10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Thanks mostly to David Lindo, The Urban Birder, there are a few British bird groups touring the country every year now, even the BBC came to film the world famous Long-eared Owl gathering in the town of Kikinda with more than 700 birds in some winters. eBird bar chart. #2 2 Baranda fish farm. eBird bar chart. #1 A birding year in Serbia.

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Serbia Bulgaria Farming Turtles 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2016

I’m happier now that I’ve added Short-eared Owl , never an easy sighting for me. As you can see from the feature pic, my lousy owl luck precluded me from getting too close to one of these crepuscular hunters. Thus, your birding year is one-twelfth over; happy with your year list so far?

2016 101

2016 Hunters Owls Birds 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In Oregon, the Barred Owl is taking over Northern Spotted Owl territory and threatening that smaller bird’s survival. On the other hand, the extinction of the Spotted Owl is completely unacceptable. And keeping cats, natural hunters, indoors is, as a matter of biology and of common sense, not the healthiest state for them.

Feral Cats 261

Feral Cats Cats Tnr Trap Neuter Return 261

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The forests are home to Kalij Pheasants , Crested Tree Swifts , Ashy Wood Swallows , owlets, woodpeckers, spider hunters, barbets and bulbuls, laughingthrushes and hornbills. On night drives here looking for Eurasian Eagle Owl and nightjars you have a very good chance of seeing Striped Hyena.

India 193

India Wildlife Tigers Rhinoceros 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Keep watching and more will appear, maybe a flock of high flying Barred Parakeets , maybe even the hidden bird hunter of the dark woods, the Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl. These are a small sampling of the birds possible while birding in place on Poas. The post Birding in Place on Poas Volcano- What can You See?

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Costa Rica Birds Cows Hunters 261

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2018

7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. If you managed to miss anything during our week of belligerence and strong opinions here’s your chance to go back and click on some wonderful posts! 7AM – Intro Post.

Bald Eagle 100

Bald Eagle Battery Hunters Owls 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

As I’ve posted before they are efficient and merciless hunters. And they cough up pellets just like hawks and owls! They are aided by excellent binocular vision that lines up with their dagger-like bill. This one was so good it caught two fish at a time (just once though). They are true generalists.

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San Francisco Gophers Reptiles Hunters 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2014

Further north, we slow down by the ruins of an old farm… and yes, a Little Owl greets us with its ‘smiling’ face. The intensity of experience is not the same, but, e.g. focusing on a single bird and trying to solve the puzzle… or finding the rarest owl of India , that was a mind-blowing one. Common Cranes. More of a hunt?

Serbia 241

Serbia Farming India Europe 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2016

I was smart enough to chase a Snowy Owl at Sodus Point. The very handsome bird wasn’t hanging out where expected, but I was lucky enough to spy it chilling (literally) on an ice-encrusted pier, unperturbed by the duck hunters that chased everything else away! Make smart choices, people!

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2016 New York Hunters Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2018

7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. You can see our full week’s worth of scheduled offerings below: SUNDAY. 7AM – Intro Post. 1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best.

Bald Eagle 104

Bald Eagle Battery Monkeys Hunters 104

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

In answer to the oft-asked question, “What is your favourite bird”, I can usually only narrow it down to three families; Rails, Cuckoos and Owls. The names are supposed to pertain to various odd behaviours observed by cold, wet bittern hunters. To that three, I would add a fourth, if only they really existed.

Hunters 105

Hunters Owls Family Animal 105

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2012

One eyed birds often get put down or aren’t released but they can survive and can be fierce hunters, like this big female Redtail. Heermann’s Gull bills can appear in Great Horned Owl pellets. Red-tailed Hawks eat worms. This one gets up early and finds them on the wet sidewalk. Redtail as Turkey Vulture ?

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Rats Hunters Turkey Hunting 230

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

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2011 145

2011 Deer Cuba Hunters 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I’ll admit to being momentarily faked out by the plastic owls that people put out in a futile attempt to ward off crows, which demonstrates that decoys work on birders, if not on birds themselves. I suspect it’s quite possible. Over time, the word “decoy” has lost its fowling connotations and has come to mean any kind of trick or fakery.

2016 107

2016 Ducks California Fowl 107

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

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Cats 171

Cats 2011 Deer New York Times 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

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Sparrows 2011 Deer Cats 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

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Experience 162

Experience Experiments Deer 2011 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

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Deer 2011 Cats New York 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

Can you use a drone to get footage of snowy owls in cornfields? If you have a drone and fly it over a field and it finds a Short-eared Owl that you didn’t know was there and you only saw it after you uploaded your video…does it count on your list? How close is too close?

Bald Eagle 197

Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.

Iraq 130

Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

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2011 155

2011 Deer Cats New York 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

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Deer 145

Deer 2011 Fish Cows 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

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Deer 145

Deer 2011 Cats New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

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Honduras 145

Honduras Deer 2011 Denmark 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

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Utah 140

Utah Deer 2011 Cows 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

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Brazil 140

Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

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Deer 124

Deer 2011 Oklahoma Honduras 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

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DC 145

DC Washington Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

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Ethiopia 145

Ethiopia 2011 Deer Cats 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

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Colombia 145

Colombia Deer 2011 Brazil 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Research done on (live) Barn Owls provided proof that the hearing of juveniles is not mature until they are about four months of age, so under no circumstances do I release ones any younger. Researcher” is a term that should differ greatly from the term “trophy hunter.” Researchers can and do provide valuable information.

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

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Squirrels 145

Squirrels 2011 Deer Cats 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

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2011 133

2011 Deer Obama Cats 133

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. I guess I’m one of those pervs. Wicked, right?

Ducks 216

Ducks 2011 Deer Brazil 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Wicked, right?

Brazil 150

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

I’ve long advocated for a habitat stamp strickly for birders as some of us don’t want to be labeled as hunters. Personally I’m very stubborn on this issue (not that I have anything against hunters)…but the minute they make a birding stamp, I’ll buy two! Wicked, right?

2011 140

2011 Deer Wildlife Birds 140