10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Birds, mammals and other wildlife, humans and landscapes are all rendered magnificently. Davis points out in his book published earlier this year, The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird. On the other hand, Davis is, of course, a big fan of the Bald Eagle, as Audubon was not.

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Bald Eagle Louisville Pennsylvania Ohio 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. photo by John Huba.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 267

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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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 266

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2017

Some of you have been counting on federal funding or habitat protection that now looks shaky; some of you have mates who never made it back from migration; some of you just can’t catch enough fish. Especially those of you with an all-fish diet. And I think you do. Anyway, what I’m saying is we’ve all been under a lot of stress.

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Bald Eagle Belize Iowa Eggs 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

As the name suggests, the National Bison Range is mostly known for its large mammals. And although the single Bald Eagle we spotted just outside the park was probably more interested in fish, they are known to enjoy fawn as well, when they can carry it.

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Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 164

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

But you haven’t come here to read my writing about mammals or reptiles, so, yeah, there are also lots of birds. Perched high above the river were a number of birds of prey, including the one with the most evocative call of the African bush, the African Fish-eagle. Red Lechwe. In particular, there are lots of waterbirds.

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Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. Alaska’s long-lining fleet now must have bird-deterrent measures in place, which means a lot more Laysan, Black-footed and Short-tailed Albatross are not being injured or drowned in fishing gear. However, they were refound on Buldir Island, a remote island that never had any introduced mammals.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 215