10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For example, hunting is not permitted in most NPS wilderness areas, but it is often allowed in wilderness areas managed by the other agencies. Wilderness areas are managed by one of four federal agencies: the Forest Service (FS); the National Park Service (NPS); the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS); and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Vincent Parrot began in the 1980s and have continued into the present. Here, I was now ready to focus my attention to the mixed flock of Lesser Antillean Swifts and Short-tailed Swifts that had been hunting all around us, as well as the ever-attendant Antillean Crested Hummingbird and Bananaquit. On the volcanic island of St.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

I am not anti-hunting. The “Crow Down” is a “hunting contest” where both adults and children slaughter as many crows as they possibly can in two days. Obviously killing contests have nothing to do with traditional hunting, and “animal abuse” is normally used when describing domestic animals.

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Scores of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks circled overhead, these vocal ducks are often hunted illegally here so it was refreshing to see so many. Two species of icterids populated the area, the presence of either was a direct indicator of the degree of water present. We had no idea if the nighthawks would hunker down or flee.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It is estimated that there were more than 1000 Great Bustards in the northern lowlands of Serbia at the beginning of the 20th century, but back then these birds were also present in the south and the east of the country. Habitat destruction combined with hunting has pushed them away from their former breeding grounds.

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Serbia Romania Hungary Hunting 107

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Survival rates of chicks increase when there are helpers present – and if in captivity this is not an option, humans can also take the place of helpers ( source ). : “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” ” ( source ).

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 221

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

As a result the sea ice has become more unstable, endangering the Inuit who hunt and work on the bay and the ducks who can no longer rely on their instincts to find open water. There are some scenes that may be tough for some viewers, including a seal hunt and a mass die-off of eiders, but the documentary is the more powerful for them.

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Woodchucks Chipmunks Rodents Seals 248

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2017

The survival aspects are well-presented if fully-packed for few days’ journey – there is one major, dramatic wild animal attack scenario but for the most part Karma and Cooper are at risk from falls on bad terrain, sudden inclement weather, hunger and thirst and just plain not knowing where they are.

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Falcons Wolves Dolphins Montana 122

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

So when I mentioned the Eleonora’s Falcon in my last post , you may have assumed that the name was a mother’s day present, or an engagement gift from some impecunious ornithologist who couldn’t afford a ring. She also had an interest in ornithology – in particular, she banned the hunting of falcons.

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Falcons Game Hunting Birds 159

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Yet, one other hunting attempt in the same area I do remember. The next memorable hunt came from winter 2006/07. I know, how could Mike be impressed by the humble Goshawk when presented with a Saker or a pair of Eastern Imperial Eagles? The year was 1996 and it must have been quite a sight – if I only could remember it!

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Serbia 2004 Eagles Chickens 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2017

Actually, I am not waiting for them, but for the Eastern Imperial Eagle to come here to hunt Susliks – an eagle from one of the last two remaining nests in Serbia. On some earlier occasion I observed an Imperial Eagle hunting. Too far to present any danger to squirrels, so they are still chasing each other, fighting or foraging.

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Eagles Squirrels Cattle Serbia 107

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Might have something to do with the fact that they were hunted here until quite recently). And indeed, birds are much more visible even in big Indian cities such as Delhi than they are in Shanghai. The Coppersmith Barbet (Delhi, India) was not named after Sir Edward Coppersmith (1840-1897), a renowned Irish ornithologist.

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South Africa Africa India China 228

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Shoebill does not simply present itself but rather, like any object of ardent affection, must be pursued diligently. Of course, we did, soaking in that slate blue beauty long enough to observe a successful hunt and more of its rangy, awkward flight. Lesser Striped Swallow. And look we did. The mighty Shoebill.

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Uganda Africa Birds Penguins 283

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I remember that when I was still a research chemist developing dental materials, I once gave a presentation at that university, which was followed by my receiving a hideous and very colorful plate as a gift afterward. of its hunts are successful. With a picture of the then-queen of Thailand on it, if I remember correctly.

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 235

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

If this Red-tailed Hawk was wearing a T-shirt, it might say, “I’d rather be hunting nuisance birds.” The endeavor involves letting hawks and falcons loose whenever flocks of the target bird are present. ” Garrulous gulls and stealing starlings, beware: the falcons are coming. (No,

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Ethical Treatment Atlanta Falcons Chicago 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2011

Or The Hunter Becomes The Hunted What am I talking about? Then we were all distracted by the Hudsonian Godwit that was also present awakening from its slumber and letting us see its bill and when we looked again for the shell-bill it was gone. Or it was present sans shell. Or Why Eating Raw Seafood Is Dangerous Or Ouch!

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Hunters Hunting Breeding Rights 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2011

I’ve seen young Red-tailed Hawk s who just don’t have the hang of it, counting on luck of good fortune to present them with a careless gopher or a rare easy meal. She had inadvertently cached the food and come back for it in the midst of hunting for other things. Patch was focused and deliberate, consistent and inventive.

