10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

These wildlife refuges are literally essential for the survival of many migratory species of the Pacific Flyway. Historical data indicated that since the first settlers arrived 53 percent of the original 221 million wetland acres found in the contiguous United States had been destroyed. million, according to the U.S.

Sacramento 211

Sacramento Wildlife United States North America 211

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests.

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Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

How many birds to cats kill in the United States? A recent meta study ( The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States ) that applied strict inclusion criteria and some fancy statistics estimates that 2.4 Clearly the second choice will cause some species to go extinct, most likely.

Killing 274

Killing Cats Fish Feral Cats 274

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. million metric tons per year in the United States alone; and. (By Arriving in North America around the time of Columbus, they have become “one of the most successful invasive species on earth.”.

Feral Cats 268

Feral Cats Cats Tnr Trap Neuter Return 268

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

In 2012 , the NFC revised some of its goals and set forth a new vision of waterfowl management that emphasized a core of hunter and conservationist supporters. Thus, birders like natural areas close to home with rare species, and perhaps some ducks. Note that diversity of species, total number of birds, and access, were less important.

Minnesota 264

Minnesota Pennsylvania Ohio United States 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

The Common Pochard is listed as Vulnerable – not because it is particularly rare, but because of the rapid decline in its numbers (a decline of 50% within 10 years means a species is listed as Vulnerable – and a 50% loss in 10 years sounds quite dramatic and frightening indeed). And it does not even live in reeds.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 262

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Finally in 1799, the first visitors on this volcanic land were a group of French seal hunters who were after the fur seals that can be found hauled out on the beaches for fur and oil, which almost wiped out the local population of the species. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. What follows are the responses that readers offered, a veritable aviary of sought after species. It is a really neat bird that I have not seen before.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Penguins 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

per cent of individuals of a species at a given time” and a vagrant bird as a bird that shows up outside of this range (p. The accounts cover vagrancy patterns for the family as a whole, reasons for vagrancy, documented examples of vagrancy for specific species and reasons that might account for those incidents.

Compassion 264

Compassion Birds Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2016

This is Officer Judy Smith, from the Department of the United (crackle crackle), and this is a final notice from the United States Federate (crackle crackle). I’ve received stacks of hate mail from hunters who use lead bullets (as opposed to copper), outdoor cat owners, etc etc etc. Uh-oh, I thought.

Feral Cats 105

Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation United States Slaughtered 105

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

I was also curious, as a birder of the northeast United States, to see what kind of avian changes have been going on in Pennsylvania. The core of the book are the Species Accounts, 190 accounts by 52 authors, some names that readers will easily recognize, others birders and ornithologists well-known in Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 258

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Ever since, our staff has been working hard to turn the land back to a more natural state within the floodplain of the Tualatin River basin. The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants.

Fish 154

Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 154

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

Interestingly, the eagle featured in Panama’s coat of arms is not the Harpy Eagle, but a representation of an American eagle species, as the United States was the first country to recognize Panama’s independence. A Harpy Eagle. Like Woods, I can’t get over their talons.

Panama 102

Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Monkeys 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the 100th Anniversary of the extinction of the species known as the Passenger Pigeon and writers are paying attention. Errol Fuller’s The Passenger Pigeon is a beautifully illustrated, elegantly written “celebration” of the passenger pigeon and the artists who illustrated and photographed the species.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 168

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

Virginia 134

Virginia Portland Industry New York City 134

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Is there a birder in the United States who is not familiar with the art of Charley Harper? So, the Eastern Kingbird ”is one of the Tyrant Flycatchers, Tyrannidae –America’s largest bird family–365 different species.” The chapter also gives hope.

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Betty Crocker 2008 Birds 2007 170

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We are all suckers for an albatross, at least in the United States. She doesn’t know the species till it emerges, almost dreamlike, from the heavy glare of the sun. Fox encounters 69 species, some singly, some in huge feeding or migrating flocks. Do I need to say anything more? ” There are amazing stories here.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

So, I welcomed the opportunity to read and review Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds , by John Pickrell, published in the United States by Columbia University Press. No, not a reality show, the history of paleontology in the United States is apparently livelier than the Indiana Jones movies.)

Mongolia 222

Mongolia Reptiles Science Indiana 222

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

…Sure, we got lots of ‘em javelina and wild hogs too” But I explained to him that I was a hunter of a different kind and that I was looking for tiny owls and not wild pigs. But nevertheless, this part of the country is home to an astonishing variety of birds and a good number of species that are found nowhere else in the US.

Owls 190

Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2011

It goes without saying that our three breeding species of mergansers in the United States are amongst the most brilliantly colored birds we have. Red-breasted Mergansers occupy most of Canada and into Alaska for breeding with some of the norther tier of the United States. How about the bill? What do you think?

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Colorado Breeders Denver United States 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks 154

Ducks Geese North America Hunters 154