Tag Archives: birds
wanderlust
Okay. I suffer from this. As far as I can tell it’s incurable and the symptoms grow more pronounced as time passes. It comes from the German wandern (to hike) and lust (desire). I think I fall in the camp … Continue reading
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status of the whooping crane
According to a blog post on Birder’s World, a record number of whooping cranes from a wild flock that winters in Texas and summers in Canada died last year. Twenty-one birds — six adults and fifteen chicks died, most likely as … Continue reading
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powerful connection between humans and birds
Here’s a piece that the BBC ran about a man who recovered the ability to speak after an accident because he wanted to communicate with his parrots.
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