Critter News

JANUARY 16, 2011

In order to offset the loss of the seal product market in Europe, Canada has made a deal with China. I'm not surprised. China as a whole still doesn't have a national conscience about these issues. Although 40 Chinese animal rights groups have protested, they don't really have any political or financial clout to change anything.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

King Eider are good sized birds, and powerful fliers So some Ravens here hunt and kill at least some of their food. When I related the story of it to him, he told me that a group of Ravens had recently started hunting Arctic Hares ( Lepus arcticus ) in the vicinity of our dump. How common is it? Consider this.

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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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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further.

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Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 254

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JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The various national versions of Ducks Unlimited are mostly an outgrowth of sports hunting. and Canada, but also in Latin American wintering grounds. (It and Canada, but also in Latin American wintering grounds. And as they seem to be the only organization working on this, they are my very good friends.

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Pelicans Blackbirds Ducks Hunting 257

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Canada has more than the US. They were heavily hunted as food, and for the feathers. Birds Conservation Cygnus buccinator hunting Minnesota Trumpeter Swan' Of course there were other Trumpeter Swans out there, but not many. There are a lot in the Mississippi Flyway these days. This problem is, of course not unique to Minnesota.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 241

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APRIL 22, 2022

As late as 1963, Higgins says, there were various theories that sought to explain the hunting prowess of owls – smell, night vision, the ability to detect body heat. Atria Books, New York, $28 (U.S.); $37 (Canada). Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses, by Jackie Higgins.

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Humane New York Owls Hunting 263

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JUNE 25, 2011

Against a bright blue sky I watched another Peregrine hunting over the tundra where I’d been just watching Red-throated Loons , Snow Buntings , Lapland Longspurs and Rock Ptarmigan in their mad rush to breed in the short summer.

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Falcons Hunting Breeding Birds 180

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JUNE 19, 2024

Range: Most of Canada, Alaska, All of the contiguous United States, and Northern Mexico. Despite once being endangered due to hunting and pesticides, Bald Eagles have made a remarkable comeback, getting delisted from the U.S. feet, perfect for their hunting prowess. Bald Eagle Species Name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Weight: 6.6

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Alaska Eagles Bald Eagle Deer 244

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APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret. 2019), and now this book. ” [loc.3014,

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 253

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MAY 28, 2012

They both perch hunt and hover hunt and will even hop along the ground in pursuit of prey. Whatever they are doing – hunting, chasing other birds, or just flying around – Eastern Kingbirds are fun to watch. Eastern Kingbirds breed across the eastern United States and much of southern Canada.

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Kittens Hunting South America United States 226

Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. (The other two neighbors that banned them are Kazakhstan and Belarus). Apparently, some claim about 90 percent of Canadian sales are to Russia.

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Russia Seals Belarus Fur Industry 100

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JUNE 1, 2024

Eventually however, a large group was hunting insects over the pond in the nearby park, showing off their shimmering metal-blue backs. Fieldfare European Robin Back to the water, where Egyptian Goose , Greylag Goose , and Canada Goose were all followed by various numbers of fluffy chicks.

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MAY 7, 2024

In April, when I recently visited, there are huge flocks of Snow Geese , with the occasional smaller groups of Canada Goose , Cacking Goose , and Greater White-Fronted Goose. Along the way, Marsh Wrens flitted in the cattails, Caspian Terns noisily passed overhead, and an Osprey hunted over the water.

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JUNE 27, 2024

She lives and birds in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with some trips farther afield. A Red-shouldered Hawk was crying as it hunted. By Leslie Kinrys Leslie Kinrys has loved birds since her father put a House Sparrow fledgling in her young hands. She enjoys seeing all species of birds, but her favorites are hummingbirds.

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Alligators Woodpeckers Turkey Florida 222

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MAY 30, 2019

Done properly, a young hawk is curtailed in a growing compulsion to fly greater distances and hunt for herself by a process sometimes called “manning.” ” Cade was later to comment, “1951 was when I first saw the high-flying style of hunting performed by the wilderness-inhabiting Peregrines of Alaska.”

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 209

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MARCH 2, 2021

There is a mushroom hunting expedition in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s use of a popular Russian pastime. and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition. Comments, especially from mycologists, are welcome. copyright © 2021 Karl B. McKnight, Joseph R.

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North America America 2018 Species 287

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APRIL 14, 2011

The Ruffed Grouse is a bird of the forests across much of North America, from Alaska and the mountains of the west through Canada, and in the east down through the Appalachians to Georgia. It is a beautiful bird and well worth taking examining closely if such a situation can somehow be arranged.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Ranging across a large swath of the northern evergreen zone, they spend their summers hunting small birds from Canada to Scandinavia and on east to the shores of the Bering Sea. Small but equipped with big, hooked feet and a go-get-em attitude that would make any weasel proud, Merlins are a lethal force to be reckoned with.

