10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. 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.

Hunters 187

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield.

2011 239

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

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.

2011 239

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

I will, of course, gather those responses and use them in a blog post, so make sure you indicate in your email if you want your full name used (and if you have a blog include the URL so I can link it). He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

Brazil 177

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Third of all, the bird that was first seen on 30 October is, as of this blog posting, STILL THERE! … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! It made it through the rough winter and is still coming around to the feeders. The proposal from U.S.

New York 185

New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Maybe those should be protected too? Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.

Birds 130

Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. The point is that even hunters seem to think that they need a reason to justify killing these animals. that slow us down and make us chronically ill.”

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40