10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not even the incredibly record of a Black-browed Albatross in February of 2012 was enough to tempt me back. This was a state bird for me, so even if the skua hunt proved to be a failure, this made it worth it for me. Lighting wouldn’t strike twice, anyway. But admiring this little gull was selfish. They’r eeasy to miss.

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North Carolina Birds Hunting Albatross 232

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2014

When to bird: The best period birdwise is from November to February, because the Danube in Serbia seldom freezes; although it did so recently, in February 2012, when the 1000 m / 3300 ft wide river was frozen solid from bank to bank, causing a large mortality among waterbirds. In March and November, Common Cranes are a possibility.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

Hunting and disturbance, deterioration, fragmentation and destruction of habitat were the forces behind the decline of this, once widespread species, making it Critically Endangered on the IUCN Global Red List. Indeed, some 150 meters away, four males are semi-displaying – more than one per cent of the surviving population!

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India Gazelles Pakistan Endangered Species 252

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The Aruban Burrowing Owl hunts primarily from the ground, hopping and running after lizards, insects, and small mammals. As a result, the Aruba Birdlife Conservation Foundation began a campaign to make the Burrowing Owl the country’s national bird , which was officially named in 2012.

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Prairie Dogs Tortoises South America 2006 124

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

2008 and this video recommended by the Ted Talk people: The Early Birdwatchers ), or the social behavior of Common Guillemots (what we North Americans call Common Murres) ( Bird Sense: What it Is Like to Be a Bird , 2012). With Birkhead, you never know what’s going to come next.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 253

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

mile walk around the National Mall will be led by Cesar and Scooby, followed by an afternoon packed with Scooby-Doo-themed activities such as arts & crafts, a reading lounge, game tents, a scavenger hunt, and more! To enter the giveaway leave a comment on this post before midnight on September 10th, 2012. 1 Fun Net. 1 large bowl.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The hunt was on in earnest. Our encounter was the first report in 2012 of this particular individual’s return. Other gawked at the magenta-throated dazzler, but I only had eyes and ears for another. The last missing piece. My quarry was near. And then, a tiny bird paused in the desert mesquite long enough to get glass on it.

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Arizona Wounded North America 2012 182

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AUGUST 4, 2015

million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. The 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation , p.36, Scott’s was fined $12.5 And, then there will be the days when I will be happy to know I’m part of a community and a part of a very specific history.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

This leads me to my third twitch for the celebrated Falcated Duck ( Anas falcata ) at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in January of 2012. I make this statement with this addendum; I would not post the location of a species that could be targeted during hunting season. This was a no-brainer. I found it within 30 minutes.

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California North America Wildlife 2009 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Resident birds, such as this Gray Ghost (Northern Harrier) photographed hunting near Disposal Road one winter by Ron Shields, are well represented, as are migrants and rarities. Bird banding helps Meadowlands naturalists analyze how to manage the landfills and wetlands for their benefit. Meadowlands Mosquito Dike, p.42, 42, from N.J.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The Trumpeter Swans above, for example, winter in Washington’s Skagit Valley, where Hashimoto “attempted to capture the low light and soft grays of winter,” while also rejoicing in this conservation success story–in the early 1960’s the swan numbers in the Valley were down to 15 due to hunting, they now number 11,000.

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Birds Eggs Laws Oregon 201

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

This species, one of the heaviest birds able to fly, was once common through most of southern and central Europe and all the way to Mongolia, but was driven to extinction by hunting and changes in agricultural practises in most of its European range during the 19th and early 20th century.

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Germany Abandoning Abandon Abandonment 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2013

The species descriptions are arranged according to the American Ornithologists Union (AOU) order current for 2012, with the order of individual species occasionally adjusted for the comparisons described above. Every one of these field guides is excellent.

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North America Birds Falcons Los Angeles 212

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. The end of the year is nigh and birders the world over are looking over their checklists and reminiscing about their amazing sightings and devastating dips.

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2013 Costa Rica Birds India 180

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And, there is A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia: Second Edition by Morten Strange (2012). The Conservation section is frustratingly brief, stating the expected—massive loss of forest due to logging and a plantation economy, weak enforcement of laws regulating hunting and trade, understaffing of reserves and parks.

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Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2022

Hunting and disturbance, deterioration, fragmentation and destruction of habitat were the forces behind the decline of this, once widespread species, making it Critically Endangered on the IUCN Global Red List. The year was 2012, January 2012, and in the entire Kutch District, it was estimated that there were only about two dozen birds left.

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Gazelles India Pakistan 2012 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together. The population in Andalucia in 2012 was 5,057 pairs – over one third of the Spanish population.

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Falcons Spain Europe South Africa 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2012

The National Geographic WILD TV network is debuting Aeria l Assassins , hosted by James Currie on Friday, January 20, 2012. James Currie will take the viewer on an adventurous journey through the desert with the hope of witnessing Harris’s Hawks hunting together. Please see below for more details.

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Madagascar South Africa Wolves Lions 278

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Osprey tries another hunt, finally a successful one, while Telia goes deeper into the water and lies down. In 2012, the Hindustani Times claimed that from January 2011 to June 2012, a further 9 tigers were killed in the Tadoba buffer zone.

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Tigers India Killing 2006 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

However very few birders ever venture to areas off this well-beaten track, so with this in mind, I decided to explore a fascinating but ornithologically little known corner of Ethiopia in January 2012, to see what surprises awaited me.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. Habitat destruction, hunting and disturbance are further factors affecting the population.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 238

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

It’s a very mixed chapter. The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. ” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. Which is true.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 227

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 7, 2012

The first of the series premiers June 10th, 2012. In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. We are so excited about this new mini-series from National Geographic! Untamed Americas ” is a high-definition miniseries event narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin.

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America Sheep Penguins South America 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

On 11 November 2012 I was leaving Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake after a fruitless morning of trying to photograph birds in a snowstorm and poor light when a female Prairie Falcon ambushed this Northern Shoveler on the water not far from the causeway on which I was driving.

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Falcons Ducks Utah 2003 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I have a strong hunting instinct, and digiscoping gave me the satisfaction of bagging my quarry. Arguably the high point of my digiscoping career was in 2012, when I won the digiscoping class in the British Birds Bird Photographer of the Year awards.

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Cyprus Portugal Birds Poland 246

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Why these have occurred, nobody knows – it cannot be due to global warming as Donald Trump in 2012 has made clear that climate change was “created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive” ( source ). The female is not quite as attractive but still easily beats most German housewives.

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Eggs Birds Bangladesh China 264