10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2017

Drag some other bird bodily out of a hollow tree and thrash the feathers off them? But for millions of years up until now you haven’t had an international audience of thousands of highly social mammals with their own particular quirks and evolutionary strategies watching your every move around the clock. Steal and eat their eggs?

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Bald Eagle Belize Iowa Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

So what does climate change mean for birds? Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. As deserts expand, birds suited to arid climates may be just fine. Whats in it for birds? Well…it means everything.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

birds that we are lucky to have with us today, species that seem to have beat the odds and have been migrating on the long and bumpy road to recovery. Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. Here are some U.S. is on a boat in the Aleutian chain.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 228

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2011

One of the things I like best is squeezing a little birding in on non-birding trips. In short, as ways of birding go, it’s low-impact. In short, as ways of birding go, it’s low-impact. Writing AND birding (AND, inevitably, a *ahem* few glasses of wine with fellow creative types)? Sign me up!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast opens with the unexpected appearance of a Laysan Albatross. Having shown us the bird, the boat, and the water, Fox then introduces herself: “Albatrosses, petrels, fulmars, puffins and gulls live out their lives along these transect lines; my job is to count them all.”.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

My parrots have nailed me harder than any wild bird,” said Jodi Swenson. A Bald Eagle took a chunk out of my jaw,” said Vonda Lee Morton. “I Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter. That particular one was just a hog nose, but we have rattlers, copperheads, moccasins, and corals. She left her mark.”. “A

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

To be precise, “Birding Shanghai from June 10 to June 30, 2022” – but that is even less of an exciting title than the one above. The reason for this post only covering the period from June 10 being that an earlier post, “Revenge Birding”, was about the first 9 days of June. You should try it too.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

As the name suggests, the National Bison Range is mostly known for its large mammals. There are also rattlesnakes, amazing views, fascinating tales of history and prehistory, and of course, many birds. On the plus side, that means that the birds are rarely disturbed and are fairly confident.

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