Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip looking for breeding birds. The flock was mostly Semipalmated Sandpipers but there were a bunch of Dunlin , a decent number of Ruddy Turnstones , and a couple of Willets.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
They were barely mentioned in The Voyage of the Beagle and not at all in On the Origin of Species. Basic Books, New York, $30 U.S., Later it was thought that the widely varying beak sizes and types of those phenotypes inspired Darwin’s insights, a la Newton and his apple. Maybe Moss is right, and birds have changed history.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Greg Lawrence is a long-time friend of 10,000 Birds and a birding machine in the Rochester, New York, area. He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. Species have value.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2014
However, I will pick a fight with the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, New York, which is sponsoring their fourth annual “Crow Down” March 29-30, 2014. Wounded birds were left to crawl away into the woods; sometimes, during breaks, children were encouraged to run across the field, scoop them up, and tear their heads off.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. To show how adaptive this species is, the following photograph was sent to me by one of my readers and I use it with her permission.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2011
The most common species we see are the Stoke’s Sea Snake Astrotia stokesii , Dubois’ Sea Snake Aipysurus duboisii and the Olive Sea Snake Aipysurus laevis. The dog tracks did not lead to any birds, but the wounded snake had a Brahminy Kite on it until I came along on my bike and took a photo. I hope you enjoy these photos!
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y.,
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