10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2024

The grouse season opens on 12 August: the birds are shot by driving them over the waiting guns (to call them hunters is inappropriate, as they are merely shooters, as no hunting is involved). There was a Common Sandpiper on the burn, along with a Mallard duck with a single duckling.

Sheep 195

Sheep Breeding Ducks Hunters 195

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2019

As a duck hunter, he had seen Redheads and scaups and mergansers throughout the winter, but as I did not relish getting up at 3:30 a.m. From his time hunting, Brian knew where rafts usually sheltered from the wind on the Santa Rosa Sound, and we strolled down the shore towards the black dots in the distance.

Bald Eagle 113

Bald Eagle 2019 Florida Hunters 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups.

Central African Republic 282

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 282

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Lacking, as I do, a birding reputation that would make people part with cash for my time I’ll have to go for the rarity hunters and put together an itinerary of highlights that can’t be missed. Also on the ground you’ll see your first Finsch’s Duck. I can’t lose. It certainly has no known relatives.

New Zealand 196

New Zealand Ducks Mountain Goats Australia 196