10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

I was chatting with Gordon about this and we discussed how drones could be a safer way to get photos of birds or document birds for breeding surveys, but he was quick to point out, “You and I already have an idea of what a safe distance would be to test that out with an active bald eagle nest.

Bald Eagle 215

Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 215

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Approximately one million hunters annually harvest more than 20 million Mourning Doves , which exceeds the annual harvest of all other migratory game birds combined 3. military, with all their ballistics and performance testing, it should be good enough for hunters.”

Hunters 192

Hunters Hunting North America Game 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. Isn’t that neat?

2011 262

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 262

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

Two days after September 11, 2001 (of course) on a day in the mountains when she sees, for the first time in her life, Bald Eagles (of course) Alejandra becomes pregnant. The baby wasn’t planned — he’s another “accidental.” But, well aware of the risks of “gene overlap” in parents, they have a plan. Accidentals. By Susan M.

Uruguay 162

Uruguay 2001 Bald Eagle Science 162