Inspiration

Everything’s Coming Up Carrie Laben

July 17, 2017 by Mike 7 Comments
We at 10,000 Birds are lucky to have such distinguished writers on our team. Yet, few of them are actually distinguished for their writing....
Birding

Birded Out

April 15, 2015 by Duncan 5 Comments
Two weeks ago it was the Easter long weekend, four days of relaxing, exploring and doing whatever the hell I wanted. You might imagine...
Birding

Our Ambassador

February 25, 2014 by Felonious Jive 3 Comments
Much like the Bridled Tern is adrift in the Gulf Stream, I feel alone in my outrageous birding abilities. Being the world’s leading birder...
Inspiration

William Blake’s “The Birds”

November 10, 2012 by Corey 5 Comments
William Blake, the 18th and 19th century English poet, painter and engraver, is most remembered for his two linked collections of poems, Songs of...
Inspiration

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

March 3, 2012 by Corey 12 Comments
Wallace Stevens’ “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” is a marvel of modernist poetry. It is only 246 words long, divided into thirteen...
Inspiration

Bi-Sci-Fi #2: Chapter 2 of Birdtopia

October 11, 2008 by Corey 3 Comments
Chapter 1 of Birdtopia can be found here, in which the narrator, George, finds and identifies a dead chickadee, reveals his crush on Lisa,...
Inspiration

Bi-Sci-Fi #1: Chapter 1 of Birdtopia

September 25, 2008 by Corey 7 Comments
The morning sun shone through the sticker-laden kitchen window and warmed me as I prepared my breakfast.  The burner on the electric range, powered...
Inspiration

Emily Dickinson’s “A Bird Came Down the Walk”

March 8, 2008 by Corey 28 Comments
Emily Dickinson is one of the first poets I can remember admiring. I’m not sure whether it was her near rhymes, her life story,...
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