2018 Humane Protection 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
In the midst of an intensifying battle between protecting public lands and advancing private interests, I want to share a moment of avian celebration at Yellowstone National Park. This is the bird formerly known as Gray Jay (from 1957 to 2018). To protect our wild spaces and all the flora and fauna (including humans), add your voice!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2019
2018 proved to be one of my best birding years ever. For many women, pregnancy gives them a burst of energy, the joy of creating new life the boost they need to continue their daily activities while growing a human inside them. With my new job, I feel privileged to work towards protecting vulnerable species each and very day.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2019
Since the last notice of him on this blogsite (in June 2018), Steve Burrows has published two more novels in his terrific “Birder Murder” series, the fifth and sixth – respectively, A Tiding of Magpies and, now the latest, A Dance of Cranes. In A Dance of Cranes, dancing, both avian and human, is a leitmotif. (For
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2018
These islands and their surrounding waters are protected as part of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Midway’s birds are also protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. On March 21, 2018, FWS released a 198-page document entitled “ Midway Seabird Protection Project — Draft Environmental Assessment.”
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2020
This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. But there’s at least one night on the Scottish calendar when the grouse enjoys a reprieve, at least from human appetites.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2024
Shorebird identification takes time and is often stressful, there’s heat glare and bugs and drones and dogs and humans. Unlike many of my friends, I have been slow to master the art of instantly picking out White-rumps, locating the Stilts, and–forget about differentiating between Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
Below legal size for humans is still legal for pelicans. And unlike the protection of cormorants, which was perceived as a problem, protection of pelicans was welcomed by the local communities. The moat would protect the islets and allow the birds to start nesting earlier.
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