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Costa Rica Falcons Farming Baltimore 230

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AUGUST 28, 2011

Ermine will hunt lemmings under the snow, haunting them in their lairs. Soon (my first winter snow arrived August 27th and stayed, two years ago a blizzard hit on the 18th of August but melted away) the landscape will turn white and the light will dwindle away.

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Seals Falcons Hunting Family 136

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JULY 3, 2011

Yellow-crowned Night Herons have a presence about them when they are hunting that reminds me of Buddhist monks. I spent forty-five minutes in the company of the Yellow-crowned Night Heron in this post and it spent that time alternating between hunting and preening but it never even made an attempt to catch something.

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Jamaica Hunting South America America 169

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APRIL 1, 2012

A fine adult male Goshawk where you scarcely ever see it – perched on reeds after an unsuccessful waterfowl hunt As a purely “recreational” birder, who only writes down what is personally interesting, the sum would be 30, or 1.6% of the individuals present at the time of my visit.

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Germany Birds Ducks Feral 213

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APRIL 8, 2011

Once known as the Canada Jay, but more interestingly by such tags as Camp Robber and Venison Hawk for its habit of hanging around humans and viewing them as a food source. In order to avert that, I’d like to sing the praises of a few local common names of some Rocky Mountain birds. Also known as Meat-bird, Moosebird, and Lumberjack.

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Hunters Falcons Montana Ducks 203

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AUGUST 4, 2015

The legislature named the grouse the state bird in 1931 , and as it is a game bird it is legal to hunt them in the fall and winter seasons. Though Pennsylvania is in the southern part of their range, grouse can digest twigs and buds , allowing them to survive winters in the northern United States and throughout Canada.

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Pennsylvania Legislature United States Hunting 161

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JUNE 1, 2011

A female red-tail may leave a nest to hunt for her two chicks and return to feed a rabbit to three chicks without noting an increase in the number of chicks a rehabber has placed there. Above are Canada Goose goslings. Birds of prey look cool, but they can’t count. Owls are a little different.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

It includes owls found in Canada, the U.S., But, for those owls who are more well-known and easier to find, we have the delight of seeing them in full-body portraits, perched in their habitat, with mates, as nestlings, hunting and flying, in concealment postures and eating prey. The 39 owls include five endemic Caribbean species.

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 251

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 249

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

under the 1969 Endangered Species Conservation Act and later transferred to the 1973 Endangered Species Act; then protected with other birds of prey under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act through agreement with Mexico, but not Canada, in 1972 1. BBC Nature has a really cool video of the Peregrine hunting a pigeon in a stoop.

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 151

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MARCH 30, 2012

Like several of my favorite NWRs, this one was established as a haven for migratory birds, most notably waterfowl, during the bad old days when uncontrolled hunting and habitat loss had put the future of even species we now think of as common in doubt. A second pond held not only more of the same, but some American Coots and Canada Geese.

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Wildlife Montana Bald Eagle Geese 184

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MAY 19, 2014

Judging by the number of Cape May Warblers that birders have been seeing around the New York City area over the last couple of years Canada must be in a period of increased Spruce Budworms , which is bad for the trees but good for us birders! This bird, though peaceful looking, definitely was a tiger.

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New York City Tigers New York Canada 173

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MARCH 15, 2012

Tree Swallows squabbled and hunted in the air overhead and spent time examining the numerous nest boxes erected for them. There were plenty of waterfowl around as well, including the trio of geese that spend every winter at Jamaica Bay, Snow Geese , Canada Geese , and Brant.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

There were Northern Harriers hunting low over what portions are as of yet unmowed, Cooper’s Hawks using some of the berms as cover for sneak attacks, and American Kestrel feasting on cold grasshoppers. It would be pretty sad if you choked on your hard-earned (or found) meal.

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Opossums Bald Eagle Squirrels Meat 172

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JULY 7, 2015

These black and white water birds are an annual summer presence on freshwater lakes throughout the northern United States and Canada, migrating to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the winter. To successfully hunt and breed they need clean and clear lakes, and so are sensitive to pollution that affects both them and/or their fishy prey.

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

They probably evolved from the Canada Goose, and today sport black faces, white necks, and grayish bodies. In addition to historic habitat loss and hunting, Nenes face introduced predators such as mongoose and feral cats. Nenes are attractive geese, though they were named for their soft calls rather than their looks.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

There are just two left for me in the Sibley Guide to Canada and the bits of the USA that count (Hawaii need not apply) – the Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)and the silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae). But as you do more and more birding and go to more an more places it gets much harder to get new family ticks.

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