10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2024

I’m familiar with the slaughter of herons, egrets, and other pretty birds for their feathers, but I didn’t know that shorebirds were also targets and that the gunning trade greatly contributed to the demise of the Eskimo Curlew. Kevin Karlson is a noted nature photographer, writer, tour leader, speaker, and workshop educator.

North America

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter).

Woodpeckers

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

She was in Guildford visiting her dear friend Roger Fry, and her quote comes from the January 11th 2018 Diary entry, a brief one commenting on the passing of the Suffrage Bill by the House of Lords. Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. and the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act of 1921 in Great Britain).

Virginia

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Most of those birds are staying north this year, but you can always remember that amazing winter finch season by popping open a bottle of the 2018 Castellare di Castellina Chianti Classico , whose label presents a handsome White-winged Crossbill. This is a book that will be read with pleasure and amazement by both birders and nonbirders.

Colombia