10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

I subsequently helped with The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland (1986), The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991 , and most recently Bird Atlas 2007-11. One count I undertake every year is the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count.

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MAY 12, 2020

Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) releases a survey called “ Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis.”. The most recent report was issued in December 2019 and it used data from the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. Every few years, the U.S. That’s a lot of birding.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. And it gave me a hope.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? James has led professional wildlife and birding tours for 15 years and his passion for birding and remote cultures has taken him to far corners of the earth from the Amazon and Australia to Africa and Madagascar.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 238

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Worried by the lack of appropriate action by the authorities (as described in the previous post ), this year I invited two more wildlife protection organisations to take part in the annual census of Pygmy Cormorants in Belgrade. percent of their European population. percent of their European population.

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Serbia Protection Europe 2007 190

Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says Wednesday that William A. Page, a meat cutter from Curlew, was sentenced to a year jail in Ferry County Superior Court after being convicted on six counts of unlawful trafficking in wildlife. Tags: wildlife trafficking State of Washington bears. Page, 63, was sentenced Dec.

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Trafficking Washington Investigation Meat 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2016

Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds tackled the importance of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Fish & Wildlife Service released “ Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis.” There were similar FWS studies using similar methodologies with similar findings in 2007 and 2003. In 2013, the U.S.

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Critter News

APRIL 18, 2009

Four senior Wildlife Officers have been arrested and imprisoned after the state Congolese Wildlife Agency (ICCN) pressed charges for complicity in the destruction of the protected forests of Virunga National Park in the east of DR Congo. Tags: wildlife crime virunga congo gorillas endangered species.

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Gorillas Congo illegal Endangered Species 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

says the 2007 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was not supported by the federal Endangered Species Act. It's in response to a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups, including The Humane Society of the United States. District Court in Washington, D.C.,

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Humane Society Of The United States Wolves The Humane Society Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Cuban Black Hawk, split in 2007 from Common Black Hawk! So, it’s a good thing that Ediciones Nuevos Mundo, the publishing arm of The Friendship Association, published Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide by Nils Navarro, Cuban wildlife artist and naturalist , earlier this year. Cuba is on my mind. 26 endemics! and Cuba.).

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 244

Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

More than 120 Park Rangers of the Congolese Wildlife Authority, ICCN, today returned to Virunga National Park - 14 months after fleeing violent hostilities between rebels and government soldiers. Since September 2007, it has been occupied by rebels who had driven the rangers out.

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Gorillas Congo Endangered Species 2007 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.

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Cyprus Slaughtered Slaughter Research 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

By both Serbian legislation and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected species. In the European Union, PCs are at the Annex I of the Birds Directive and their habitats are therefore a potential NATURA2000 ecological network sites.

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Serbia Legislation Protection Europe 250

Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

This conclusion is drawn by Cleve Hicks, based on observations made during his 2007-2008 survey of towns, villages and forests in the Buta-Aketi region of the DRC. Poachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) threaten the existence of the largest remaining continuous population of chimpanzees in the world.

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Congo Apes Endangered Species Gorillas 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Robert Dean is a former British musician and now wildlife illustrator who lives in Costa Rica; he has illustrated The Wildlife of Costa Rica: A Field Guide (2010), The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide (2010), The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide (2007, 2014), and the forthcoming Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao: A Site and Field Guide.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 235

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

He started working on Birds and People in January 2007, according to the book’s web site, and the project ultimately took six years. David Tipling, award-winning and widely published wildlife photographer, travelled the world during this period, photographing people interacting with birds, and sometimes, just birds.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Some ornithologists strive for synthesis (see, for example, Gerald Mayr’s 2007 paper Avian higher-level phylogeny: well-supported clades and what we can learn from a phylogenetic analysis of 2954 morphological characters ), and I believe it’s in this approach that the future lies. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Crafty Like A Crow Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Almost Squished Wood Thrush (and a fox) About the Author Jory Jory is a native Long Islander living just outside of Albany. In 2007 Jory became the "least consistent birder" to see 300 birds in New York State in one year.

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2011 North America Deer America 124

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The “Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife” gives you the info how and where to look for both birds and mammals (not just primates, the title is somewhat misleading). For birds, this guide follows the Clements list (2007, with revisions through 2013), so it is mostly compatible with your eBird app.

