10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

At first, the road is paved, but as soon as the tarmac ends, the tracks become decorated by hunters in orange vests. The soil is disturbed by foraging boars (and there is not a single shot from those hunters). I am… mesmerised by the mountain. One Grey-headed Woodpecker flies across the road – a promising start.

Greece 259

Greece Boars Woodpeckers Eagles 259

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? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

2011 244

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

(One other irony in this regard is this: there is some evidence that migrating birds are benefited by the “rest stops” offered by oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, according to another good book on migration, Miyoko Chu’s 2006 Songbird Journeys. Kaufman knows that duck hunters can be ardent, loving conservationists, too.

Ohio 203

Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 203

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

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

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I've read Joan Dunayer. Through semantic reversal, fishers (like hunters) pretend to promote rather than destroy life" (67). And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Speciesism Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The Eskimo Curlew “ran the gauntlet of a hunter army, which stalked him from state to state to provision meat counters by the wagonload.” Tessaglia-Hymes that originally appeared in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s newsletter Birdscope, Spring 2006, [link]. (e)

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker 2008 Birds 2007 170

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 251

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 251

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. The beats have been out to line their route and cheer them along, wishing them bon voyage and a safe return next spring. At the far ends of the world, our southern beats are poised to welcome them back.

2018 113

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Mystery images were one of the innovations of The Shorebird Guide (2006, co-authored by Crossley with Michael O’Brien and Kevin T. He strongly believes that waterfowl hunters are the major reason we have waterfowl and wetlands in North America today. million waterfowl hunters in the U.S. Today there are an estimated 1.2

Ducks 178

Ducks Geese North America Hunters 178

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 244

Japan Birds Singapore 2003 244