10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Aïthurus polytmus , a family of Red-billed Streamerbirds depicted in a print dated between 1820 and 1860 from the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam. Superstitions about the Red-tailed Streamerbird’s supernatural powers continue today and it’s considered bad luck to kill one. I can think of no higher honor.

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Jamaica Detroit Birds Medical 266

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2022

Shrikes were practicing their own form of butchery – that is, their particular practice of impaling their kills from thorns and barbed wire for later eating – long before we began domesticating and slaughtering livestock on our own.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 10, 2024

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

They were simply sent to Family Court. But no one who has ever cared for another creature – be it bird, animal, or human – can comprehend, much less cope with, this kind of brutal, pointless killing. Between the adults and their eggs, the three of them killed 32 live albatrosses. Gutierrez was 18.

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Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

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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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2018

Unfortunately, family commitments are killing my Big Day or any other kind of birding this weekend. Last year’s Global Big Day accounted for at least 65% of all the bird species on the planet. Are you going to help beat that tally this weekend? I’ll be in NYC hearing migrants flying high above me.

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2018 Birds Collecting Killing 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2013

The Navajo also use eagle feathers as part of rituals, but don’t believe in killing the birds. The ruling is important because as recently as three years ago, several Hopi were prosecuted for illegally killing eagles. Google came to the rescue , helping the hapless fisher and his family figure out how to free the eagle.

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Eagles Bald Eagle illegal Killing 169

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I am taking a sip of coffee, my eyes following an impossibly colourful Kill-Bill ( Keel-billed) Toucan , flying against the background of the Irazu Volcano slopes and, farther to the right, water-vapour ‘smoking’ Turrialba Volcano on the horizon. Some years later, he returned to Rancho for a few months as a volunteer.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2014

Some jerk (I’d use a stronger word, but this is a family-friendly website) in Wisconsin is shooting raptors. The USFWS (along with another federal agency) is facing a lawsuit that blames solar-power plants for killing endangered Yuma Clapper Rails and other birds. (Image above by Peter Wallack/Wikimedia Commons). Science!

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Critter News

JULY 10, 2009

The Franklin Park Zoo, a Boston institution that has drawn generations of city and suburban families, might be forced to close its doors and possibly euthanize some of its animals as a result of the deep budget cuts imposed by Governor Deval Patrick, zoo officials said Friday. Unfortunately I think there are way more bad zoos than good ones.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 19, 2014

Studies show that as many as 48% of domestic violence victims stay in abusive situations out of fear of what would happen if they left their pets behind, and more than 70% of pet owners who enter shelter report that the abuser has threatened, injured, or killed family pets.

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Shelters 2013 New York Pets 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Recently, a group of nature photographers were spotted using live fish to bait a family of Grey-headed Fish Eagles in Singapore, where the species is listed as Critically Endangered, with only about 12-18 breeding individuals left in the wild. A Grey-headed Fish Eagle photographed ethically. Doing so, however, presented a few problems.

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Eagles Singapore Fish Ethics 269

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

I saw two Pitta species at Hongbenghe, both among the slightly less glamourous among the pitta family: The Blue-naped Pitta … … and the closely related Rusty-naped Pitta. At first glance, the difference between the Black-hooded Oriole … … and the Black-naped Oriole is just that they use different makeup artists.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Yet Birkhead credits British ornithologist Edmund Selous with sparking the world’s interest in watching rather than killing birds, despite the fact that Bailey’s “interest in bird-watching predates his,” as he admits in a footnote (p. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 4, 2014

So far, Bridget has raised over 50% from friends, family, and animal lovers from all over, which is amazing! Any funds that are raised in excess of Skittles’ medical bills will be donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid, a no-kill animal shelter in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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Critter News

MARCH 21, 2009

I come from a Portuguese family and I have no problem dumping on the Portuguese. This makes me angry. It has nothing to do with poverty, just stupidity. March 2009. The shooting occurred sometime between 21 and 23 February in the Vale do Guadiana Natural Park, close to the country's south-eastern border with Spain.

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Portugal Eagles Spain Killing 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2019

I kill them.”*. Do we really want a bird to be named after a man who was proud of killing birds instead of protecting them? Apparently in 1902 he was asked to address an Audubon Society meeting. He refused, saying, “I do not protect birds. A man who was born on third base and apparently thought he hit a triple?

