10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
I’ve just finished reading THE PLUME HUNTER (Torrey House Press, December 2011) by Renée Thompson. In this captivating book, Thompson explores the motivation behind hunters who shot birds to sell feathers for women’s hats at the turn of the nineteenth century. What compelled these men, beyond desire for money, to kill birds?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2014
I won’t pick a fight with hunters, as long as they eat what they shoot and don’t use lead ammunition. Here is a direct (and unedited) quote: “… keep in mind the main reason why experienced crow hunters got into the sport in the first place, Fun. One hopes this is the direction in which all killing contests are headed.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2012
Though calling them hunters is too nice. Maybe jerks with guns ?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
Making bad news worse, officials speculate that the Whooping Cranes likely weren’t killed by hunters, but instead by thrill-seekers. Any loss of the cranes is a huge blow, as the total current population hovers around 600. What thrill there is in murdering an endangered species, I’ll never know.).
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
However, in this post, I’d like to lay out the basic numbers as we pretend to know them about overall bird mortality, human related causes of mortality, and somewhere in there I’ll note that the number of birds that are killed by windmills is so small that it says “zero” on my pie chart.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly. Seriously, hunters. (Or, Or, rather, jerks who give the vast majority of ethical hunters a bad name.) Another pair of Whoopers has been shot , this time in Louisiana. News Whooping Cranes'
10,000 Birds
APRIL 23, 2014
As has often been said in these quarters, in general us bird bloggers don’t have many quarrels with hunters. Birders and hunters usually share the same conservation goals and sometimes work together to advance them. Most hunters follow them, but there are always a few bad apples. Note, I said responsible hunting practices.
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