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Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. The Jewel Hunter belongs to a singular niche, the Big Year/Big Lifelist book. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect. And sun bears. And leeches.
Two new studies “add scientific evidence that hunters’ lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.&# So when will conservation-minded hunters stop using lead ammunition? One might think that hunters only act as conservationists when they are forced to by law.
Though I will always question to some degree the motivation behind hunters’ conservation initiatives I find it fascinating that the current Republican Party, completely in thrall to the Tea Party budget hackers, is seriously angering one of their traditional constituencies. Let’s get some more emphasis on the conservation side.
As you flip through the pages, you encounter names that every reader of this blog is likely to know, at least in passing: Julie Zickefoose and Bill Thompson III, Charley Harper, Kenn Kaufman. The Birding Life is another coffee-table-worthy affair, rich with color photographs and brief vignettes that encourage browsing.
When Corey wrote his ideas about spending money on blogs and birders , I felt a very familiar feeling that I have felt for many years: Why are there not 20 birding shows and a Television BIRD NETWORK? Even though we spend more money and are far more numerous than hunters this is not commonly understood. How will it help Birds?
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. This blog post will discuss both the Big and Little members of these quintuplets. They are called Antlions due to ants being one of their main prey items and “lion” referring to hunter or destroyer.
The trip was far too amazing to encapsulate in one mere blog post, so prepare to be enthralled over the course of several weeks (especially once I find the USB cord for my camera and download my photos.) But to get started, let me try to do in words what Charles M. The tussocks are badgers, the stones are grouse until they fails to fly away.
All the birds we saw were banded, as they had been released in an effort to re-introduce the species to those areas within their former range where hunters had been all too effective. I honestly think that we ought to not be too quick in condemning the hunters of the past.
I will, of course, gather those responses and use them in a blog post, so make sure you indicate in your email if you want your full name used (and if you have a blog include the URL so I can link it). He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.
A Fascinating Blog Post Three Brave Boys Save Secretary Bird Black-backed Woodpecker to Get Protection in California? He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. These Blasts From The Past Nature Carnivals Now and Later Why are Birds So Important to People?
Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs.
As you can see from the feature pic, my lousy owl luck precluded me from getting too close to one of these crepuscular hunters. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. I’m happier now that I’ve added Short-eared Owl , never an easy sighting for me. How about you?
He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Share Your Thoughts « Honduras Trip Winner Has Blogged His Trip I and the Bird #145 » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Thanks for visiting!
Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs.
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The very handsome bird wasn’t hanging out where expected, but I was lucky enough to spy it chilling (literally) on an ice-encrusted pier, unperturbed by the duck hunters that chased everything else away! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?
Third of all, the bird that was first seen on 30 October is, as of this blog posting, STILL THERE! He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. I am new to this blog and I started reading it because I thought you were interested in the environment and conservation.
Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs.
Though we have an occasional larophile post on this blog they are rarely written by me. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Indeed, when I manage to successfully identify a moderately difficult gull it is considered a reason to rejoice.
Bustards are very susceptible to any kind of disturbance and, naturally, hunters like to shoot. I will keep you posted in the part two of this blog. Last but not least, the Special Nature Reserve is being managed by the local hunting club – the reserve occupies their hunting ground. And the main obstacle for the counters will be mud.
He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. A good day for my blog :>) Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 4:43 am Nice shot! 2 Responses to “Does This Make My Mom A Bird Blogger?&# Mom Mar 14th, 2011 at 7:35 pm Thanks Corey.
Dorian Anderson finds a moment of connection with a duck hunter during his bicycle big year, and, despite his distaste for the sport, realizes that in hunters we have allies for conservation. ” Hopefully, my questions will be answered in a future ABA Blog post. In the next essay, J.
My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. Turns out even though they knew that Hunter had found his forever home, he didn’t know it. Thank you for inviting me to guest blog on 4theloveofanimals. The destruction was profound.
I’m not going to rehash that war here, seeing as how it is a bird blog and not one about foreign policy, but it is perhaps appropriate to note the maelstrom of violence that has been pretty much ongoing since the neocons went in to make everything better. she’s Texan. she shot a rhino (auctioned for conservation).
Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs.
1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7AM – Duncan: Birders Don’t Need to Dress Like Geeky Desert Storm Cosplayers. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos.
1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7AM – Duncan: Bird Photography is a Fantastic Waste of Time. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers.
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So, even though this is a bit much, it seems justification enough to continue this series of blog posts – particularly as I wrote this series under lockdown in Shanghai, with nothing much to do. ” (quoted from Tim Low’s book “The Origin of Song”).
Selling yourself is critical to getting the job you want, and this article will go over some of the reasons why job hunters fail to sell themselves. Now, this can be hard within the confines of a resume but we live in a connected world and as such, you might want to include a link to video blog or some other tool to get your point across.
This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. Barn Swallows are a bit unhappy with their image as restless aerial hunters and would like to gain a more stately and dignified profile.
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. I did email Jon Gassett with no problem. I overlooked the date.
He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. You can read part one , part two , and part three of Mark’s adventure on Birds and Kids (and other stuff). Share Your Thoughts « Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011?
While many worked on the issue, we here at 10,000 Birds like to believe that Julie Zickefoose’s heartfelt and powerfully written blog post here on 10,000 Birds in October of 2010 had a lot to do with the tabling. The initiative for this hunt comes from a small group of hunters.
After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. You can see the comments from both sides by scrolling down after the blog’s conclusion. A late-posted blog comment was both revealing and chilling.
So now I get to turn my attention back to birds, and blogging about them! Not cool, British raptor hunters. After weeks lost to work, stressing about work, stressing about not having work, and working on trying to get work, it looks like all my efforts have actually worked. French chefs face off against bird conservationists.
So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.
If you think it is rather pretentious to start a birding blog post with a Kafka story, I fully agree with you. If you are wondering how on earth such an obscure and self-referential joke could survive the editing process of this blog, the explanation is simple: There is no editing process. A Vega-type Gull enjoys an in-flight meal.
If you don’t have a blog either give a 100-word description of your Best Bird of the Year in the comments below or email a description to corey AT 10000birds DOT com by 24 December (you can include an image if you want – just make it a maximum of 600 pixels across). You can read the whole story on my blog, Queensgirl. Sound good?
He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Field sketches of yesterday’s birds are on my blog. 11 Responses to “First Phoebe of 2011&# Audrey Mar 20th, 2011 at 1:15 pm In Catskill NY I think it was probably the robins.
Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. I’ve long advocated for a habitat stamp strickly for birders as some of us don’t want to be labeled as hunters.
This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. Researcher” is a term that should differ greatly from the term “trophy hunter.” She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas.
For comparative purposes, the fake version (available on Taobao, the Chinese eBay/Amazon, for about 9 USD): The book “The Jewel Hunter” describes one man’s quest to see all the world’s pitta species (Donna reviewed it). If you disagree, maybe you should find a blog post about monster trucks.
One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist.
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