10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2022
Some, according to her, consider it a form of slavery; a 1982 book in my library, The Birdwatcher’s Companion cites “the sentimentalist element of the wildlife protection movement” as deeming falconry to be comparable to cockfighting.). The latest volume on the subject is Montgomery’s The Hawk’s Way: Encounters With Fierce Beauty.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Evil Twin Brewing was founded by Danish brewer Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø in 2010 as a so-called “gypsy” or “phantom” brewery; unlike most brewers, Jarnit-Bjergsø is a wanderer without a brick-and-mortar brewhouse of his own to call home. A Peregrine Falcon resting on its sickle-like talons, about to put the hammer down.
Critter News
MAY 16, 2010
A horrific total of 6 eagles, 10 buzzards, 3 red kites, a Peregrine falcon and a sparrowhawk have all been poisoned in recent weeks across Ireland, England and Scotland. Tags: wildlife crime UK Ireland. It's just weird how many birds are being killed in England, Scotland and Ireland.
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2012
Just before Thanksgiving, 2010, a driver spotted a Red-tailed hawk sitting on a dead rabbit in the middle of the road. The maintenance man declared that his father was a falconer, and that he would take her home so he could care for her. And to prove it, there’s The Queen. When she didn’t fly off, he stopped his car and approached her.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Spoonbills nested in Britain for the first time for 300 years in 2010, when a small colony became established at Holkham in North Norfolk. A single Eleonora’s Falcon was a very pleasing if not unexpected, and a year-tick. These birds (usually juveniles) are clearly linked to the growing breeding population in the region.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
& updated (PUP, 2010); you can find a full list of his publications and listing of number of plates contributed on Dyer’s web site. I wish the flight images for the hawks, falcons, parakeets, and parrots were larger. Press, 2010), The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, 2nd ed.by Gallardo (2015).
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