10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

Incidentally, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal are among the eighteen countries where falconry is inscribed as a living human heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC0), attesting to the great heritage of this sport in many parts of the world.

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2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 132

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

We watched the bird for awhile as it foraged and though the injury was painful to contemplate for we humans the bird seemed to be getting by alright. Several hours after we saw it and reported it to the listserv other birders saw the bird attacked by not one but two Peregrine Falcons. That is how it is and how it should be.

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Culling Falcons New Jersey Killing 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior. But in the case of Harris Hawks , this mentality jumps the species barrier and they form a strong bond with their human partners, readily accepting their non-avian hunting companions as members of their pack. Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2021

In the final bits and pieces of green space that dot a typical human dominated landscape? Although I knew that most of the birds and animals were in some wild, far off place, that didn’t stop me from looking for them closer to home. This morning, the surprise was the call of Laughing Falcon. That makes sense.

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Costa Rica Falcons Farming Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In other words, the caracara’s behavior is totally different from that of, say, the peregrine, though they’re both falcons, and diverged from each other on their evolutionary paths pretty recently. (That’s the striated’s colloquial nickname – is there a cooler, more wonderful moniker for any bird than that?).

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Guyana South America Washington DC 251

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2016

In fact, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , “The Golden Eagle is the most common official national animal in the world – it’s the emblem of Albania, Germany, Austria, Mexico, and Kazakhstan.” Crested Caracaras, though they often associate with vultures, are actually part of the falcon family.

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Albania Mexico Eagles Kazakhstan 101

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 231

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

North American Peregrine Falcons have also enjoyed an impressive population rebound in recent years. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. They were secure in their isolated home here until humanity came to Laysan in the 1890s. Half Moon Bay, CA. Santa Cruz Island, CA.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

The World Center for Birds of Prey ( The Peregrine Fund ) in Boise, Idaho, most famous for its Peregrine Falcons , also has a vital population of California condors. Condors, like all New World vultures, can disturb the human psyche. Of course, there are those things to consider. They scavenge, making them reliant on nature’s whims.

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California Condor California Idaho North America 216

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Below legal size for humans is still legal for pelicans. Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. Over time, an unusual bond of mutual likeliness was created. And they both graze grass and browse younger branches and saplings.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 199

Animal Ethics

MAY 27, 2008

Noblemen in armour, proud dames in velvet and feathers, priests in cassock and cowl, falconers with hawks upon their wrists, huntsmen with hounds in leash, aged men with their staves, withered hags with their baskets or reticules, children of all ages and even babes in arms were among the spectators.

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Animal Falcons Humane 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2012

Aside from creating an opportunity to deliver the whole “ducks are creepers” lecture, which is always entertaining in its effects on the listener, the question got me thinking about why people are so obsessed with animals mating for life. But we really need to leave birds out of it. The rest of his plumage seemed fine.

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Ferrets Badgers Coyotes Ducks 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Large species, like the hatchet-billed Lapped-faced Vulture or the large Cape Vulture gets first dips, because they are the only species that can tear open the hides of some of the larger prey animals. Vultures, Human Evolution, and Windmills – Greg Laden, 10,000 Birds. Vultures in Trouble – Dan Rhoads, 10,000 Birds.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 188