10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Perhaps even more interesting is how Green Herons and its relatives have learned to use bait to attract and capture fish. Egyptian Vultures raised is isolation used rocks to crack eggs presented to them. Green Herons have learned to use bait for fishing. This is particularly obvious in urban ponds with lots of small fish.

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Fish Ostriches Woodpeckers Breeders 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

It continued to fish, working its way slowly along the bank while the blackbird continued its assault. The only acknowledgement that the heron even noticed its attacker was a slightly raise crest. Despite taking thumps that could be heard across the water, the heron seemed almost oblivious to its attacker.

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Blackbirds Hunting Raised Fish 208

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

An Osprey had just taken a fish, here in the middle of the Arabian desert. I raised my binoculars and was happy to see it was the osprey. I watched, my heart hammering as a large, pale-coloured bird swept over the water and swung its legs downward to meet the surface. It was hard to take in.

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Qatar Farming Sanctuary Raised 261

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2012

Back on the bank it gave itself a doggy shake to dry out and held its feathers slightly raised from its body to help them dry, making itself look even bigger than it already was. Raising two chicks to this stage is a reasonably good return on investment.

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Hunting Battery Raised Adoptable 242

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

Encountering this stunner, one of the largest passerines in South America, raises a number of questions. After all, the Red-ruffed Fruit Crow, known inexplicably in the fly-fishing community as the Indian Crow, is not a crow at all.

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Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 249

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

The Gull will take the fish out of the youngster beak as this retrieves it from the parent’s crop. The gulls breed their young and the cormorants raise their young successfully as shown by the size of the two young birds in the photos. It is going to get rough here…. The Gull lands and assesses the situation waiting for the right time.

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Protection Peru Chile Collecting 249

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2011

The teacher asked the kids to make a list of all the birds they knew, and they were busy scratching away with their pencils when one boy raised his hand and asked, “Ma’am, how do you spell “shitepoke?” portrait of a Green Heron , only slightly compromised by the giant dollop of fish emulsion exiting its cloaca.

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Iowa Pigs Farming Raised 247

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

Humankind has since modified the landscape into a recreational wonderland with open water for boating, fishing, and jet skis with an expansive spoils pile on the south side called Fiesta Island that has access for off-leash dogs, beach recreation, and more. Osprey carrying a fish La Jolla Cove has a lot going on.

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San Diego Sea Lions Lions Birds 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. These Blasts From The Past Sanderlings Fish Crow at Cape May Ducklings! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 219

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

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Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 203

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2011

A lot of this has to do with the fact that as sea level rises, marshlands, which are the the basis for a lot of fish and bird ecology, are wiped out, but if sea level remains stable for a while, or changes only slowly, coastal marshes have time to form. Similar things happen to both fish and birds.

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Penguins Birds Cooking Fish 250

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

Predators that rely on lemmings, like the Snowy Owl , took advantage of the bounty and had great breeding success, raising large broods which, after the lemming population crashes, dispersed far and wide. This Gyrfalcon rests and watches near an area frequented by several hare … A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?

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Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 252

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. Fish and Wildlife Service). **And

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Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

About one hundred yards away an Anhinga surfaced with a freshly skewered fish. I’d excitedly raise my binoculars to only barely make out that bright yellow eye that screamed ‘Least Grebe’ uncomfortably loud. These scarce residents are rarely seen – and even when visible, are usually quite wary of humans.

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Trinidad Birds Parrots Falcons 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. Fish and Wildlife service estimates that there are 16 million “active birders” in the United States, though that figure is likely orders of magnitude too high.

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Legislation 2019 2017 2018 299

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Over a decade from 1993 to 2004, conservationists released 289 captive-raised Whooping Cranes into Osceola, Lake and Polk counties in Central Florida. I contacted Marty Folk from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and asked him if he had any clues. Now who might these two individuals be?

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Buffalo Florida Louisiana 2004 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2019

A world without bird and/or mammal, fish and reptile rehabilitators would be a very sad one. The questions that are raised with a rehab bird are things like; without human help, would the bird have lived? This week, I have been pondering the value of bird rehabilitators. Would it be here in a city park?

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Owls Reptiles Brazil Mammals 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

But Mars’s character is less about being an eagle and more about the fact that he was stolen from his nest, raised in captivity, and now considers almost all of mankind – except Luna – to be his enemy. It was when Hélène says to Ned, “And when the stakes were the highest, you raised an eagle on your glove.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2013

It is easy to see its close association with other fish-catching, ‘toothed’ ducks. I am unable to say why some of the ducks swim with their tails raised while others allow it to trail behind them in the water. It migrates north to breed in the tundra where it nests on the ground close to shallow pools.

