10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
According to Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World , a handsome volume written by James Hancock, James Kushan and Philip Kohl and published by Academic Press in 1992, Geronticus eremita “once nested in the mountains of central Europe, across northern Africa and into the Middle East. But this range is now much reduced.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Some are in the zoo, such as … … Demoiselle Crane … … and Bearded Vulture … … while others live in cages near shops, with the Chukar Partridge a particular favorite … … or in cages at the bird market somewhere in the bustling downtown bazaar area.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2022
It seems that quite a few zoos keep Tawny Frogmouths. When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!” Generally, this is not a bird getting a lot of good press. They just sit and pretend not to be there to avoid interaction.”
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
At the same time, reading When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers, set me wondering about viewers’ reactions, especially New Yorkers who have never seen an owl outside of a zoo or a picture book. Press, 2011). Press, 2020, 304p. But–is that it?
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 6, 2010
From the Detroit Free Press. Tags: zoos exotic animals detroit animal rescue PETA. (See, husband, this is why I like PETA!) The raid followed an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. Perch Press (March 24, 2020). Without giving too much away, what is Unflappable about? The Wild Trees boggled my mind.
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