10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2014

They are highly trained homing pigeons, which is why it costs more to hire a company that will deliver this type of bird, and to make sure they are released correctly. Reputable companies belong to the International White Dove Society or the National White Dove Release Society, organizations which set rules of conduct and ethics.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ethics Virginia Atlanta 258

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Sentient people recoil at the idea of leg-hold traps, those medieval–torture devices which cause so much pain and suffering before their victims eventually die, are killed, or (very occasionally) are rescued. My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

While it makes a passing attempt to say not all scientists are like these monstrous fiends (or truly arrogant, as she dubs them) it mostly focuses on these monstrous fiends simply to prove that scientists in wildlife conservation can be monstrous fiends, particularly compared to the environment-loving oil industry of Alaska. Best guess?

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

A federal appeals court made a final decision Wednesday on whether Fish and Wildlife could allow oil companies to interfere with polar bears. Fish and Wildlife service wrongfully issued authorization for oil companies to work in areas that could potentially hurt the bears.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. Construction has always been prohibited and the undisturbed expanse of Beljarica has always served as a major spawning, nesting, resting and foraging area for a multitude of wildlife. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. Kelly Preheim was talking about the large numbers of Snowy Owls on the nearby National Wildlife Refuge. There were 23 cows killed; some had to be shot up in trees where they were stuck. I asked two companies to help.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

And there was this poor little hawk, in the path of an oncoming tornado, but with no Toto to keep him company. Solid food would have killed him, as he’d have used up the last of his fading energy trying to digest it. Kurt says he can catch him!” said Nance. All three arrived ten minutes later.

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Mice Squirrels Hunters New York 220

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed. June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Other areas of New York City where the parakeets were seen in 1970 included the upper East side of Manhattan, Great Kills, Staten Island, Ellis Island and the area around the Statue of Liberty. They are not popular with power companies. They remain nuisances for local utility companies. And, for some people, a pain in the ear.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Most birders know better than to fall prey to such sensationalism, but among the public at large, Australia is notorious for being a land creeping and crawling with dangerous and even lethal wildlife at every turn. And not just deep in the bush, either, but at the beach, in urban parks – even in the country’s suburban homes.

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2019 Australia Ducks Fowl 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

We see indirect but very compelling evidence of this when insurance companies, government agencies, and other big players act as though they considered climate change to be real. Also, these human-occupied area are probably full of toxins and other impediments to normal use by wildlife. I asked Douglas B. … what would it be?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. Here is a favorite paragraph from a field trip to a forested mountain north of Charlo, Montana in the company of an ORI team: This is beautiful Great Gray territory. They are also hunted.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening. This time, the Birding Rally’s participants were birding tour companies. But by far the best was witnessing the autumn migration of Sandhill Cranes.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2022

A wind energy company recently pleaded guilty to multiple violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and agreed to pay approximately $8 million in fees and restitution. The company, ESI Energy LLC, built facilities in high-risk locations, failed to obtain permits, and its wind turbines killed approximately 150 eagles.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Cape Town–Company’s Garden.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is in the midst of overhauling its interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and it recently issued a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on its proposed interpretation. The public can comment until July 20, 2020. Incidental take is discussed in § 3.7 of the EIS.).

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Industry Birds Laws Maryland 328

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 07 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 07 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Cape Town–Company’s Garden. Cape Town–Company’s Garden.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Cape Town–Company’s Garden. Cape Town–Company’s Garden. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Battle Creek Wildlife Area. Alligator River NWR–Wildlife Drive. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Kuala Selangor Nature Park.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Adayaru Estuary. 10 Mar 2018. 01 Jan 2018. 02 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Cape Town–Company’s Garden. Cape Town–Company’s Garden. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently finalized a rule regarding its narrowing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). As explained in an earlier post , the changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity.

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