10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently finalized a rule regarding its narrowing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). Thus, the Trump Administration’s four-year campaign to undermine the MBTA is almost certainly going to fail. The Obama Administration formally adopted the strict liability interpretation in a memo.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

But the other subject of A Season on the Wind is Kaufman’s adopted state – or, more precisely, one corner of it, the one that includes the Black Swamp Bird Observatory (“BSBO”) and Magee Marsh Wildlife Area , just west of Toledo. (Kaufman’s wife, Kimberly Kaufman, is the BSBO’s Executive Director.).

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Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 200

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

For a land that can lay claim to an abundance of such wonderful native wildlife, it’s peculiar that the national symbolism of Scotland is so populated by mythological creatures. While it has no official status – at least not yet – many Scots regard the Golden Eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos ) as their national avian mascot.

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Eagles Lions Hunting Lamb 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered.

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