10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a graceful, rosy-cheeked 13-year old girl with a magic smile who makes living on the edge of nowhere and forever look like the easiest experience in the world. Significantly, The Eagle Huntress begins with an older eagle hunter releasing his Golden Eagle. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting.

Eagles 101

Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2017

Dorian Anderson finds a moment of connection with a duck hunter during his bicycle big year, and, despite his distaste for the sport, realizes that in hunters we have allies for conservation. Braunfield. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. In the next essay, J.

2017 137

2017 Costa Rica 2007 Hunters 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

It is my belief that the birds were migrating, though one New York birder suggested that they might have been flying out for some crepuscular feeding. Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles.

Ducks 169

Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. 7 Responses to “Lewis’s Woodpecker in New York State&# Jochen Mar 22nd, 2011 at 4:18 am This bird is too good even by your standards. I disapprove. Corey Mar 22nd, 2011 at 5:38 am I agree. Mwahahahahaaaaar!

New York 190

New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. This is good stuff.

Virginia 118

Virginia Portland Industry New York City 118