10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

A number of years ago I was granted the privilege of flying into the Kuparuk Oil Field, above the Arctic Circle in the remote regions of the North Slope Borough in Alaska. Researcher” is a term that should differ greatly from the term “trophy hunter.” She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas.

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

These Blasts From The Past 2 Book Giveaway Given Away Least Terns Doing Well in Oklahoma Honduras Trip Winner Has Blogged His Trip Should Subsistence Bird Hunters in Alaska Buy Duck Stamps? The proposal from U.S. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

They breed across Canada and Alaska’s boreal forest near ponds and lakes, using nest holes made by woodpeckers, almost exclusively flickers. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 241

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. A passion for one bird family is also very useful. It is also one of the photographs by author Jon Dunn that appears in the book itself.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Red-breasted Mergansers occupy most of Canada and into Alaska for breeding with some of the norther tier of the United States. This is where they are truly effective and amazing hunters. Protection from predators? Common , Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers all breed here, but Red-breasted is the more northerly of the group.

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Colorado Breeders United States Denver 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Putting her in charge of protecting our wildlife on public lands would be catastrophic. The fight to protect ANWR has been an uphill fight. Many have strongly opposed oil and gas drilling because of the impacts to wildlife, land and subsistence hunters while some have pushed for expanded drilling. I leave you with this video. (I

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