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New Jersey Bear Hunt to Continue as Planned

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Despite efforts by animal rights activists to stop this hunt, it is scheduled to continue. New Jersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. The bear hunt, set to take place from Dec.

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Birders are Freeloaders

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If you ever wonder why so many American birders leaven their love of nature with a little self-loathing, look no further than the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation , which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducts every five years or so. It’s that damnable Duck Stamp.

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Goliath Herons at Lake Panic

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Today an adult bird was hunting while two juvenile birds waited, knee-deep in water, apparently unclear what to do next. The adult bird had had some success and stopped hunting in favour of a dip. One was especially excited and adopted a very submissive posture in an attempt to get the adult to feed it.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. However it is now one of the world’s rarest animals after decades of relentless hunting and poaching. The Black Rhino was also a widespread African denizen occurring throughout the continent, even into desert areas.

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What’s In a Name: Pratincole

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Pratincole seems at first blush like it should be the latter, and yet somehow it is the former. No onomatopoeia needed. Featured Image: Oriental Pratincole by Surendhar Boobalan, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. The post What’s In a Name: Pratincole appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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Why Not Brood Parasites?

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This behavior is most common in colony nesters, since popping next door to drop off an egg is a lot easier than hunting down another nest through acres of forest or grassland. It’s easy to see why some birds adopt this way of life.

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