10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2019
The blackpoll, “a bird with a body just a little larger than your thumb,” doesn’t stop until South America. Kaufman knows that duck hunters can be ardent, loving conservationists, too. As Kaufman says: “Four nights and three days in the air. Eighty hours of flying. More than two thousand miles. by Kenn Kaufman.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. They are part of the scarab beetle complex and over 300 species have been described, occurring not only in Africa but also Europe, Asia and the Americas. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!
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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.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2011
The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. I’ve long advocated for a habitat stamp strickly for birders as some of us don’t want to be labeled as hunters.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
It was not a kitty cat, even though all of its relatives in the Americas were. But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
economy than either hunters or anglers: 2011 Fishing Expenditures: $41.8 Clearly, wildlife watchers as a block contribute more to the national economy than either hunters or anglers. Wildlife watchers in the United States spend a lot more money in a year on their collective activities than either hunters or anglers.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. I’ve received letters and emails from a number of avid hunters who find the concept of shooting cranes repugnant.
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