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Gophers Blackbirds Tanzania Hunting 224

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

He continues with images found in illuminated manuscripts such as Catherine of Cleves’s Book of Hours and Frederick II of Germany’s On the Art of Hunting With Birds. Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 242

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2017

I had never seen this species of kite before, but Guhin explained that they often hunted in the natural acres of the reserve. The path started at the parking area, moving to an overlook presenting a gorgeous viewshed of the marsh, rolling hills, and mountains beyond. Guhin knew without binoculars, “ White-tailed Kite ,” she identified.

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Research Birds Virginia Protection 102

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide presents both sides of the artistic equation–lovely prints and water colors of 88 (or so) North American birds of the Pacific Northwest; commentary on how the author/artist created the images; and lessons on how to draw and paint birds in various media.

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Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 165

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

I do not (yet) have any accessibility issues, and my only experience regarding anything akin to accessibility has been limited to the period when my daughter was in a stroller, which presents only a tiny sliver of the challenges faced by many. Hunting is also prohibited in this area of the refuge.

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Portland Oregon Laws Experience 211

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2013

Here, for the first time, we present one of his galleries on 10,000 Birds. They have their own unique hunting technique – they”dip” their heads in the water and walk on the bottom of streams, using their tail and wings to get downward pressure and even “swim” underwater.

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Switzerland New York City 2000 Seals 183

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Ever present Brewer’s Blackbirds and Common Ravens interrupted her mellow park-side life by mobbing her whenever she got too close for comfort. More on her hunting techniques and some documented cases of her cacheing food in Part 3 on Friday December 2nd. Patch didn’t just deal with people and cars.

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Gophers San Francisco Blackbirds Hunting 202

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2012

They lurk ever-present in our sub-concious as sacred items on an unobtainable, yet highly desirable, list. Typically these birds hunt at night and are very shy. One of only three true fishing owls, Pel’s Fishing Owls have adapted to their unique hunting techniques in several ways. Birding’s Holy Grails.

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Owls Fish Botswana Barn Owls 258

Animal Person

JULY 15, 2010

A comment left yesterday on a two-year old post, by None Please presented a phrase I've never heard before and I'd like to address it. "In None Please presents death by bullet and death by car as the only two options for the deers. Tags: Activism Ethics Language Cayuga deer hunting. What happens after that is immaterial. .

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Deer Euthanasia Killing Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2016

One of the rangers at the refuge had some photos showing an injury on the bird’s breast, likely from a gunshot wound as the refuge is a popular site for waterfowl hunting, including hunting the thousands of Tundra Swans in the area. But this is where it gets weirder.

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North Carolina Wounded Hunting Geese 119

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2017

I really can’t say how long it will take you, because it depends on the birds present and how much that will slow you down! To circumnavigate the reservoir the trail is approximately 3.6 kilometres/2.25 miles and the entire trail is flat and easy going. The only shelter is at the Sailing Club and there are also picnic tables there too.

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Geese Ducks Canada Shelters 102

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2014

These wild birds migrate out of Florida to northern breeding areas in the spring and are not present in Florida during the mottled duck breeding season. Mallards did not occur in New Zealand naturally, but were released to provide hunting stock. The New Zealand Grey Duck is nearly extinct as species.

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Florida Ducks New Zealand Feral 221

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Cocker presents Eurasian Larks as a prime example of one of the recurring themes of the book, our culture’s tendency to cherish a bird in poetry and myth and to simultaneously exploit, even ravish, the actual bird. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2012

Your cat has likely noticed that you don’t stalk and hunt like she does, so she may bring you a dead animal as if to say, Look, this is how it’s done; the same way she might do with her own kittens when she’s teaching them to hunt. Meticulous self-grooming.

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Cats Kittens Fur Hunting 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2015

Full disclosure: Both close-up photos were also cropped, slightly brightened and contrasted, in the interests of presenting a bird that is difficult to differentiate from its background.). This is what this bird looked like from the road, with some photographic cropping and contrast.

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Honduras Birds Costa Rica Groups 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. There are wild dogs present and these are not the dingo, but a dog that was also brought to Australia by Europeans in 1788 and has spread throughout the country. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2011

A close look at a grouse is not something that is very likely unless the viewer is very lucky, however, as Ruffed Grouse tend to be wary and will explode into flight if approached too closely, usually well before the person trying to get a good look is even aware that the bird is present.

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Georgia North America Alaska Hunters 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Accordingly, FWS manages with conservation as its primary priority and compatible wildlife-dependent recreation (hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, environmental education and interpretation) as a secondary priority. This is a mission that all birders can surely support.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

This is also present in birds & mammals, however it is not fully present in fish & amphibians. So why not worry about the welfare of a snake? The brains of reptiles have a pronounced cerebral cortex, which aids in higher thinking. Whether we like to admit it or not, we (culturally) view animals on a "sentience spectrum."

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2015

Soon after carnivores that could hunt on land evolved, things like ancestral centipedes. So, insects, the ultimate fliers of today’s world, probably took more time to go from terrestrial to flying than the period of time since the last non-avian dinosaurs to the present.

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Rodents Primates Bats Science 198