10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2011
Hoary Marmots , also called Whistle Pigs , inhabit rocky areas near the treeline in northwestern North America up into Alaska. The “hoary&# part of their common name refers to the extremely pale fur on their back.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2015
Although it was formerly abundant and geographically widespread, Trumpeter Swan numbers and distribution were greatly reduced during the early fur trade and European settlement of North America (1600’s to 1800’s), when it was prized for its skins and primary feathers 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1bx7Ic2FY.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
As Marra and Santella note, tens of millions of people have “a deep bond and connection with cats” precisely because they’re a little bit wild, among a multitude of other reasons including soft fur, cuddliness, and playfulness. It’s not just the effect of cats on wildlife that should be alarming, “Cat Wars” says.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2012
Introduced from North America, it is bigger and more adaptable than the native Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris and has displaced the latter from much of its former range. Eastern Grey Squirrel Perhaps the white pelt had already attracted the attention of another predator.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. North American Peregrine Falcons have also enjoyed an impressive population rebound in recent years. Santa Cruz Island, CA. It was thought of as a wonder-chemical, with no ill effects.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Howell’s Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide, previously reviewed here. Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters.
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2015
The two main chapters cover Marine Mammals (Orca; Whales; Dolphins and Porpoises; Sea Lions, Fur Seals, and Elephant Seal; Rarer Marine Mammals) and Seabirds (Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Fulmar, Strom-Petrels, Phalaropes, Alcids, Red-billed Tropicbird, Brown Booby, South Polar Skua, Jaegers, Gulls and Terns, Rarer Seabirds).
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