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Birds, Hunters, and Lead

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In what some might see as an unlikely alliance, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and – yes – hunters have banded together to convince those who hunt to use copper bullets instead of lead. The NRA has tried to portray this movement as “taking away hunters’ rights,” which does nothing but insult the hunters already on board.

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The Plume Hunter

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

I’ve just finished reading THE PLUME HUNTER (Torrey House Press, December 2011) by Renée Thompson. In this captivating book, Thompson explores the motivation behind hunters who shot birds to sell feathers for women’s hats at the turn of the nineteenth century.

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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act was passed, in part, to protect dwindling numbers of birds that migrate across country borders. Machi was, of course, only one bird. Let’s make Machi’s death mean something!

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. The Jewel Hunter belongs to a singular niche, the Big Year/Big Lifelist book. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect. And mosquitos. And leeches.

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Maltese Hunters Still Shooting Protected Birds

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Will the slaughter never end?

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Another Effort to Ban Hunting with Lead Bullets

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2012

You’d think it would be a no-brainer but sadly hunters are resistant to a lead-bullet ban. Over a hundred organizations have again petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban lead in hunting – a move opposed by many hunting groups. At issue is that millions of birds each year end up eating the lead and dying.

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Bag Limit? We Don’t Need No Stinking Bag Limit!

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

As has often been said in these quarters, in general us bird bloggers don’t have many quarrels with hunters. Birders and hunters usually share the same conservation goals and sometimes work together to advance them. Most hunters follow them, but there are always a few bad apples. Note, I said responsible hunting practices.

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Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This has benefited both the waterfowl hunters and everyone else who likes ducks and their kin. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

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The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

million hunters. This means that only 11% of hunters buy the Duck Stamp raising approximately $25 million a year. Since its inception that $800 million has helped to protect over 6 million acres of habitat for wildlife and future generations. Eighty years of Duck Stamp sales, $800 million and 6 million acres protected?

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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

I won’t pick a fight with hunters, as long as they eat what they shoot and don’t use lead ammunition. Here is a direct (and unedited) quote: “… keep in mind the main reason why experienced crow hunters got into the sport in the first place, Fun. I am not anti-hunting. Plain old fashioned Fun.”. This is baloney.

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.

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Stop the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Hunt! (Again)

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2013

As Vickie reminds us, not even a majority of Tennessee hunters support a hunting season on Sandhill Cranes : Once again, a proposed sandhill crane season is on the table in Tennessee. The initiative for this hunt comes from a small group of hunters. And tell ‘em 10,000 Birds sent you!

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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. They don’t take into account the valid concerns non-hunters have about buying the stamp, which fall into two main areas: 1. Many wildlife watchers, birders and photographers don’t want to support a stamp that is so intimately and historically associated with hunting.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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.

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Killing Birds in Cyprus – Fall 2011 Version

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In Cyprus it also means that the hunters and trappers are active again. It really is just too damn dangerous to go there without protection if you’re holding a pair of binoculars, looking like a non-local, and driving up back roads obviously looking for birds. Summer is ending, and that means the birds are migrating again.

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The Whistle Blowers

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters. With assistance from the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) a boardwalk and nature centre have been established. They are also the rarest.

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A New Wildlife Refuge Pass: Fellow Birders, Help Us Help You

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2016

They want, especially, to distinguish their role as non-hunting conservationists, without in any way competing or detracting from the existing heritage — a way to work in confluence, while also generating the community passions that the Duck Stamp does for hunters. We’ve listened to feedback, both positive and negative. Here’s What’s New.

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Behold the Blue-footed Booby

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

They are daring divers, powerful underwater swimmers, and cooperative hunters. Perhaps that explains why the Galapagos Conservation Trust raises funds to help protect the Islands’ unique wildlife and habitat through the celebration of Blue-footed Booby Day. Basically, lady boobies love knocking the brightest blue boots.

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter.

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The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

At first, the road is paved, but as soon as the tarmac ends, the tracks become decorated by hunters in orange vests. The soil is disturbed by foraging boars (and there is not a single shot from those hunters). I am… mesmerised by the mountain. One Grey-headed Woodpecker flies across the road – a promising start.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This protected area is of special importance for migrating waders, of which some 27 species were reported here, including Pied Avocet , Temminck’s Stint , Red-necked Phalarope , Sanderling and Dunlin. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, wildlife is still more commonly sold to foreign hunters. A birding year in Serbia.

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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

Suspecting they still occurred, we went to considerable effort searching unsuccessfully for picathartes, our suspicions all but confirmed when several hunters I interviewed said they knew the bird and claimed they still existed. Then a few years ago the news broke that picathartes had been rediscovered in Ghana at a community forest reserve!

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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. The seal hunters accidentally introduced mice to Marion, as was the case for many islands around the world.

