10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2018
With only a few more days left, 2017 was coming to a close. The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally. I needed 4 more birds to round it up to 400, and as I said, I had only a few more days left. The solution?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
million deer killed by cars in 2017-18, plus many smaller mammals), caracaras, famously omnivorous and unfussy eaters, may find the North to their liking. As to the caracara’s plans for the future: they have been seen, in the last twenty years, in Maine, Montana, and Washington State. (The With abundant roadkill (1.3
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2017
In “Summer of the Sparrow,” actress and ABA board member Lili Taylor relates a dramatic tale of murderous passion directed towards a House Sparrow who has killed the Bluebird babies in her nest boxes. Illustration for Sophie Webb’s “Why I Love to Draw Birds” © 2017 by Robert A. Braunfield. Braunfield.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2021
In October of 2017, I took what was my first trip to California as a birder. We’d arrived in San Francisco just in time for the very beginning of the record-breaking 2017 Northern California wildfires. As we’d just eaten our breakfast with the blackbirds, Katherine and I had some time to kill before our next meal.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2017
The illustrations of bird behavior–a Laughing Falcon with a kill, Swainson’s, a Crested Caracara with its head thrown back–offer opportunities for a little individual style to shine through. Princeton University Press, 2017. All we need to do is lift our heads and observe, study, identify, and then observe again.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2016
I will also give you the link here for 2017 in case you are reading this next year or want to plan a trip for next year! We have seen Peregrine Falcons fly through circling flocks of shorebirds and Brown Goshawks attempt a kill, but generally they are able to escape by their constant circling.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2017
And, when the eagle fights and ultimately kills the fox, we get a bloody glimpse into another side of eagle hunting—its savagery and its original purpose. 2016, DVD issued 2017, $22.98, discounts available from the usual sources; also available for streaming from Amazon Video and other streaming services. It’s exciting. 87 minutes.
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