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Reddit Animals

AUGUST 30, 2023

How big cats hunt, big cats such as tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards and cougars though strong and fast have poor stamina, as ambush predators they'll want a quick kill as to minimize injury, so they'll use their powerful arms to hold prey down and bite them in the neck, quick and easy compared to the canines. •

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

After a brutal colonization that included genocidal campaigns against the Herero (80% killed) and Nama (50% killed) tribes, the Germans lost control when South Africa invaded soon after the declaration of the First World War. This family group is performing their loud croaking territorial calls.

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Namibia Angola Lovebirds South Africa 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2020

This extremely vocal member of the vireo family utters its rich warble incessantly from sun-up to sun-down but it rarely makes itself visible. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery. Naturally, as soon as I reached for my camera, it vanished.

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Trinidad Battery Industry Bats 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. The shame would kill them. 36, if my counting is right and there has been no very recent split or lump. This post shows some of them. Better lose some lady friends than a mediocre joke).

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Reddit Animals

AUGUST 18, 2023

My boyfriend's family has an in-ground pool in the backyard and it has basically become a pond after years of neglect. The ex boyfriend I mentioned is the one who did all the dirty work and wanted to kill the poor things, purely for fun. Awhile back, I noticed there were bullfrogs living in it. They came back again and again.

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Neglecting Killing Family Animal 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Many birds around the world in the Robin family ( Turdidae ) are favorites due to their musical songs. Little boys kill thousands of birds each year with slingshots. The illegal bird trade kills thousands of birds each year just in the manner they are smuggled. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat.

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Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

There are certain families that I habitually fail to encounter when opportunities arise. One family I have consistently dipped on are the Burhinidae, known variously as dikkops, thick-knees or stone-curlews. One family I have consistently dipped on are the Burhinidae, known variously as dikkops, thick-knees or stone-curlews.

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Uganda Family Australia Killing 163

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

She is an excellent mother, managing not only to feed her four large cubs, but their visiting father One-eyed who comes by every now and then (he has two more families and being the good father he is, visits them all regularly, usually around lunch time). Very dusty Swarovski CLs.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 238

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. Our family trip to Barbados was mostly about the beach but it was also chock full o’birds! Number 7 – Barbados Bullfinch.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2016

The Greater Roadrunner , a member of the cuckoo family, is native to much of the Southwestern United States, and northern Mexico. They are quite capable of killing and eating the venomous rattlesnakes of this desert region. Nearly every trip into the desert, I see them Zipping back and forth across the dusty Mexican back roads.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

s and “Kill me now!”s. Do you associate the sound of a bell with an armed ninja who wants to kill you? If you see an owl,” wrote Mikal Deese, “someone in your family is going to die. “The internet is an excellent source of information about what to feed baby birds.”. s, “Gaaahh!”s No, no, no. Probably not.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). When in the position of having the choice, which so far is always, I'd rather choose not to have someone killed for me.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

while Dorothy’s family rushed into the basement. Solid food would have killed him, as he’d have used up the last of his fading energy trying to digest it. “What should we do?” asked Nance, into the phone. There’s a tornado coming!” Suddenly I heard the farm hand’s voice shout, “It’s a twister, it’s a twister!” said Nance.

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Mice Squirrels Hunters New York 201

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2016

The gamekeeper drives by, I wave my greetings but do not mention the jackals I am observing at the moment: this animal is not protected in Serbia and is allowed for killing year-round (one may say “hunting” instead, but I am having problems trying to spot the difference).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

A Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ) that may have tried to kill me. This compact and surprisingly wide billed little bird used to be part of the monarch-flycatcher family, but is now with its congener in its own family.

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Guinea Parrots Australia Family 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2015

As for the pseudo-warblers, I’m not actually against them so much, they are after all a family that, while wanting for a name that is descriptive and not derived from a misapplication of European names, are easy to identify and pleasant enough on the eye (with a few exceptions). And they are always a pleasure to see.

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Animal Person

JUNE 12, 2010

They corral them, lock them up, and take them out to kill, cook and eat them as needed. When one of the bad guys is killed the other bad guys will feast on his body. But more important is that the man has a family: a wife, a boy, a girl and. Of course the man's a good guy--he hasn't killed and eaten his dog.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The starving young male had been rescued from the side of a road, recovered at my house, then went to my rehabber friend Lisa’s for live prey training, where he sharpened his skills until he was a mouse-killing machine. That night Ty and his family looked through the photos. Lisa had done her homework. In an instant, he was gone.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rescue Killing 2012 157

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. And being anti-hunting does not weaken our position when it comes to contest killing.”. It will never happen.

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Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

And the two species were not inclined to get on, by which I mean that Lions will kill other large predators including Painted Wolves. Like other social animals, his family connections were keeping him alive, as his family was feeding him. And Pippa, our biologist, was very concerned. Her concern was well founded.

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