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. For example, this study showed that Malachite Kingfishers spent more time hunting in locations with more fish. ” (HBW).

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Elephants Congo Birds Africa 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2017

It’s Christmas Bird Count season, and if you know Christmas Bird Counts you have probably heard the tale of how Frank Chapman invented this winter tradition to replace the older and considerably less optimal for birds tradition of the Christmas side hunt. And in Ireland, well… In Ireland they killed Wrens. Or does it?

Ireland 131

Ireland New Zealand Hunting Cooking 131

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Other days, there is a Ringed Kingfisher making grackle sounds as it courses over a stream. 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.

Costa Rica 184

Costa Rica Falcons Baltimore Farming 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. I’m sorry.

Lions 205

Lions Sierra Leone Hunting Buffalo 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch.

France 113

France Hunting Horses Falcons 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago. ” Some superstition surely should be supported.

Myanmar 147

Myanmar Birds China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This would be a night drive, cold, dark, uncomfortable seats, loud engine in the giant 26-seater truck, scanning the brush and the roadside with three or four strong spotlights wrangled by volunteers among the nature-loving tourists, and of course, the headlights of the truck. And, of course, something interesting came along.

Feral Cats 254

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 254

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2015

The vultures didn’t kill it, but they’ll clean up the mess. They are threatened by hunting for traditional medicine, veterinary drugs, and poachers who poison them to conceal their poaching activities. Of course, being around predators means you need to make a quick exit sometimes (note the Painted Wolf).

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Africa Ethiopia Feral Tanzania 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? And I submit that it poses an unacceptable risk to whooping cranes to encourage hunting of the very populations of sandhill cranes that mingle with them. Quick: what’s this?

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

Of course, not all Scottish whiskies fit neatly into these regional generalizations, but Linkwood distills a product in keeping with the classic assessment of Speyside whiskies. But there’s new hope for Scotland’s Golden Eagles as these atrocious acts are brought to the public attention and their perpetrators prosecuted.

Lions 159

Lions Eagles Hunting Lamb 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

When they called our state agency, they were told to “let nature take its course.” Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. People passed the eagle often.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Hunters kill members of endangered species. In some sense, of course, many (perhaps most) humans don't know right from wrong. Off we go (and all of the below are exact quotes).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Homelessness 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

” By the very next day they were calling on their mindless followers to email the National Audubon Society’s CEO, David Yarnold, and Chairman, B Holt Thrasher, to call for Williams’ dismissal because he ”just published a major newspaper editorial calling on the public to kill millions of cats by poisoning them with Tylenol.”

Feral Cats 271

Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 271

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Of course, the second explanation makes a lot more sense. Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. The Latin species name vermiculatus (worm-like) refers to the markings on the upperparts. The African Hoopoe looks very much like the Eurasian one but is now considered a separate species by most authorities.

Zimbabwe 147

Zimbabwe Benin South Africa Birds 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

Of course, the CBC has sexier abbreviation: with the IWC (or iWC?) Several poachers were waiting in ever thickening darkness (Serbian legislation forbids night hunting). we will kill it!”, words “international water closet” come to mind. My mind, at least. Startled by our headlights, a goose was sitting in the tire trail.

Geese 143

Geese Serbia Ukraine Estonia 143

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. Being apex predators, when surprised – met at an uncomfortably close range, Brown Bears usually fight.

Animal 115

Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

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.

Buffalo 200

Buffalo Rhinoceros Leopards Elephants 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

It is these, of course, that drew the attention of the Bronze Age people and their unusual ibis-based cultural fascination with the bird. White-faced Ibis Killed by One-eyed Peregrine – Alex Lamoreaux, The Nemesis Bird. Juvenile White Ibis in New Jersey – Corey Finger, 10,000 Birds. White-faced Ibis , Plegadis chihi.

North America 209

North America Charlotte Birds Miami 209

Animal Person

JUNE 12, 2010

They hunt them down in "the wild." They corral them, lock them up, and take them out to kill, cook and eat them as needed. When one of the bad guys is killed the other bad guys will feast on his body. Of course the man's a good guy--he hasn't killed and eaten his dog. He asks the man if he eats people.

