10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. And it gave me a hope.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Now that we have returned to our adopted home of La Paz, Mexico, our bones are starting to thaw out from the trip to chilly Seattle. Last Saturday, I was walking around the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, on a cloudy, gray 28F morning. Ahh, what a difference a week can make! This sanctuary has 60 of the worlds 153 cactus genera.

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Mexico Sanctuary Seattle Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2017

Annex II of the Bern Convention lists 45 of Beljarica’s bird species, with a further 91 species in Annex III. The Convention on Migratory Species (the Bonn Convention) lists two of these species – the Ferruginous Duck and the White-tailed Eagle – in Annex I, with a further 64 species in the Annex II.

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Eagles Campaign Otters Serbia 174

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

More than 5,000 bird species in the world make some kind of seasonal movement. On our North American continent, tens of millions of birds are flying northward on peak spring nights. In Kaufman’s telling, all of them, all of those flights, seem like millions of miracles.

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Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

— but there is apparently an entire literature about women who adopt wild birds and devote substantial portions of their lives and psyches to those birds thereafter, often for years and, necessarily, to the point of obsession. As she has done for many years and with more than twenty species, she adopted a baby bird, a blue jay.

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Ohio Adoptable Emotional 2019 146

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

So I asked seven wildlife rehabilitators, “Tell me your favorite (or one of your favorites) release story – the kind that makes you keep going, in spite of everything.”. “A But lets see … I’d say one of my most memorable releases is that of a Purple Martin , a species of special concern in California.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 229

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

The wildlife steward boasts 8 pairs of Common Kingfishers along this stretch as the stream diverts through small wildfowl ponds. The Black Swans were adopted to the trust’s coat of arms and breed here during the northern winter. But of course, you don’t care about all that stuff! Where are the birds?” I hear you cry.

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Collecting South America Blackbirds Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The USVI are smaller and have fewer habitats and, as a result, fewer bird species. Puerto Rico has a checklist of 269 species, 207 of which are migratory and the USVI has a checklist of 149 species, 124 of which are migratory. Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

But I don’t agree with the supplemental feeding that happens with feral cats–if you’re gonna call them wildlife, treat them as such. And if a feral cat colony is near an endangered species, the colony should be eliminated. “Why can’t the kittens be adopted,” I asked in her comments section.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 187

Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. Frizzell explained that a large population of feral cats is ultimately detrimental to the overall environmental health of the base, its native species and ecosystems. They’re a big impact on wildlife. We worry about wildlife, disease and nuisance animals.”

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Feral Cats Feral Compassion Cats 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

For a land that can lay claim to an abundance of such wonderful native wildlife, it’s peculiar that the national symbolism of Scotland is so populated by mythological creatures.

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Eagles Lions Hunting Lamb 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

In southern Africa, there are two species. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. I too am fascinated by the name of this species. Frank Mar 22nd, 2011 at 8:02 pm Awesome images of a species that looks somewhat prehistoric. How do we know this?

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Cocker writes about the species within each family with a literary specificity softened by a tone of conversational patience.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The kiwi (note, Maori loanwords do not get an ‘s’ when made plural) were first used as logos in the 19th century, and were quickly adopted as a a national emblem before the turn of the century. Both these tours are for the Little Spotted Kiwi , the smallest species and one now one mainly confined to offshore islands.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 148

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2010

The 700 islands that comprise The Bahamas contain miles of vital coral reefs, which are the foundation of a healthy ocean environment, providing shelter, nurseries and feeding grounds for hundreds of marine species, including dolphins, sea turtles and a wide range of fish.

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Bahamas Dolphins Sea Turtles Protection 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

There have been 221 species recorded on the count, including goodies like Gyrfalcon , King Rail , Western Tanager , Ash-throated Flycatcher , Sedge Wren and Black-throated Gray Warbler. Eventually, when the circle was adopted, it was discovered that some circles overlapped. Hopefully, we will find a way to get access.

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Birds New York City New York New Jersey 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Orlando is so rich in roadside and overhead birds that I kept a list of species seen from the car which ran to 30+ on the first morning and included a Bald Eagle nonchalantly sitting on a street lamp by a Target store. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women.

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Very interesting species. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Married to a Canon? That I understand! They are most visible on the napes of passerines.

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2011 Deer India New York 188