10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2021

He is simply waiting for someone to move him from the filthy plastic bucket where he is tethered next to a gas pump. The bird is just chilling out, waiting for the urge to fly. The bird below is also waiting, but not to fly.

Birds 105

Birds Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Species 105

Critter News

APRIL 17, 2012

After eight years of fighting a strict law that virtually bans an anesthetic essential for their work, Russia's veterinarians say they have nearly reached the end of their tether. Read the full article in The Moscow Times.

Laws 113

Laws Vet Russia Cruelty 113

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 16, 2010

Don’t approach a strange dog, especially one that’s tethered or confined. If a dog threatens you, don’t scream. Avoid eye contact. Try to remain motionless until the dog leaves, then back away slowly until the dog is out of sight.

Dogs 100

Dogs Neutering Spay Spaying 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

They play and dance in front of tethered dogs, all the while going about the serious business of stealing those same dog’s food. I delight in their songs, and the sound their wings make slicing the cold air. Ravens play. They play on wind dancing on currents invisible to us. They play on snow, sliding down banks on their black backs.

Birds 94

Birds South America Tethering Falcons 94

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

One wouldn’t tether a rabbit out to get a shot of a fox or a coyote, or is that somehow different? How do birds that are already stressed, such as many of the Snowy Owls in the south this year are, fare? I am well aware of the debate that this is no different than photographing birds at a feeder, but for me it feels different.

Owls 95

Owls Mice Birds Captive Animal 95

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Here I was, sitting patiently in a blind, watching a tethered European Starling on a string. It required a bit of an ethical adjustment. When a hawk came in at a good angle towards the ridge where we were perched, either the starling or one of the two Rock Pigeons beside it would get a little tug, enough to make them flutter haplessly.

Eagles 93

Eagles Birds Eggs Tethering 93

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Or they called at us from dog teams tethered on the ice, too busy stealing food to have a closer look. Only the planets are visible at noon, the sky too light for the brightest stars. Out of that sky, as we slid along, Ravens dipped down checking us out.

Birds 74

Birds Tethering Owls Dogs 74