10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

At the time we were looking, without success, for White-backed Woodpeckers. The post Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks first appeared on 10,000 Birds. It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold.

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Fur Otters Bulgaria Estonia 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

For some reason that is hard for me to fathom, there is no such bird as a Cape Woodpecker. While the idea of a Ground Woodpecker sounds a bit absurd, it helps to know that this species mostly lives on ants, similar to the Wryneck (another woodpecker, though it does not look much like one). A challenge for young birders, maybe.

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South Africa Africa Lesotho Nigeria 250

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Current well-intentioned environmental pressures to emphasize harvesting large dead or dying trees, if realized, would have further adverse effects on such ecologically and esthetically important species as woodpeckers, swallows, wrens, nuthatches, and owls – to name a few 1.”

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North America America Barn Owls Falcons 230

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Sure, there are no woodpeckers here and very few places you can get a decent donut, and everything is quite a bit more expensive than you think it should be, but I still choose to stay. Living in New Zealand is fun and all, don’t get me wrong.

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New Zealand Fur Malaysia Woodpeckers 151

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

Somewhere around the Platte River one of the Audubon boys received a black-footed hide from a fur trader. Desperate optimists have tried to wish every extinct species, from the plesiosaur to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker , its own little island of habitat where it survives. Second chances like this are the stuff of legend.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 196

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The Amur Leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis – above) is just one majestic animal on the Critically Endangered (CR) list with less than 100 individuals in the wild due to hunting for its fur. We here at 10,000 Birds have no shame and it was either this or lots of posts about woodcocks, boobies, and woodpeckers.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 117