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
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
Though he destroyed more than 1,000 nests worth of chicks and eggs of the American White Pelican nearly obliterating a colony on land he rented, a guilty plea by Minnesota farmer Craig Staloch means that he faces, at most, six months in jail.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. And buildings without thought for birdlife, significant buildings like the Minnesota Vikings shiny “death trap” for birds, are still being built.** ©2012 Donna L.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
.” Blackbirds, among other species, are also killed every year for consuming sunflower seeds mostly in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Therefore the actual numbers of birds killed are grossly underestimated. See Birdchick’s post here.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
As you know, a lot of birds are killed in the U.S. If so, the frequency of road kill should decline over time. Over the course of 30 years, the researchers collected all the road-killed swallows they encountered while doing their other research. because of collisions with vehicles.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Each year, millions are injured or killed when they slam into the sides of glass-sheathed buildings that reflect the sky. Building-stunned bird: Nashville Warbler above by Stephanie Beard, Project BirdSafe, Audubon Minnesota. Not so nifty for birds, though. Hopefully, someday, these groups won’t be necessary.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2018
The white feathers of Snowy Owls allow you to see the blood from their most recent kills still staining their plumage, which is about as metal as any wild animal is likely to get. But beyond their killing ways Snowy Owls genuinely inspire non-birders to become birders. Compare that to the usual prey of Great Gray Owls , the vole.
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