Humane 100

Humane Killing Cooking Animal Rights 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

As climates are transformed, habitats plundered, and nonnative fauna carried to virgin hunting grounds, extinction rates are increasing. The Mysterious Starling – “Killed Hopping About in a Tree”. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now.

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Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 167

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there. In the US, of course, we have meteorologists for that. BBC has the story as a video.

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Science Iraq Oregon Charlotte 151

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

Sperm Whales feed deep, diving to the bottom of the trench, hunting for a while, then rising again to catch a breath. Of course, given the distances, this takes time, and the whales spend up to an hour under the water feeding. I always seem to see Kaikoura at dawn. The trick to finding Sperm Whales lies in their biology, we learned.

Whales 200

Whales Whaling Albatross New Zealand 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

There is a mushroom hunting expedition in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s use of a popular Russian pastime. I imagine part of the allure of studying mushrooms is the tension between identifying the ones that will kill you (or at the very least give you a tummy ache) and the ones that will make your pizza or salad zing.

North America 253

North America America 2018 Species 253

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Of course, this raptor pattern baldness exists for a good reason, which is another of the distasteful aspects of vulturine biology. One of the more interesting aspects of Old World vulture life is the extent to which they segregate themselves at kill sites. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 179

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Regarding deer: The harm caused by overcrowding of deer herds on limited available lands, to both the deer and humans, is well documented in the scientific literature, which also documents the fact that controlled hunting is not only the most cost effective way to deal with the problem, but the only really effective way as well.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Of course, the problem here, as in the entire book, is that factory farming is clearly the enemy, while killing animals unnecessarily isn't given any more airtime than Foer's personal, philosophical moments that he doesn't require of anyone else. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Let's deconstruct: The interview reminds me of how the industry views us and how little they know about the community of people who care about the lives of the animals brought into this world for one reason only: to kill and eat them. Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting !

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Veal Crate HSUS Gestation Crates Vegan 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

It is, of course, arguable that the liberal who is prepared to allow state legislation against cruelty to animals is compromising his liberalism, even though it is typically in liberal societies that we find such legislation. Yet it is legislation that few of us should wish to condemn as lacking in justification. (It

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Cruelty Legislation Kangaroos Animal 40

Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

According to Reuters: Japan, which considers whaling to be a cherished cultural tradition, killed 679 minke whales despite plans to catch around 850. It caught just one fin whale compared with a target of 50 in the hunt that began in November. Of course, Mantle says, "but though they are high-level mammals, they're not humans."

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Animal Liberation Front UCLA Animal Liberation Primates 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. If it did, the licking often prompts it to vomit up some of that kill for the other members of the pack to share. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

Wolves 100

Wolves Fox Dogs Apes 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

Keith has not only been my favorite Philosophy professor that I have studied under during the course of my college experience, but my favorite professor in general. Currently, I do not believe that killing an animal is prima facie morally wrong. I think it is an honor to be offered the opportunity to post on here with him and Mylan.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Factory 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). One of the primary reasons that these hawks make such excellent falconry birds is because they are one of only two raptor species (the other is the Galapagos Hawk ) that hunt cooperatively.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

The quills of the “Saqu Ettair” Secretarybirds feed on small lizards, insects, rodents, birds eggs and, of course, snakes. Secretarybirds counter this by being very careful when killing snakes and ensuring that the prey is dead before eating it. Watching them hunt is fascinating. Note the huge wings.

Botswana 220

Botswana Porcupines Eagles Hunting 220

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. A foot deep by some accounts, it killed what life was left in the forest. We know what those large flocks were like.

Mauritius 101

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Clearly, in the face of near universal condemnation from the internet masses, there is only one course of action for me. Cheetahs would be quite happy with you shooting Lions as Lions are bastards that keep stealing their kills. I have to defend her and even what she did. There is no solidarity among the big cats.

Lions 183

Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds.

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

Of course, there should be a photo of a Plain Prinia here now, but somehow I did not get one this month). But then, of course, my conscience took over and the truth won, as it should. Personally, I wish the species the best of luck in this endeavor. (Of Common Starlings are still very rare in Shanghai.

Birds 187

Birds Europe Science Illinois 187