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Birding Argentina – Salto Encantado and Yaguarundy Reserve

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We arrived and met with the owner who explained about this private reserve which has been constantly threaten by hunters and other people to destroy what they have been protecting since 1997. We arrived at Yaguarundy Reserve in late afternoon and were greeted by Plumbeous Rail that crossed the road before reaching the station.

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Journalists Arrested During Namibian Seal Hunt

Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

The dramatic film shows seals being killed by hunters during a hunt at the Cape Cross Reserve in Namibia and hunters armed with clubs running towards film maker Bart Smithers and Jim Wickens, from the UK's Ecostorm agency. Tags: animal cruelty africa seal hunters seals namibia hunting.

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Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. The humans tended to keep away a range of predators that might take the pups as a form of interference competition.

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Nine-legged Plover?

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

A Fascinating Blog Post Three Brave Boys Save Secretary Bird Black-backed Woodpecker to Get Protection in California? He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. These Blasts From The Past Nature Carnivals Now and Later Why are Birds So Important to People?

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“They fly and fly until there’s no more ocean to fly over” — a review of the book “Shearwater”

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

They will list ten or twenty or fifty titles, and will include, inevitably, Hunter Biden’s autobiography, and Volume 12 of Barack Obama’s, and other such works. But there is, apparently, and thanks to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, some good news on the rat front in that part of the world.).

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The conservation need is urgent: great attention has rightly been paid to Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest but not enough resources have gone to the Pantanal and the Cerrado, of which only 4% and 5%, respectively, are protected. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Duck Butts

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. The proposal from U.S.

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Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. The proposal from U.S.

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. Astonished by this unexpected response, I asked for elaboration.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. From a conservation perspective the poisoning of rats was a no-brainer, a single application of poison over a relatively small area would protect the future of a species.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though Scarlet Macaws are threatened in Honduras there is hope that they will get protection and recover at least some of their numbers and former range. Their plumage is simply amazing and the colors are astounding. The proposal from U.S.

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What is the National Bird of Nicaragua?

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 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. 6 Responses to “What is the National Bird of Nicaragua?&#

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

About 15 million birds are killed annually by hunters, and of course this is distributed among a very small number of species. I would be they are in less environmentally backwards states (and I say that with some authority having done EIS work in several states … Minnesota is the wild west when it comes to environmental protection).

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Cool Green Heron

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Ease Into Some Oekologie Oekologie #10 Undercover Taxidermist Busts Illegal Hunters Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia Audubon Rebrand About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. The proposal from U.S.

2011

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Herpetology Vs. Ornithology

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 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. Joseph Mar 2nd, 2011 at 11:39 am I always read xkcd.

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More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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Seal Slaughter Stopped by Russia. Canada? Not So Much.

Critter News

MARCH 22, 2009

Maybe Canada can learn something from the former KGB agent and avid hunter about compassion. The ministry said: “This is a serious step forward to protect Russia’s biological diversity. Kudos for Russian leader Vladimir Putin for stopping the slaughter of seals.

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You Gotta Fight When You Think it’s the Right Thing to Do

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2017

Protection of the area is far more important than my personal birding needs (my birding obsession, to be honest, addiction even). Cover photo : White Hunter Black Heart, 1990. There’s enough scientific data collected already ( eBird illustrated checklist ), it is not as if we really need more.

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 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. The proposal from U.S.

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Experience Experiments Deer 2011

What is the National Bird of Denmark?

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 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. 3 Responses to “What is the National Bird of Denmark?&#

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Wolves & Eagles No Longer Endangered in Michigan?

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Michigan's removal of the bald eagle and gray wolf from the list will be the most significant change in species protection the state has seen in years. The delisting would not open the door for hunters to kill wolves, the state's DNR notes. That's what Michigan's State Department of Natural Resources says.

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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

Maltese Hunters Still Shooting Protected Birds

Another Effort to Ban Hunting with Lead Bullets

Bag Limit? We Don’t Need No Stinking Bag Limit!

Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

Stop the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Hunt! (Again)

The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

The Nonessential Whooping Crane

Killing Birds in Cyprus – Fall 2011 Version

The Whistle Blowers

A New Wildlife Refuge Pass: Fellow Birders, Help Us Help You

Behold the Blue-footed Booby

Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

Flock to Marion

Birding Argentina – Salto Encantado and Yaguarundy Reserve

Journalists Arrested During Namibian Seal Hunt

Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

Nine-legged Plover?

“They fly and fly until there’s no more ocean to fly over” — a review of the book “Shearwater”

Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

Duck Butts

Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia

Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

When conservation and animal rights collide

What is the National Bird of Honduras?

What is the National Bird of Nicaragua?

How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

Cool Green Heron

Herpetology Vs. Ornithology

More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

Seal Slaughter Stopped by Russia. Canada? Not So Much.

You Gotta Fight When You Think it’s the Right Thing to Do

A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

What is the National Bird of Denmark?

Wolves & Eagles No Longer Endangered in Michigan?

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