10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2014

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Trips Europe Finland' Of course, birding was on the itinerary! All photos © Joseph Chiera.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2015

All the birds we saw were banded, as they had been released in an effort to re-introduce the species to those areas within their former range where hunters had been all too effective. I honestly think that we ought to not be too quick in condemning the hunters of the past. ” Birds Europe Purple Swamphen rails Spain'

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

It’s also one of Scotland’s most iconic birds and the favorite quarry of hunters during the August season that begins on “The Glorious Twelfth”. Red Grouse by English ornithologist and artist John Gould (1804-1881), from The Birds of Europe.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2019

Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. In Europe, people start birding when they see a Common Kingfisher or a Golden Oriole , hoping to see more jewels like that, but not a Wood Sandpiper. Still, local hunters shoot waterfowl here, so be extra careful from September to February, especially on weekends.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. Read what you want about the origin of domestic cats; the genetic evidence is not properly sampled.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Trips Europe Russia' Of course, birding was on the itinerary! All photos © Joseph Chiera.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

My mind wandering off: A century ago, birding meant hunting birds and we stole the term from hunters – it may be time to steal another one: “Lord John came abreast of me, however, and his face was more grave than was his wont. Here in the continental south of Europe, gulling season is definitively winter. Back to gulls.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2016

In the south of Europe, pines do not normally appear at this altitude – a mere 260 m / 850 ft – and these ones were clearly planted, some half a century ago.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

A somewhat more credible selection to be sure, as lions actually do exist, but one that sadly snubs the native Scottish wildcat in favor of a felid that’s been extinct in Europe since antiquity.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Ecotourism will no doubt arrive soon, and with luck its revenue will prove that there’s more to be gained from protecting wildlife than selling it to hunters.” Unfortunately, at the time of writing, wildlife is still more commonly sold to foreign hunters. It may be just the time to change that. More: The top-5 hotspots of Belgrade.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about Aisholpan, her path to becoming an eagle hunter, a cultural heritage usually taken on by males, the family that supports her, and the Mongolian Kazakh community that seeks to continue the ancient tradition with its Golden Eagle Festival. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

In fact, by all accounts, Mary adored sport and was an avid equestrienne, hunter, and falconer. Medieval treatises Europe paint the agile sparrowhawk as a fussy and flighty bird, given over to unpredictable fits. A portrait of Mary (ca. 1490) attributed to Tyrolian painter Michael Pacher.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry. Instead, the entry asks us to “Please bear with us while this update takes place” A few months ago, I wrote an email to my bank asking them a specific question.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. from Princeton University Press (directly from their website or from online book stores) and in Europe from the South Georgia Heritage Trust website. The book is reasonably priced and can be purchased in the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

8) that could not possibly happen in Europe. I understand why he writes this; the speed at which billions of Passenger Pigeons disappeared is scary, far slower than the whittling down of bird numbers in Europe over centuries. Avery states that this is a “very American extinction” (p.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Bustards are very susceptible to any kind of disturbance and, naturally, hunters like to shoot. Last but not least, the Special Nature Reserve is being managed by the local hunting club – the reserve occupies their hunting ground. Not the strictly protected bustards, but Red Foxes, Brown Hares, Pheasants , as well as Hooded Crows and Rooks.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. Isn’t that neat?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

In Franco’s day, a price was paid to farmers and hunters who brought evidence of having shot “vermin”. These are African, sub-Saharan, vultures that were unknown in Europe until recent times. Their numbers have gone up dramatically in recent years as a result of conservation. These included the talons of raptors, Griffons included.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And here in Europe, they are the real deal, an indigenous species and not domesticated animals gone wild. They may have been disturbed by the presence of hunters in the Danube backwaters. The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. I think all were males, at last two huge ones certainly were.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Outside of the Cinclus , Ouzel is also a common name sometimes applied to a variety of Turdus thrushes including the Common Blackbird of Europe, so the literal meaning of the name is “Water Thrush&#. But it sounds so much more sophisticated to say Ouzel.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Snowy Owls are used in falconry, more so in Europe but they are legal for a few states here in the US. Many general and master falconers with wild birds will also let them go after a few hunting seasons, especially if they are good hunters to give them a shot at spreading their genes in the wild.

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Critter News

MAY 5, 2009

From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. Tags: seal hunters. That's good news. Labour Euro MP Arlene McCarthy, who helped steer the ban through the European Parliament, said: "This law is a victory for people power and a credit to the campaigners involved.".

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Not cool, British raptor hunters. Exactly how many birds has Europe lost in the last 30 years? Stressed young Zebra Finches seem to be less picky about the company they keep. Want to build a better-running robot? Look to flightless birds. From the It Had to Happen Department: There’s now an Angry Birds theme park. “k

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

You are likely to meet more serious birders in North Norfolk in one day than anywhere else in Britain, or anywhere in Europe for that matter). It is perhaps surprising that Branta rufficollis so seldom associates with White-fronts when in Western Europe. That was in October 1991. The post The World’s Most Beautiful Goose?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

He is also, according to his Bloomsbury Publishers’ bio, “an obsessive birder and vagrant-hunter (when time allows!). 2022 (available in Europe from Helm/Bloombury). The two men have co-authored several previous articles on avian vagrancy. Vagrancy in Birds. Alexander Lees & James Gilroy. Princeton Univ. Press, Feb.

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Critter News

JANUARY 5, 2009

Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals hunting.

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Critter News

MARCH 3, 2009

Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals.

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Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals.

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Critter News

JANUARY 22, 2009

Greenland Fisheries Minister Finn Karlsen, dressed in a traditional white Inuit sealskin jacket, insisted such a ban would “have severe and negative consequence for hunters and their families.” “Our Tags: canada greenland europe seal hunters seals. They spoke before a hearing on the proposed ban.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Conversely, many American hunters refer to the gray/grey bird as the Hun, a shortened version of Hungarian, for Hungary was the source of many of the birds introduced to the Americas. These are hardy birds – they have to be to survive a Canadian winter. The birds with the c**k Partridge are Yellowhammers , plus a c**k Pheasant.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

He strongly believes that waterfowl hunters are the major reason we have waterfowl and wetlands in North America today. million waterfowl hunters in the U.S. ” If we are to continue preserving our wetlands, birders need to recognize their common bond with hunters and engage in conservation as vigorously as they do.

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