10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2013

Fish and Wildlife Service caps at five the number of Golden Eagles that members of the Hopi tribe can collect from neighboring Navajo lands. The Navajo also use eagle feathers as part of rituals, but don’t believe in killing the birds. Bald Eagle in Brevard County, by Nate Swick.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” He lay in a ditch with a spinal injury, unable to move.

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JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

However, there are still instances where individuals intentionally kill birds and there are criminal prosecutions under the MBTA, though they are uncommon. The case involved two men, Douglas “Vance” Crooked Arm and Kenneth Shane, and they were charged with baiting and killing eagles and hawks to make fans of tail feathers.

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