10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

And, then there are the extinct birds of Hawaii, four of which are represented here— Kaua‘i ‘O‘o, `O`u, Po?ouli, ouli, and Mamo (also known as Hawaii Mamo). Their names echo musically in my brain (and challenge my typing skills) as I look at photos fuzzy and sharp, and read tales of habitat encroachment, avian disease, and hunting.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 270

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

This particular example of flexibility comes from Tern Island, in French Frigate Shoals to the north of Hawaii. These two species make a good living eating seal carcasses and even hunting the chicks of other seabirds, and are correspondingly among the strongest legged of any of the petrels.

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Albatross Hawaii Seals Parrots 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2021

Strangely, the eBird entry for this bird talks in detail about its distribution on Hawaii, even though it has only been introduced there.

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China Hawaii Asia Hunting 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

On my first visit to the island a few years ago I even found one hunting for sandhoppers and other assorted treats in the washed up seaweed on the beach. I usuaully see Saddlebacks when I go to Kapiti, and often when I go to Karori, but they are everywhere on Tiritiri. Saddleback ( Philesturnus carunculatus ) on the beach.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 183

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2016

In Hawaii, they are found as high as 11,000 feet ! While hunting plays some role, habitat loss as farms switch to monocultures is the greater culprit. They forage on the ground, and are found in agricultural fields, grasslands, and even forests and deserts.

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South Dakota Hawaii United States North America 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch is a beautiful bird that in some of its locations is protected by superstition ( Wikipedia ): “The Lotha Naga people will hunt many birds for food but the velvet-fronted nuthatch is generally proscribed due to the belief that killing them would bring misfortune to the hunter. A worrying trend.

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Myanmar Birds China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

Someone better tell that flamingo not to stay put and avoid Malta, where voters narrowly rejected a ban on hunting migratory birds. An infomercial king who’s probably going to jail. Cyprus count yields a rarity: an almost all-black flamingo.

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Malta Barn Owls Fowl Cyprus 243

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2011

This association belies the advanced and highly sophisticated adaptations the family has evolved for a life of wandering, hunting and, yes, piracy on the high seas.

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Albatross Pelicans Hunting Family 216

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Christmas Shearwater ( Puffinus nativitatis ) on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. They mostly feed on squid, which they hunt by diving. When I worked on Tern Island in Hawaii I would always take the opportunity to take photos when I found them, but there were never very many of them on the island.

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Kiribati Hawaii Hunting Breeding 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

A “ Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ,” more commonly known as the “Duck Stamp” currently costs $25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (“MBCF”). For example, Kilauea Point NWR in Hawaii was created in 1985 with land transferred from the U.S. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 0.0%.

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203