10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2020
This sleepy fishing village on the north coast of Trinidad should ring a bell – it boasts the densest nesting population of Leatherback Turtles in the entire western hemisphere. This large, arboreal turkey-looking bird is endemic to Trinidad and recent estimates put their total numbers at around 300 individuals.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2017
At long last, we can put all that stuffing and gratitude behind us. The only thing we Americans, a curious people to be sure, love more than a holiday is the next holiday.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2016
Stay for the woodchucks, red-bellied woodpeckers, and snapping turtles.” We also marveled at a flock of Wild Turkeys (complete with babies!), Flock of Wild Turkeys. As we parked at the top of a hill overlooking a golden field, we were met by an interesting sign: “Come for the Drowsees, Zumbats (sic), and Pidgies.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
“Ramousky,” wrote Erin Smithies-Baker, referring to the enrichment idea her colleague Lisa Kelly came up with for their unreleasable Turkey Vultures. For non-chef readers, if there are any, turducken consists of a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, which is then stuffed into a deboned turkey. Eastern Box Turtles.”.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
Maybe it’s important to note that Turkey Vultures , in particular, were well-loved by , and even inspirational to , the people that lived here before Europeans arrived. Unlike the Turkey Vulture, who smells out decaying flesh, every one of these vultures forages by sight. – ==– Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
Everyone was slamming on their brakes on a major road and as I crept around the mayhem I saw the reason: a turtle of some kind. Four people emerged from the cars and were practically tripping over one another trying to get to the turtle to carry him to safety. One small act of kindness perhaps, but for the turtle a life-saving one.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2016
European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur. I live in the second biggest city in the Balkans (Athens being the first) and Turtle Doves are understandably uncommon at its outskirts, although I did manage to record them only a mile from my home. European Turtle-Dove by Denis Cachia. The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List).
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