10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2011

Two new studies “add scientific evidence that hunters’ lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.&# So when will conservation-minded hunters stop using lead ammunition? One might think that hunters only act as conservationists when they are forced to by law.

Hunters 145

Hunters Hunting Turkey Laws 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Approximately one million hunters annually harvest more than 20 million Mourning Doves , which exceeds the annual harvest of all other migratory game birds combined 3. military, with all their ballistics and performance testing, it should be good enough for hunters.”

Hunters 181

Hunters Hunting North America Game 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

I also couldn’t help but notice that the drone passed by at least one eagle nest (the operator probably had no clue it was there) and wondered how much an eagle would tolerate from a small unmanned aircraft. And we would know what to watch for if the eagle didn’t like it and would back the drone off.

Bald Eagle 201

Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car. People passed the eagle often. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species. He lay in a ditch with a spinal injury, unable to move.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 189

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2015

A couple of different work-related friends of both my mother in law and father in law have cabins up north, and most of them are in the same general vicinity. We also did not see a drone get knocked out of the sky by an eagle. Otherwise everybody is hunkered down. And Huxley. ” Things happen. _.

Minnesota 184

Minnesota Detroit Birds Laws 184