10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there.

Science 151

Science Iraq Research Birds 151

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AUGUST 4, 2015

How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works). million people in the U.S. in 2011*) came about.

America 222

America Industry Squirrels Birds 222

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JANUARY 7, 2020

There are no bird illustrations in Urban Ornithology, other than Arthur Morris’s Least Bittern on the cover, but there are maps and figures in the first two chapters, and scatterplots for 43 species, illustrating Bronx/Westchester CBC data from 1924 to 2013, in the Species Accounts. They wrote books and published research.

New York City 146

New York City New York Birds Breeding 146

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JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” We politically worship them, but at the same time we’ve severely decreased the numbers of many species by hunting and habitat loss.

Birds 205

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 205

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MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

2011 239

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

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MAY 23, 2012

A UK government department had announced funding for a research project into the ‘Management of Buzzards to Protect Pheasant poults’ (poults are young Pheasants being reared specifically to be released for shooting). of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases). In the 21st century this is truly outrageous. … a.

Industry 189

Industry Research Raised Killing 189

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Many, many things happened in the area of bird science this year, so this review can not be comprehensive. 02–19 There may be a crisis of the Duck Stamp, and the relationship between duck hunting, habitat preservation, and funding may be shifting as Duck numbers and Duck stamp sales no longer correlate. So, look for that.

Science 185

Science 2013 Elephants Birds 185