10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

Young Scott put in yeoman’s work first identifying, then attempting to photograph the birds he stumbled across while hunting rabbits with a friend, and apparently his drive has stayed with him from that day to this. He now runs the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute out of Estes Park.

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Owls Wounded Colorado Rabbits 235

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2012

During the middle ages, a specialised vocabulary became popular in the sport of hunting. Most of the collective nouns would have been used to describe animals that were hunted for sport which is disturbing when one considers a Parliament of Owls for example, a Herd of Wrens or a Stand of Flamingos.

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Hunting Collecting Fox Groups 174

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret. 2019), and now this book.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. But, this is not a reference book in the classic sense.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 244

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2012

Today an adult bird was hunting while two juvenile birds waited, knee-deep in water, apparently unclear what to do next. The adult bird had had some success and stopped hunting in favour of a dip. Using the ubiquitous Great Egret as a reference, the Goliath Heron is half a meter taller (from bill-tip to toe) and four times as heavy.

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Hunting Battery Raised Adoptable 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. However it is now one of the world’s rarest animals after decades of relentless hunting and poaching. The Black Rhino was also a widespread African denizen occurring throughout the continent, even into desert areas.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Leopards Elephants 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The next site is grazing pastureland called Mali Pesak and there, while having coffee among the snowy dunes, we observe the hunting attempt of one beautiful Hen Harrier male. The title refers to the Serbian movie of the same name (minus the “birding”) that was filmed in that area. Trips Europe Serbia wetlands'

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Killing Mali Serbia Geese 250

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 240

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

In this context, mitigation refers to setting aside habitat in a different location to reduce the impact in the effected location. Along the way, Marsh Wrens flitted in the cattails, Caspian Terns noisily passed overhead, and an Osprey hunted over the water.

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Washington Oregon Wildlife United States 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2012

My experience of Common Nighthawks had previously been at dusk as they begin hunting for the night. This is a term used in the Far East to describe someone who has been rudely awoken and refers to the half-closed eyes and accompanying grumpiness of one who feels that sleep has been taken from them.

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Miami Florida Hunting Breeding 220

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead focuses on those stories that both illustrate each chapter’s theme and clearly have meaning to him, and though the Birds and Us of the title primarily refers to how we, humans, observe and value birds, there are forays into birds and art, literature, medicine, food, religion, and biography.

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

During the very late 15th century and early 16th century, there are about five or so references to one Spanish explorer or another finding a “Turkey” and maybe or maybe not bringing it back to Europe. Another from the King of Spain dated 30 september 1512 refers to two turkeys which had arrived in Spain from Hispaniola.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 260

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

What myths am I referring to? That means hunters, groups that do not object to hunting, and sympathetic academics.” ” Our public wild places are now being attacked by a small group of extremists in state legislators as well as key members of the House of Representatives and the U.S.

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Wildlife Extremist Hunters Legislation 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2020

And when I say bird migration I’m referring to a specific group of birds – shorebirds. Last weekend I wasn’t on the hunt for any species in particular though. This pervasive pandemic we’re currently experiencing has squashed everyone’s travel plans – humans that is.

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Trinidad South America Blackbirds Game 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This separation of different traits into individual and separate histories, each with its own selective environment, is now known as “mosaic evolution&# in reference to a mosaic showing a coherent picture, but made of many individual separate tiles.

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Penguins Seals Peru Leopards 251

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2022

And they rhyme “winner” with “five-piece chicken dinner” (finally getting to the stretched lapwing reference). Another nice line from the same song is “I must be driving towards success but I can’t find the keys to my car” (no birding reference though). Who would have thought?

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Birds Chickens Mammals Japan 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

million people were spending nearly $1 billion annually to hunt waterfowl. References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 U.S. Waterfowl were then and are now the most prominent and economically important group of migratory birds of the North American continent. By 1985, approximately 3.2 Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Sacramento Wildlife United States North America 228

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2015

Illegal Shooting – Hunting is currently controlled by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (1918) and not currently legal anywhere in North America but unintentional and malicious shooting remains a problem. This problem looms as the single greatest threat to the reestablishment of Trumpeter Swans in the Midwest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1bx7Ic2FY.

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North America Iowa Wisconsin Michigan 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

The Asian Koel is a cuckoo species and thus freed from the obligation to raise its own chicks (though the birds like to refer to themselves as brood parasites, which sounds a bit less obviously selfish). Lesser Whistling Ducks are “not threatened by hunting as they are not considered good to eat” ( Wikipedia ). Lucky ducks.

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

BBC Nature has a really cool video of the Peregrine hunting a pigeon in a stoop. Although Peregrines are famous for hunting birds from above by stooping down on them, they use several other means of attaining prey and are most active at dawn and dusk. Don’t miss it! Peregrine Falcon from Sacramento NWR auto loop.

