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Read what you want about the origin of domestic cats; the genetic evidence is not properly sampled. This almost certainly can be argued to be true just on the basis of logic, because feral Cats are proficient hunters and are entirely out of ecological place. Let me tell you this: They are. And for rodents and reptiles as well.
In particular, birds that hang around with humans who don’t happen to hunt or eat them can become very tame. I spent a lot of time with Efe Pygmy hunters in the deep forest, and I spent a certain amount of time either entirely alone or with only one other researcher, this or that American.
That for the latter nature went on without them, letting them observe, seems to be proved by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in your chance of getting wounded by a small to medium forest mammal if you are hunting them or if you are gathering plant products. Or get your own.
Lacking, as I do, a birding reputation that would make people part with cash for my time I’ll have to go for the rarity hunters and put together an itinerary of highlights that can’t be missed. It isn’t like the punters will know any better, or care, so long as it counts as a tick. I can’t lose.
Here’s a sample of how that section reads: “Ducks have 14-18 feathers (rectrices). Hunting: You may have noticed that the Written Species Accounts include a section on hunting. So–not a fan of hunting. Wood Duck, Written Species Account, pages two and three. I was really taken aback when I saw this.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition. For example, Congress passed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act in 1934, but it did not mandate specific rules for a Duck Stamp Competition.
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