10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Italian wintering grounds are the WWF Oasis Laguna di Orbetello, where in February 2016 I was delighted to meet the flock. Despite the fact that efforts are made to ensure they are not imprinted on humans, they are naturally confiding, even friendly. The ibises were initially trained to follow a microlight aircraft over the Alps.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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APRIL 21, 2016

There were five issues and recommendations of the group: Issue 1: The conservation benefits of the Duck Stamp are poorly understood among the wildlife viewing community and the public, as well as among much of the hunting community. ” The Task Group issued its final report on September 15, 2015. no physical stamp required).

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MAY 3, 2022

They did flush eventually, but not because of humans. Houston Audubon instituted a ‘no hunting’ policy and by July 1995, there were 50 heron nests on the island, protected from mammalian predators by the large alligators in the waterways. Surprisingly, the Avocet area was not fenced off.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation. As the names and habitats imply, not all owl species are alike, in behavior, adaptation, relationship to humans, and in how humans perceive them.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

A brief personal digression: I moved back into the house I grew up in back in 2014, my parents vacated at the end of 2016. Thankfully, they now have a home here where they can court, build their nest, and raise their young. Sometimes this Merlin ‘s mate comes to check him out, but for most of the northern winter he hunts solo.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Since 2016, the Rustic Bunting has been listed as Vulnerable, as data suggested rapid population declines (HBW). In contrast, the females need to make sure not to get duped into raising actual cuckoos – the buntings are a targeted host species ( source ). led its listing as Vulnerable.

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