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Ducks Geese Suffering Canada 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

Piney Z lake is not large, bisected by a berm that parallels the land-trail as well as a series of fishing earthen fingers that stretch out into the water at regular intervals. Nosing our kayaks between the trunks of bald cypress trees, we watched two Osprey eating fish on their large, stick-filled nest.

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Georgia Horses Transported Fish 200

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2023

I leave acacias behind and enter the village, at first raised on low concrete platforms, barely half a meter above the tidal mud flat. The whole village smells of fish – its raison d’etre. One goat is feeding on fish hanging to dry along the sticks. Chiku raises a fist and smiles victoriously. The end of the road.

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Mozambique India Fish Goats 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 260

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2016

One bird was flying towards us and, just prior to avoiding us, only slightly raised its head (showing us its yellow throat) before picking up an insect in mid-air. The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices.

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Serbia Birds Eagles Fish 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2016

The cormorants have long been targeted by those who fish—or who raise fish on farms—for depleting fish stocks. Fish and Wildlife Service has periodically conducted culls, arguing that removing Double-crested Cormorants from the equation would help support populations of native fish. So the U.S.

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Culling Mississippi United States Fish 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Aptly called the tube-nosed birds, on account of their raised and highly visible nostrils, these species are able to hone in on oceanic food from several miles away, based on smell alone. Following oceanic surface smells that are carried by winds, they are often able to locate valuable food sources – like krill and zooplankton.

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Mammals Mozambique Birds Colombia 261

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

The wide open swampy areas are perfect for easy birdwatching with the transpantaneira road that provides an easy access and becomes a raised platform that birdwatchers use for setting their spotting scopes and huge tripods. The contrast between biodiversity and human destruction is in plain sight everywhere you go!

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Brazil Otters Reptiles Cattle 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Rufous Fantails are observed less often and my first encounter was on 5th November on the Great Southern Rail Trail between Foster and Fish Creek. I raised my binoculars and there was one huge male Koala relaxing in the fork of the tall tree. I then started to observe more Rufous Fantails in December. Rufous Fantail.

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Koalas Tigers Raised Fish 195

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. The lake is a private property, run by the Mika Alas fish farm company and visitors must ask for permission in advance ( management contacts ). km / 1 mi to the fish farm entrance. and am not a lifestyle writer to comment on those claims.

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Birds Eagles 2017 Otters 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In fact, the only way to explore this section of the waterway is to take a 45 minute tour on one of their shaded boats, a treat in and of itself because the raised seats mean visitors can take in not only the birds above the water, but the fish and manatees beneath the rippled surface.

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Alligators Turkey Hunting Raised 164

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. Alaska’s long-lining fleet now must have bird-deterrent measures in place, which means a lot more Laysan, Black-footed and Short-tailed Albatross are not being injured or drowned in fishing gear. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 253

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The German name of the Yellow-billed Stork is Nimmersatt, which translates as “Glutton” or “Never full” Wikipedia explains the name: “Parents feed their young by regurgitating fish onto the nest floor, whereupon it is picked up and consumed by the nestlings.

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Ostriches Parrots Eggs Africa 147

Critter News

MARCH 19, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service granted a permit March 9 to the Northern Arapaho Tribe allowing it either to kill or capture and release two bald eagles this year. They say the tribe could raise captive birds, or accept eagle feathers or carcasses already available from a federal repository that collects birds killed by power lines or other causes.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Killing Wyoming 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2020

The fishing birds have it easy here. The lodge also has a raised saltwater pool – no excessive digging nor abrasive scent of chlorine in the rainforest – from which one can observe flocks of Crested Oropendolas attending to their pendulous nests in the nearby trees under the watchful eye of a Piratic Flycatcher.

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Trinidad Parrots Hunting Raised 245

Critter News

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The aquarium said it hoped Homer would help raise awareness about the plight of his species. Dangers include fishermen deliberately blinding the animals to protect fishing equipment. I'm not posting this because of the rescue (which is a good thing), but because of HOW this turtle was blinded. From the BBC.

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Turtles Greece Rescue Raised 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer Cats 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

My standard joke – that nobody ever seems to find funny – when being asked if I am interested in fishing is to answer that I do not fish because I would be too afraid of catching a fish). (My None other than W.S. of the German Anglers Association. I am so glad somebody cares. (My

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Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 25, 2010

Talking Hot Dog Ranch, Livingston, Montana: Casey Anderson tosses Brutus the grizzly bears a fish at homemade “falls.&# (Photo Credit: © Grizzly Creek Films). Casey then returns to Montana to see if he can teach a bear raised in captivity to fish for himself, in an aquarium designed for that purpose. Nat Geo WILD!

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Grizzly Bear Montana Bears Wolves 100