10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Even more disconcerting to me than these “trophy hunters” killing wildlife for “sport” is the belief by some that carnivores such as bears and wolves should be eliminated. The persecution of these apex predators, especially wolves , is rampant among some hunters and cattle ranchers. But I digress.

Hunting 112

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 112

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. With enough room for another, of course.

California Condor 105

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 105

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. Bear Grass Tank. 11 Oct 2019.

2019 117

2019 China Battery Jamaica 117

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. Martin has imagined not human vegetables, but cow vegetables!

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2016

Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. Cattle Egret – Bulbulcus ibis; House, 7-Jan. Another year, another list. That’s January for birding.

Costa Rica 101

Costa Rica 2016 San Antonio Sparrows 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). 03 Jan 2019. 03 Jan 2019. 03 Jan 2019.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 22 Apr 2019.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor. Refugio mixto Caño Negro. 15 Jan 2019. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. 15 Jan 2019. 03 Jan 2019. 01 Feb 2019.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113