10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Mauritius Night-Heron. What right do we have to even exist when our very existence as humanity is what has caused a rate of extinction not seen except during cataclysmic events? Mauritius Owl. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Olson’s Petrel.

Mauritius 209

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Goats 209

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

In fact, the Dodo belonged to a clade (sometimes called Raphini) of 15 remarkable, bizarre, intriguing island-adapted pigeons, some of which are still alive today, but eight of which have been hacked from the tree of life, driven to extinction by humans. The Dodo lived on Mauritius, an island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

Solomon Islands 279

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius 2006 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. Except for the falconer’s jesses and bell, they were to be allowed freedom to pursue life in the wild, life with minimal human contact. He came for the hawks.

Falcons 214

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 214