10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

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JANUARY 24, 2020

It’s also one of Scotland’s most iconic birds and the favorite quarry of hunters during the August season that begins on “The Glorious Twelfth”. The controversial management of Scotland’s grouse moors for these hunts is discussed in last week’s edition of Birds and Booze.).

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APRIL 28, 2020

Duck Stamp sales have provided more then $800 million dollars to protect more than 5.7 For the 2018 competition, FWS included a one-year requirement that the theme celebrate “our waterfowl hunting heritage.” million acres of waterfowl habitat and many birders purchase a stamp every year. The comment period closed on March 16, 2020.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. It received a temporary reprieve in 2018, though surrounding areas did not.) acres, but 1,980.50 acres, or 94.9%

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