10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. This practice is a throwback to more than a century ago when gunners hunted shorebirds throughout the Americas. Machi getting fitted with transmitter in 2009. Let’s make Machi’s death mean something!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
For ornithologists, it is the documentation of a multi-year project designed to record the distribution and abundance of birds in a specific area (in North America, usually a state or a province), utilizing a mapping method involving blocks and grids.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. I’ve received letters and emails from a number of avid hunters who find the concept of shooting cranes repugnant.
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