10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2016
Wildlife lovers and rehabilitators, as always, tried to intervene. “I I have been caring for raptors for almost 29 years and not even a Bald Eagle can carry off 12 pounds,” wrote Eileen Wicker, the Executive Director of Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky. The frightening responses went like this: “Just shoot ‘em.”
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2024
I had been hoping that the Barn Owl I’d seen here a couple of days before would appear, but it was clearly back at its roost. A Grey Wagtail on the river Black Bourn Micklemere is a wetland reserve belonging to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, and was my next location.
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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.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2013
With casual bird watchers out numbering hardcore bird watchers, people with a camera and an interest in wildlife are not going to have all the facts about wildlife before they go out. And quite frankly, I’ve seen some of the most dedicated of ethical birders get excited at finding an owl and get closer than they should.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2013
One of the highlights of the trip for me, and for some of the other media folks being hosted by the Fallon Convention and Tourism Authority, was a kayak tour of Tule Lake in the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge. I’ve never been on an “owl prowl” before, and was thrilled that the one we joined turned up the promised quarry, and then some.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
.” Writing about owls means writing about roughly 250 species (I counted 245 on the 2022 Clements spreadsheet, but I might have missed a few, and we all know that each classification system is different). “Well, that’s great,” you may be saying, “but what does that have to do with owls?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.). 26 Oct 2019.
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