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 191

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2022

Today, Barn Owls can be found across both islands, hunting open fields at twilight or comfortably resting in abandoned relics of the sugar cane industry. More often than not, my fervor would be rewarded by a silent flyover, dark eyes locked on the wonder-filled eyes of a young Faraaz.

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Trinidad Owls Barn Owls Abandoning 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Apparently, the dissimilis (“unlike, different”) refers to the difference between the male and the female of the species. No such differences in the Blue Whistling Thrush , though the HBW still states that “Female is similar but duller”, which refers to the color rather than the IQ of the bird (I hope).

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Burma India Thailand Indonesia 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2017

I could swear that I once saw it referenced in an old bird book as a “ Nuthatch Warbler ” but I’ll retire my binoculars if I can remember where I saw that reference. Watching them hunt can be fun though. After all, who wants to bird in monochrome when spring migration so often offers technicolor?

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New York City New York United States Hunting 145

Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

She's referring to the pie thrown in the face of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea by a PETA member protesting the Canadian seal hunt. It's pretty scary that a Liberal MP would actually question whether a pie in the face is terrorism.

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PETA Seals Protest Protesting 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As a result, America’s national parks are now at a higher risk of private development within their borders, we will have fewer tools to protect access to hunting and fishing spots, and local parks and open space projects in all 50 states may face delays or cancellation in the year ahead.”

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Legislation Montana Wyoming Idaho 210

Critter News

AUGUST 29, 2009

Dubbed the Crocodile Gang, this cartel - whose existence can be revealed by the Mail today - is behind the ‘industrial-scale slaughter’ of black rhinos, prompting warnings that the species will be hunted to extinction in the region within two years.

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Rhinos Elephants Butcher Slaughtered 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. Species are indexed by English name, scientific name, local names and SEO name, a diverse number of reference points. The Index of Species could be better.

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 244

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2016

A letter requesting information on the permit issued to remove the nest got this response from the city, “In reference to your request for documentation for the removal of an active Osprey nest from the light pole at the soccer field, please be advised that none exist.

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Transported Eggs Killing 2009 124

Animal Person

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Where's the hunting? And in this case we are told exactly where they come from, therefore we don't need to make any assumptions: The child's father taught him how to use a gun (at age 4) and takes him hunting. each reference to "animals" above should really say "certain animals:" the ones we have chosen to demonize.

Alligators 100

Alligators Pit Bulls Killing Slaughtered 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2016

One of the scenes in the film I found very disturbing as both a birder and wildlife photographer, depicted Adam Grimm and Tim Taylor out in the field attempting to capture images of ducks as reference images for their artwork. The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp is obviously a successful wildlife conservation program.

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Ducks 2016 Hunters Wildlife 140

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Readers are referred to the text itself for citations of historical periodicals such Bird-Lore, the magazine that preceded Audubon magazine. The 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation , p.36, This is too bad. ——————– *U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

I make this statement with this addendum; I would not post the location of a species that could be targeted during hunting season. References: 1 Wikipedia. For an excellent discussion on sharing wildlife locations , please read Ingrid’s post here. I hope you enjoy these photos of my recent experience with the Snow Bunting.

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California North America Wildlife 2009 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Resident birds, such as this Gray Ghost (Northern Harrier) photographed hunting near Disposal Road one winter by Ron Shields, are well represented, as are migrants and rarities. I was very surprised not to see any reference at all to Jim Wright’s excellent Meadowlands Nature Blog. The Index is adequate, listing species and names.

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New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 201

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Latimer refers to his previous two posts where he has "documented the ethical and moral shallowness of the 'animal rights' credo itself, which is based more on an anti-human self hatred, taking the form of a 'moral' squeamishness concerned more with stamping out human 'cruelty,' no matter what the social or economic costs might be.

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Animal Rights Rights Animal Broiler Chicken 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2017

My route back to my boat goes past what I refer to as a seasonal pond, one that fills up, only after a very large amount of rain, like from a hurricane. After an early morning start, and sitting thru almost an entire tidal cycle, in the flats north of town, I accepted defeat. I trudged back to my truck, tired, sweaty, and hungry.

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Costa Rica Guatemala Bears Hunting 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The Indexes show images of the most common birds of the area against a painted background, with page references to species accounts. Bookending these indexes, the back of the book features 11 guides to birding in the most bird-rich areas of the island.

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Brunei Asia Birds China 233

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

In birding, a “nemesis bird” refers to a specific bird species that a birder has been trying to see or observe for a long time but has been unsuccessful in finding or encountering. ” Grade: A. # # # Query: What is a “nemesis bird” in birding? Grade: A. # # # Query: What is a “spark bird” in birding?

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United States North America Birds America 147