10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2011

The bold gray-and-white birds know what humans are good for and that is as a source of food! Gray Jays have long been more than willing to scarf down the offal that remains when hunters process a carcass so it is little wonder that they have adapted their foraging habits to include whatever scraps picnickers are willing to share.

Washington 172

Washington Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan 172

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. The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. Kaufman knows that duck hunters can be ardent, loving conservationists, too. by Kenn Kaufman.

Ohio 198

Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 198

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them. .” California Condors are thriving now, mostly, but Osborn’s experiences in the early 2000’s were years of triumph and heartbreak.

California Condor 178

California Condor Falcons California Birds 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

There are many more factors than I imagined: compass errors, wind drift, overshooting, extreme weather and irruptions, natural dispersal, and human-driven vagrancy. Some birders may want to carefully read the chapter on human-driven vagrancy, which takes up the question of ship-assisted vagrancy. Next time, I’ll know why.

Birds 260

Birds Compassion Eagles Science 260

Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The National Animal Interest Alliance is an association of business, agricultural, scientific, and recreational interests dedicated to promoting animal welfare, supporting responsible animal use and strengthening the bond between humans and animals. NAIA Trust is a 501 (c) (4) so contributions to it are not tax deductible. Clever bastards.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Wayne Pacelle Welfare Groups 100

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!

Buffalo 202

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 202

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. June 23, 2008

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Boars Hunters 40

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.

Feral Cats 255

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

The 6 th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America , for example, includes “extinct” and “probably extinct” species in a chapter, mixed in with accidentals.) Fuller’s astonishment at locating this “grail of extinct-bird photograph hunters” is contagious.

Animal 267

Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 267

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

That’s Pitta, people, not Antpitta, which is what I foolishly first envisioned, having never birded beyond the Americas.) Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect.

Hunters 193

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Gassett, I am a writer, naturalist and artist with a special interest in human/bird interactions. 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.

2011 246

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2016

.” Panama hosts the largest breeding population of Harpy Eagles, though they were once “found from southern Mexico through Central and South America all the way down to northern Argentina.” Unfortunately, they are not afraid of humans, so are easy to kill.’”.

Panama 100

Panama Grizzly Bear Porcupines Eagles 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We immediately get a sense of the pigeons’ abundance, beauty, and danger to human activity. She portrays humans merged with Passenger Pigeons; the images are then framed to look like 19th century calling cards. It’s an effective introduction. This is not that kind of book, as Fuller makes clear from the beginning.

2014 160

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Howell’s Petrels, Albatrosses, and Storm-Petrels of North America: A Photographic Guide, previously reviewed here. Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. Human habitation and industry had an almost devastating effect on this area.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.

Birds 130

Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general!

Lions 184

Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 184

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks 118

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 118

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

In 1850, the Passenger Pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ) was the most abundant bird in North America and possibly the world. ” Contemporary environmentalism arrived too late to prevent the passenger pigeon’s demise due to market hunters, but the two phenomena share a historical connection. A newly created U.S.

Hunting 111

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 111