10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2014
After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. I expected a hard-liner who would accept nothing less than a total legal prohibition on any type of hunting. “As
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2018
The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” ” Obviously the dictionary does not equate hunting with conservation. One is defined as catching or killing and the other as keeping from injury. A newly created U.S.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2024
I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting. A Suffolk Otter swimming in the Little Ouse river Not all Otter s want to be photographed But this one emerged, though only briefly The otter is, of course, a member of the weasel family. Why not the stoat family or the badger family?)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2023
Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. For example, this study showed that Malachite Kingfishers spent more time hunting in locations with more fish. ” (HBW).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2023
An Englishwoman, she thought, originally, that she would stay within the British Isles, to see the five or six native species. The Barn Owl Trust places nest boxes on lands of willing farmers who, Darlington says, consider it a “badge of honour” when an owl comes to nest in one.
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