10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The forests are home to Kalij Pheasants , Crested Tree Swifts , Ashy Wood Swallows , owlets, woodpeckers, spider hunters, barbets and bulbuls, laughingthrushes and hornbills. On our last visit to the grasslands of Manas we saw not one but two endangered Bengal Floricans in fifteen minutes, with a Pied Falconet thrown in for good measure!

India 178

India Wildlife Tigers Rhinoceros 178

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. This amount is considerably less than the number of animals taken by hunters and trappers annually. In many situations, the number of animals removed amounts to less than 1 percent of their total population.

Killing 100

Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death.

2011 238

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 238

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

We actually spent considerable time searching unsuccessfully for this highly sought-after bird; however I did suspect they were not gone, as several hunters I interviewed knew the bird and claimed it still existed. Whilst in Atewa Range Forest Reserve, a hunter passed us deep in the forest and I asked him to show us his night’s catch.

Ghana 186

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 186

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2024

In 2006, some Russian authors described a new subspecies (nechaevi) with some vital differences from the ones previously described: “The second primary feather of L. nechaevi is not shorter than the 6th primary feather. Unfortunately, my photo does not illustrate this at all.

Japan 168

Japan Birds Singapore 2003 168