Birds Family Laws Protection 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2011
Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. But then came the biggest obstacle of all… …would Daisy agree to a boat ride that had a bird as its goal? Instead I heard “Sure, that sounds like fun.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2024
Welcome to Birding Tongbiguan, part 1. The authors of the paper sound a bit helpless, stating that “At the time of discovery, both birds [two bee-eaters] were still alive, but it was not possible to free them from the net because the bees began to attack the ringer.” Of course, the same applies to pizza services for humans.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2023
Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. Treaties trump state laws. ©2023, Donna L.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2023
February 2023 was a slow month for birding in Shanghai, at least for me – so slow that I almost put the Spotted Dove , possibly my least favorite bird here, on the cover. Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. Maybe those should be protected too?
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2019
At the same time, at the western bank of the Volga River corpses piled ever higher… or so starts the plot of the Jean-Jacques Annaud’s movie Enemy at the Gates, with Jude Law as young Zaytsev. Just imagine a family excursion to Yellowstone to photograph grazing herds of elephants – equally wrong. And protect them, too.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. This is not protecting hunters’ rights; this is taking away a law that protects the health of both hunters and wildlife. On November 13, “The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act” will come in front of the Senate.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2017
Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation. The young men had severed the birds’ legs in order to remove the tags. They were simply sent to Family Court. Gutierrez was 18. He didn’t do it.
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