10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2018

I might have missed out on those buntings I’ve been hunting, but lots of Horned Larks made up for the loss. Those of you unfazed by March Madness or still sober after the ritual Wearing of the Green might have noticed that this weekend served as the last of its season. Did you make the most of it?

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2018 Hunting Birds Experience 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Sadly, the HBW states that the species is “almost extinct in some areas in China owing to hunting and trapping for the cagebird trade and taxidermy” The Maroon Oriole looks much more interesting, though my photos do not really do it full justice.

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Nepal Birds Owls Nigeria 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2018

Corey can always be found hunting rarities in Queens this time of year. But don’t let the weird weather fool you; birds are on the move. Some very interesting rarities have been abiding at Montezuma NWR, so look for me if you’re there this weekend. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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United States 2018 Hunting Birds 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2019

Alpine Swifts breed at only a dozen sites in the country, but since 2018, downtown Belgrade is among them. Black Woodpecker was until recently restricted to deep beech and oak forests and good habitats of that type include Kosutnjak (#11, an old oak forest and a former royal hunting preserve) and Avala Mountain (#10, beech forests).

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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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Frigatebirds are known for their piracy, but they actually get most of their food from hunting flying fish far out to sea, a fact determined by studies utilizing GPS trackers, heart-rate monitors, and accelerometers, all attached to the bird. Princeton University Press, March 2018. Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds.

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 127

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

There is a mushroom hunting expedition in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s use of a popular Russian pastime. To get an idea of how many mushroom species are around us, in 2018, the journal Mycologia published a checklist of North American fungi. 28, 2018, [link]. Which makes me really appreciate our birding checklists.

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North America America 2018 Species 290

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). The first attempt in hunting was made by the male hornbill which was seen snapping at a passing swiftlet, but was unsuccessful.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2024

This is a recent split, for when I last visited Cyprus in 2018 the two were considered conspecific. One September I watched a pack of seven Eleonora’s hunting a juvenile Swift. According to the taxonomists, these weren’t regular Scops Owls ( Otus scops ) but the endemic Cyprus Scops Owl ( Otus cyprius ).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

The controversial management of Scotland’s grouse moors for these hunts is discussed in last week’s edition of Birds and Booze.). It’s also one of Scotland’s most iconic birds and the favorite quarry of hunters during the August season that begins on “The Glorious Twelfth”.

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Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 262

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

These are fairly simple activities, no scavenger hunts or bird identification exercises, and it occurred to me that some are activities I thought up on my own in past years, to work through with my nephews. Page Street Publishing, 2018 (formerly Birding for the Curious , 2015), 176 p., Like I Love Birds!, Paperback, $24.95.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2023

Readers of this site already know about this extraordinary place from Dragan’s evocative post of November 2018, “ The 701 Long-eared Owls of Kikinda.”)

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Barn Owls Owls Finland Serbia 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Conservation efforts have been sufficiently successful for the bird’s status to be downlisted, in 2018, from Critically Endangered to Endangered. In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections. Shooting remains a major threat to this population, for the Italians are still passionately keen on hunting.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

For me, it’s one of the most exciting days of the year, and so I’m going to put aside the book review I’ve been crafting and talk about my favorite, best, top ten birds of 2018 (with a personal addition at the end). But, 2018 was a very special year for me, as you’ll see if you read to the end. [If,

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition. For example, Congress passed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act in 1934, but it did not mandate specific rules for a Duck Stamp Competition.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2019

A “ Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ,” costs $25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (“MBCF”). The MCCC convened on April 25, 2018 , and approved $24.6 On September 5, 2018 , the MBCC approved $23.8 These programs are on auto-pilot. It also approved $9.8

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. A “ Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ,” more commonly known as the “Duck Stamp” currently costs $25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (“MBCF”). It received a temporary reprieve in 2018, though surrounding areas did not.)

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