10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Isn’t that neat?

2011 240

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

The holidays started early this year, with the first night of Hannukah coming right at the end of Thanksgiving weekend! And similarly with 99 other birds — raptors, songbirds, ducks, and otherwise. We review what the publishers, distillers, or manufacturers send us, or what catches our collective eye, or what we have time for.

Birds 239

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 239

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2024

She packed her bags, waved her family goodbye, and left for Sweden. The word “boreal” got hijacked by one of the Dutch extreme-right parties as a supremacist euphemism – obviously without understanding what the term really means. It’s full of waders, ducks and geese. Watch the signs!

Sweden 130

Sweden Geese Portugal Minnesota 130