10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Barreling into your feeder with reckless abandon and cleaning you right out. They are also popular in the pet trade and as an adornment for ladies hats, the millinery trade being pretty devastating to many of North America’s flashiest birds. And this from New England to Florida, west as far as the Great Plains.

Parrots 249

Parrots Hunters United States North America 249

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2019

Grant, Mark Twain, and Hunter S. Old Crow’s parent company was sold to Jim Beam in 1987 and the new owners abandoned the Old Crow distillery and whichever version of the “original” recipe was being followed at the time. The storied old bourbon has counted Ulysses S. Certainly, the whiskey isn’t what it once was.

Mississippi 119

Mississippi Kentucky New York Tennessee 119

Animal Ethics

JUNE 27, 2008

To the Editor: “ Getting Bacon the Hard Way: Hog-Tying 400 Pounds of Fury ” (front page, June 21), about Texas hog hunters, illustrated the barbarity of hunting with dogs. As the dogs tear chunks of flesh from the terrified pig, the hunters undoubtedly feel proud of their accomplishment.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Boars Hunters 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. Vultures, in North America (and this may or may not apply to all vultures) are so damn adapted to scavenging that they can’t see in front of themselves in flight.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Incidents like this one, led by far-right militant, anti-government extremists, should be a concern of all Americans, especially birders, hunters, environmentalists, conservationists, and anyone else concerned with keeping public lands public. This concern of losing our public lands is actually something birders and hunters have in common.

Hunters 148

Hunters Utah Extremist Agenda 148