10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2023

At first I thought of a possible road accident, but soon I learned that protesting farmers have blocked the road ahead. Pied Avocet by Boris Okanovic Next we find ourselves at the famous fish farm in the village of Sakule. Protest indeed! There’s an incoming car in my lane, and I am not in India!

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Protest Protesting Protesters Germany 175

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2011

Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. And while we’re at it, I think it’s time to open a limited season on Bald Eagles. We’ve always hunted Bald Eagles. I get it now, I really do.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 254

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APRIL 13, 2015

We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 240

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MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Letters and emails by the thousand poured into the commissioners’ offices, protesting its crane hunting proposal. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 244