10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2024
Although the property has seen human impacts, there have been recent efforts to improve water quality and restore this important habitat. Multi-million-dollar homes, fancy restaurants, rugged swimming, California sea lions, and close-up looks at some birds.
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2010
Here's someone else who agrees with me that sea lions are not the true threat to salmon. It's just easier to kill sea lions that to break down dams. She highlights dams, but that is only one of the four H's (hydro, harvest, habitat and hatcheries) that are obliterating this beautiful creature.
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Critter News
MARCH 8, 2010
Sea lions are killed here for eating salmon. We all know that it's not the sea lions' fault that the salmon runs are either threatened or endangered. It's the humans' fault through overharvesting, the use of fish hatcheries, hydropower dams (like Bonneville) and the decimation of habitat. It really makes me angry.
Critter News
MARCH 16, 2012
The Federal government has approved the killing of California Sea Lions in the Columbia River, blaming them for killing and eating endangered salmon. Never mind the main reasons for the problems with the salmon: hatcheries, human harvest, hydropower and the destruction of habitat.
Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2008
All driven by humans. But we can't get rid of humans, of course, and we need to punish someone who can't fight back. Let's pick the sea lions! Portland judge said Wednesday the Northwest states can kill hungry sea lions on the Columbia River. Tags: salmon sea lions.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2024
Bonus photos: One to annoy those people who do not like human items in bird photos … … and one showing an embarrassing moment for an eagle, crashing into the ice. The post A Fierce Cartoon Bird: Steller’s Sea Eagle on Hokkaido first appeared on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The next five chapters focus more specifically on Galápagos creatures: huge tortoises; iguanas; birds (two chapters–one on seabirds and coastal birds, another on land birds, including the famous finches); water creatures–sea lions, crabs, fish, sea turtles, whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
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