10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2015

Illegal Shooting – Hunting is currently controlled by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) and not currently legal anywhere in North America but unintentional and malicious shooting remains a problem. This video was taken at the Chico Oxidation Ponds where these swans were relaxing with hundreds, if not thousands of ducks.

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North America Iowa Wisconsin Michigan 199

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 2. National Wildlife Refuges have been underfunded since President Theodore Roosevelt created the first refuge in 1903 and Congress refused to appropriate money to manage it.

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Sacramento North America Wildlife Defenders Of Wildlife 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 3. National Wildlife Refuges have been underfunded since President Theodore Roosevelt created the first refuge in 1903 and Congress refused to appropriate money to manage it.

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 191

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2018

I was out on the beach yesterday (Sunday, 11 March) morning, hoping to see some interesting ducks or alcids or, really, anything interesting. I didn’t see any alcids and I didn’t see any terribly interesting ducks but I did find some Snowy Owls. Enjoy the birds and give them space!

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Owls illegal Ducks Birds 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* If it weren’t such a horrible thing to do one might almost understand why folks would want to poach and cage Scarlet Macaws.

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Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Their population apparently received a big boost in the 1970s when c**k-fighting was declared illegal and many fighting c s were released. Lest people read this and think that I have gone completely off of the deep end please recall that Muscovy Duck , which in Florida is entirely an escaped domestic, is on the checklist there.

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Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The eggs are Peregrine Falcon eggs, stolen from aeries in Wales, though Lendrum keeps insisting they’re duck eggs. Waller, who gave one interview to Hammer, adamantly denies any illegal connection to Lendrum, despite allegations made by Mullins. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds. Some rehabbers even have surrogate ducks or geese that they can raise a lone chick with and teach it to survive. Never raise a wild goose or duckling yourself.

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Fox Birds Raised Geese 266

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. On top of being illegal to capture and sell birds in the country, it is also immoral. The illegal bird trade kills thousands of birds each year just in the manner they are smuggled. In some parts of the country it is already illegal to have slingshots.

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Honduras illegal Parrots Pets 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby.

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Serbia Montenegro Greece Bulgaria 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Little Egret walks in front of her, a dozen Lesser Whistling Ducks flies noisily low above water and through a flooded grass wades one Black-winged Stilt. The guide continues scanning the far reaches of the lake: “There’s one more tiger.” The Sun is getting lower, painting both grass and the tigress gold.

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Tigers India Killing 2006 259

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

I can hear the mooing of cows, interrupted by gunshots, while two scared flocks of ducks fly above the delta. High ’tsi-tsi-tsi’ and one turquoise Common Kingfisher flies by. A Muskrat ( Ondatra zibethica ) shadowed by the reeds, while one female Bearded Tit (without beard, fortunately) disappears among the reed seed-heads.

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Greece Serbia Hunters Cows 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I can hear the mooing of cows, interrupted by gunshots, while two scared flocks of ducks fly above the delta. High ’tsi-tsi-tsi’ and one turquoise Common Kingfisher flies by. A Muskrat ( Ondatra zibethica ) shadowed by the reeds, while one female Bearded Tit (without beard, fortunately) disappears among the reed seed-heads.

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Greece Serbia Hunters Cows 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring ….

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. One is duck sex, which can be, he says, “elaborately aesthetic or shockingly violent and deeply troubling.” What’s magic about 1970?

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Humane Species North America illegal 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2012

These are either highly illegal or false advertising. And we are in total trouble if the costume designers read about duck anatomy. And though the picture shows a modestly dressed man…he could show solidarity with all the ladies out there and forgo the shirt and pants and maybe have on some feather themed underwear.

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Birds Badgers Owls Fowl 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

Birdlife Australia does not try to hide being puzzled over the naming of the Pacific Black Duck : “Despite being predominantly brown, the Pacific Black Duck has always been known as the ‘black duck’. m, individuals feeding on bread were only 0.25 m, individuals feeding on bread were only 0.25

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Australia Birds Mountain Goats Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2020

And especially when the event can be leveraged to promote conservation, birds, and help with the fight against the illegal bird trade? I was surprised to see that no Lesser Scaups were found as this is a regular wintering duck. Why limit birding to a single day when you can keep on birding the day after?

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Costa Rica 2020 Birds Morals 275

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2012

Then of course there are the wonderful sites such as the Ankasa Resource Reserve bordering the Ivory Coast hosting specialities such as the Hartlaub’s Duck , White-bellied Kingfisher , and the Akun Eagle Owl and the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, home to beautiful Blue-headed Bee-Eater.

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Ghana Guinea Birds Eagles 235