Author: Julie

Birds

Do Birds Feel Love?

April 22, 2012 by Julie 19 Comments

It’s clear that birds copulate, procreate, and promote their genes with alacrity. But love? Do birds feel love? Can they? To explore this question,...

Inspiration

The Bluebird Effect

January 17, 2012 by Julie 1 Comment

My apologies, 10,000 Birds folk, for missing my December post on the 18th. There was this little thing called Christmas, and I was shut...

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Cemetery Owls

November 20, 2011 by Julie 3 Comments

New York has its famous Red-tailed Hawks Pale Male and, until recently, Lola. Cambridge, Mass has a celebrity raptor pair, too. Last winter, a pair...

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Flower-loving Warblers

October 16, 2011 by Julie 1 Comment

One of my greatest joys is photographing birds out my big studio windows. I have lots of plants that attract birds; clumps of gray...

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Bye Bye Birdies

September 18, 2011 by Julie 5 Comments

What to do with this jar of nectar concentrate? In a fit of preparedness, I made a couple quarts of my special hummingbird nectar...

Conservation

Open Season on Bald Eagles

August 1, 2011 by Julie 41 Comments

Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and...

Conservation

Last Gasp for Sandhill Cranes—Act Now!

July 17, 2011 by Julie 66 Comments

As you’ll remember, Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources unanimously passed its sandhill crane hunting proposal. All eight hunters on the commission think...

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