10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. Wikipedia reports that he “was an excellent tennis player and an enthusiastic big game hunter.

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The main attraction for birders here are the hornbills – I have written about them before , so this post will be more on the other birds I saw there in 2017. Anyway, it is a very cute-looking bird if you are big enough not to be among its prey of (mostly) insects. I have written about the hornbills of this area before.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. ” Elizabeth Jackson of the Duck Stamp Program is not optimistic about birders or non-hunters embracing the Duck Stamp as hunters have. .”

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 218

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. Given that few hunters actually consume coyotes, wolves, cougars, and except for a few individuals, even bears, it is obviously a “waste” of wildlife to shoot or trap these animals just for “fun” 2.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 250

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

So now I get to turn my attention back to birds, and blogging about them! With no further ado, then, here’s what’s been happening during the last twentysomething days or so: Tiny delicacy or declining and suffering species? French chefs face off against bird conservationists. Not cool, British raptor hunters.

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Zebras Penguins Research Birds 191

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2024

Learning irrelevant things while reading about birds. Of the female, the website Birds of Singapore says that it “resembles male but has greyish-brown upperparts”, which is a strange way of stating that its color is completely different. The coloration of the bird subspecies is mainly similar to that of L.

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Birds Japan Species Singapore 201