10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
On a recent visit I threw my bags in the hotel room and went straight there, and got over 60 species of birds in a few hours and fantastic views of Nilgai , the largest antelope in India. Commoner species include Bar-headed Geese , parakeets, shrikes, mynas and minivets. You should also see Gharial and Mugger Crocodiles there.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2019
More than 5,000 bird species in the world make some kind of seasonal movement. One other irony in this regard is this: there is some evidence that migrating birds are benefited by the “rest stops” offered by oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, according to another good book on migration, Miyoko Chu’s 2006 Songbird Journeys.
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. Lethal control efforts of WS professionals typically remove less than 5 percent of a species' overall population. This amount is considerably less than the number of animals taken by hunters and trappers annually.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of August 2010) Commence Project FeederWatch 2006 Best Bird of the Weekend (Halloween Edition) Discerning Distant Ducks About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us.Or
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
So, the Eastern Kingbird ”is one of the Tyrant Flycatchers, Tyrannidae –America’s largest bird family–365 different species.” The Eskimo Curlew “ran the gauntlet of a hunter army, which stalked him from state to state to provision meat counters by the wagonload.” The chapter also gives hope.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2016
At first, the road is paved, but as soon as the tarmac ends, the tracks become decorated by hunters in orange vests. The soil is disturbed by foraging boars (and there is not a single shot from those hunters). By the cliffs we find several Eurasian Crag-Martins and a consolation species – a family of Golden Eagles in the air!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1.
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