10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas. Penalties would be swift and severe for any type of violation, including huge fines and immediate removal.

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). Well, one reason might be – this animal is not only endangered, but even rarer than the Tiger!

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 233

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MAY 6, 2016

One might think that thanks to the Internet, all those ridiculous old wild animal myths handed down for generations would finally die a deserved death. I asked a group of wildlife rehabilitators: “What are some of the Worst Bird Myths? Songbirds eat bugs, and raptors eat whole birds/animals. Feel free to vent!”. Probably not.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 174

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AUGUST 17, 2019

Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with biodiversity. However, as with many other places throughout the globe, this small country also has its fair share of urban wildlife. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. An owl by day? Yes and pretty common too!

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Costa Rica Birds Parrots Sparrows 191

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JUNE 9, 2018

Photo by US Fish and Wildlife. Then I’ll have the chance to see a Caribbean Short-eared Owl , Golden and Hooded Warblers , a White-tailed Tropicbird , and maybe even a Red-footed Booby. Featured image – Photo in “Bird-lore” by the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals).

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Florida Marine Life Turtles Humane 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. 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.

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2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 150

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MARCH 4, 2011

The Numbat is the animal emblem. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 161

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MARCH 16, 2011

They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. Searching for kiwi is unlike spotlighting that I’ve done while looking for nocturnal animals in the past. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 143

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

She places the cahow’s tale within the larger story of how Bermuda’s endemic plants and wildlife, especially the Bermuda Cedar, were exploited and replaced with invasives that caused more destruction. This very personal story might seem out of place in a bird book.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 165

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JULY 21, 2014

Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. In Queens, I periodically read local news articles describing how Con Edison is trying gentle means of persuasion to get the birds to move—spikes, sprays, sound machines, mechanical owls. Con Ed does not appear to want to confirm these stories.) and Sam Logue.

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Chicago New York City New York Illinois 196

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Another, hands against the animal’s vast side, said… March On Into Spring – I and The Bird #146 Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:37 am [.] Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. david Mar 13th, 2011 at 1:17 am Three non-sighted people stood around an elephant.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2013

What is the number one cause of wildlife rehablilitator burnout? Dimmy, whose name has been changed to protect the guilty, was driving down the Saw Mill Parkway, north of New York City, when she hit a large bird. She stopped the car, got out, looked at the front of her Hyundai SUV, and found a live Barred Owl stuck in the grill.

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New York City Owls Rescue Wildlife 223

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MARCH 14, 2011

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. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 241

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MARCH 20, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

A question I am frequently asked by birders and wildlife enthusiasts is: “ if I only visit Africa once, where should I go ?” This country boasts over 1,000 bird species, vast wildernesses, a superb network of protected areas, the greatest concentration of large game and predators on the planet, excellent lodges and friendly people.

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 211

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APRIL 15, 2015

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . All these forests are in “protected” forest reserves, however at some, logging permits are reportedly being issued for harvesting of these forests. What makes Ghana so special?

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Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 147