10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2024
The pretty village is surrounded by the high hills of the Pennines, so we soon found ourselves driving through a mixture of cattle-grazed pastures and heather moorland, and our next three birds were all waders that depend on the moors for their nesting habitat.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
When I showed a photo of the Blood Pheasant to a German hunter, he complained that this pheasant has “no tail” And eBird calls it a “chunky partridgelike pheasant” – same gist, I guess. One of the threats to the Blood Pheasant comes from overgrazing by cattle.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2012
Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs. Death is normally due to ventricular arrhythmias, progressive hypotension unresponsive to treatment, and secondary lung infections.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. Bustards are very susceptible to any kind of disturbance and, naturally, hunters like to shoot. What treats do they face?
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Carnivores killed less than 1% of cattle (0.18%) and approximately 3% of sheep produced in the U.S.; • Out of Step with American Values - Americans value wildlife and abhor animal cruelty. This amount is considerably less than the number of animals taken by hunters and trappers annually.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
Barn Swallows are a bit unhappy with their image as restless aerial hunters and would like to gain a more stately and dignified profile. When there are no animals around to sit on, Cattle Egrets sometimes sit on trees, even though they frequently b h about the trees’ low speed and inability to stir up insects.
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