10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In his first chapter, on the Raven, Moss is an enthusiastic borrower from Bernd Heinrich’s classic The Mind of the Raven , and in chapter ten (about which more below) a good deal is sourced from a 2022 book, The Bald Eagle , by Jack E. There’s a fair amount of etymology, too. Various experts are enlisted in support of this idea.

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Bald Eagle Montenegro Campaign Turkey 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

After three years of observation at a Bald Eagle nest in Washington state, I believe that young birds do, in fact, learn to fly — and they appear to learn much the same way we do. My work focused on a consistently productive bald eagle nest in Kirkland, Wash., … Birds Bald Eagle raptors'

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Americans of a certain age will recall how close their country came to losing the Bald Eagle.). But that tragedy is compounded when the species at risk is a country’s national bird. Sadly, that is indeed the situation in Samoa, where the Manumea , or Tooth-billed Pigeon , numbers fewer than 200 individuals.

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Samoa Bald Eagle Campaign Hunting 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Official Sierra Club Grassroots Network Campaign – social media actions. Borderlands Campaign – Sierra Club Facebook group for this issue. Sierra Club Toolkit – filled with facts and ways to get involved. *

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Texas Defenders Of Wildlife Bald Eagle Protest 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

With the geese rediscovered, an intensive campaign to remove introduced foxes began, and many geese were relocated from Buldir Island to islands they formerly inhabited. Raptors and other predatory birds have largely rebounded, and there seems to be be no shortage of Brown Pelicans, Peregrine Falcons and Bald Eagles.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# AND you can use lead shot, which will impact any scavenger like a bald eagle that happens to feed on the carcass you leave. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239