10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. You would think they would look at these numbers and try to figure out a way to tap into that huge demographic right? Create a second fund-raising stamp for wildlife watchers.

Ducks 227

Ducks Wildlife Hunting Fish 227

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right? And where all those birds are? Map by BirdLife International. Out of almost 200 countries of the World, more than 100 are in the tropics.

Sri Lanka 257

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Even if we couldn’t find time to raise the bins at a favorite patch, it only takes momentary glances into the sky and hearing chip notes from the trees to remind us that birds are on the move. In the meantime, I hope to bear witness to the continued spectacle of fall migration right at the homestead and further afield.

Costa Rica 155

Costa Rica South America Tennessee 2019 155

Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

In writing my new book Hoodwinked (Random House, Nov 2009 publication date), I recently visited Central America. Memories are short in the US, but not in Central America. In throwing out Zelaya they are sending frightening messages to all the other presidents who are trying to raise the living standards of their people.”

Honduras 100

Honduras Los Angeles Obama 2009 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

While not in New Guinea and the tropical Pacific, he helped establish natural history-based undergraduate student programs that integrate indigenous communities with wildlands conservation in threatened landscapes of western North America and Central America.” How it raised its chicks? Or how gracefully it flew?

Collecting 163

Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Birds 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right.

Bolivia 178

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 178

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’m extremely grateful to Paul for taking the initiative in raising awareness of this NWR campaign. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Attention is also paid in several chapters to cowbird parasitism, which species have protective measures against the egg dumping and which species are susceptible. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

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. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. to a high of 11%.

2011 252

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

plus a chapter on “Vagrant landbirds from North America.” Browsing is facilitated by section titles at the top of each left-hand page and smaller group titles on the upper right-hand page. and population estimate above the map and the bird’s most likely habitats below the map. .” Each has its strengths.

Ireland 148

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 148

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Written by Mark Avery, Conservation Director for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) for nearly 13 years, this book explores the reasons for the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon from the point of view of the outsider. Or the absence of legal protection. 8) that could not possibly happen in Europe. What a horror!

2014 161

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) to have and raise children. Wicked, right? Dawn and Sharon are neighbours, but the males move freely through and between the two areas. Hat-tip to Stella.

2011 217

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 217

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view. For example, Carl Cohen, who has argued at length that animals don’t have rights, admits: If animals feel pain (and certainly mammals do,), we humans surely ought cause no pain to them that cannot be justified. Cohen, The Animal Rights Debate , p.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40