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Rwanda Primates Wildlife Gorillas 223

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2024

It’s like finding the crown jewel of wildlife sightings. When you think “Alaska wildlife,” the Bald Eagle probably flies right into your mind. Endangered Species list in 2007. It’s like a wildlife documentary, but you’re the star viewer. Spotting an eagle in Alaska? Status In Alaska: Breeding resident.

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Alaska Eagles Bald Eagle Deer 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Hiking For The Heck of It Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #1: No Batteries Required Welcome Wednesday: Musings on a Big Year About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. I will definitely be doing a series of posts on my patch.

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 253

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. Ranchers oppose the move.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

A lot of this material is in her earlier book, Condors in Canyon Country, published by the Grand Canyon Association in 2007, now out-of-print (though available used). She also joyfully relates seeing through her scope “the first wild-hatched condor nestling in recorded Arizona history” (p.

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California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 187

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

The rodents eat the bait, stagger out of the building looking for water, and are easy prey for whatever carnivore happens to be passing by, be it wildlife or someone’s pet. This means not only can they continue poisoning kids, pets, and wildlife for years while the case drags through court, but now they have a monopoly on the market.

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 252

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2018

As my long-time fans may remember, back in 2007 – which is to say, more than a decade ago, and YES I am dying a little inside at that realization – I dipped on the Coney Island Creek Western Reef Heron , a major rarity from another continent that was seen by pretty much every other birder on the eastern seaboard.

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Tennessee Spain 2007 Fish 143

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

He is a wildlife artist and illustrator who prepared for this job by working for ten years as chief artist on the multivolume Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (OUP), contributing over 236 color plates–2,434 images–of non-passerines. I’d love to know more.

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Australia 2017 Birds New Zealand 278

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

Sperm Whales prey on Toothfish and large squid and in February 2007, a 10-metre (32.8 And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals. feet) long Colossal Squid weighing 495 kilograms (1,091 lb) was captured in the Ross Sea. Now you know.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

With the arrival of twins to add to his existing two kids in 2007 he grabbed the opportunity to bring some life changes. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Business sold, he is now a full-time dad, birder, and blogger. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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2011 Deer Fish New York 202

Critter News

AUGUST 11, 2009

A man in Toronto with 13 prior wildlife crime convictions will serve time after being busted with “a plethora” of poached wildlife. Repeat offender Chung was found this time with what is described as “a plethora of wildlife, alive, dead, and quartered.” Tags: wildlife crime canada poaching turtles. From Eco-Worldly.

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Turtles 2007 Canada Wildlife 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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Ohio Endangered Species Bald Eagle 2016 143

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Lastly, it’s not exactly birds, but they’ve still got wings: Seatuck Environmental Association of Islip, New York is holding its eighth annual Bats and Brews Benefit , a fundraiser to support wildlife conservation on Long Island.

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India Falcons Farming Austin 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The first, Field Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago, was published by Christopher Helm in London in 2007 and then published in the United States in 2008 by Yale University Press. Eckelberry, cofounder of the Asa Wright Nature Center and noted wildlife artist, did portraits of local birds.)

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Trinidad South America Birds 2011 247

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

They’re even big business in the world of fine arts and antiques: for instance, one Red-breasted Merganser decoy fetched a record $865,000 at auction at Christie’s in 2007. I wonder if the wizened hermit would be more amazed by the two-lane highway bridge named for him, or by his art appearing on a $20 bottle of red.

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2016 Ducks California Fowl 143

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 6, 2007

July 31, 2007 The writer is the director of Domestic Animals and Wildlife Rescue & Information for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. If people won’t be responsible for their animals on their own, it’s time to make carelessness criminal. Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, Va.,

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New York Times New York Neutering Ethical Treatment 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

About the Author Larry Larry Jordan was introduced to birding after moving to northern California where he was overwhelmed by the local wildlife, forcing him to buy his first field guide just to be able to identify all the species visiting his yard. I concluded that this must be pair bonding behavior, after all, Spring is in the air!

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2011 Jordan Deer New York 235

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Malheur NWR–Headquarters.

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