10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Beljarica Backwaters (some August birding here ) is a spacious floodplain of the left bank of the Danube, less than 10 km / 6 mi north of Belgrade, and is an exciting place to bird. If they return a while, we know not if they smile or weep beneath their tan.”. 12 years later, I am no longer the same person who started all that.

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Protection Serbia Protest Protesting 271

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2015

Somewhere deep in the tropics, a warm, fat, contented bird is beginning to feel the merest inkling of restlessness. ” the bird will ask. I cannot wait to see that bird! I’ll be staying indoors in protest against this prolonged arctic occupation of my part of the world. Birding March weekend'

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2023

These small macaws don’t show their namesake red bellies often, but with yellow faces and blue flight feathers they are still flashy little birds. While we were there, a pair of Rufous Crab Hawks noisily protested the presence of a Common Black Hawk that was comfortably perched in the vegetation.

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Trinidad Protest Protesting Protesters 159

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Driving north from Belgrade, we had two flocks of Common Cranes , about 100 birds, flying low in formation near the Carska bara Ramsar site – November is the height of their autumn migration. Many social network protesters found it obscene. Dozy birds, they hardy gave us a glance with those ambers eyes.

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Owls Protest Protesting Protesters 230

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

My readers are already familiar with Beljarica Backwaters, as described in half a dozen posts here at 10,000 Birds. It all started well three decades ago, when I intensively birded the Danube Backwaters by kayak. The post Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Serbia Protection Deer Boars 277

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

Be careful if you cross the feral cat freaks – they might protest your business, sue you, and drive you to suicide. Hat-tip to 10,000 Birds reader Ben. Dr. Shirley Koshi was a woman who devoted her life to caring for animals and sought to prevent a cat from the miseries of living out-of-doors. Rest in peace, Dr. Shirley Koshi.

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Feral Cats Feral New York City Cats 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Birding can be a double-edged sword, getting out birding, seeing, hearing and ‘doing’ birding is as we all know incredibly good for the soul and simply the best way to spend time. It can be difficult not to feel impotent and under attack from all sides.

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Morocco Turtles Protest Protesting 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2024

However – and I am not saying this out of misplaced national pride – there is one bird in the Netherlands that proves Jefferson wrong and Buffon right: the White-tailed Eagle (or Sea Eagle ). The animals themselves identified as “civilised” and started a hunger strike in protest. It’s the only Dutch eagle. It was awful.

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Beavers Netherlands Eagles Geese 144

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

This year, the one now coming to a close, has been “The Year of the Bird,” as declared by National Geographic (as well as the National Audubon Society, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and BirdLife International). It takes into its lens context and surroundings and makes them as important as the central bird (or other animal) subject.

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Birds Minnesota Protest Protesting 123

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2022

In addition, it has over 450 bird species and more than 30 in-country endemics, of which it is possible to see every single species! Where to look for the birds? The tensions run high and protests against the government, sometimes violent, are not uncommon.

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Sri Lanka Ghana Uganda Eagles 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

If the avian realm had self-conscious, talking ambassadors, “spokebirds”, which species would partake in birding conferences? The Accipiters and other bird predators would either have to be prohibited from attending or at least need to be kept separate from the rest of the tasty looking attendees. There would also be drama!

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Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Protest 243

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

My first ‘protest’ memory involved putting pencil to notebook paper and writing the President about the harmful effects of DDT. When news later reached our little town (likely through a newspaper) that the bird-killing chemical was to be banned, my environmental activism was born. But birds can fly so they’ll be fine, right?

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Texas Defenders Of Wildlife Bald Eagle Protest 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

A badly sited wind farm can lead to devastating consequences as we know only too well for many large birds, particularly raptors. The irony that wind allegedly produces ‘green’ or renewable energy isn’t lost on those that protest against the hundreds of planning applications that are lodged annually for new wind farms.

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Protest Protesting Protesters Farming 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. The birds had evolved without a predator like this, and with the new snake having no predators, it had no problem decimating the island’s birdlife.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Peter Sis in The Conference of the Birds The Conference of the Birds , an amazingly well-illustrated adaptation of the twelfth century Persian poet Farid Ud-Din Attar’s epic poem, is well worth the cover price of $27.95. He told NPR news that “The birds never needed passports. Poisoned air! Unhappiness!

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Protest Protesting Protesters Penguins 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Thousands of letters and emails of protest apparently fell on deaf ears. Kentucky’s wildlife offices have been flooded with protests, whether written, telephoned or emailed. It isn’t hard even for a simple bird painter to divine that Commissioner Gassett stands to gain financially from a crane hunt in Kentucky.

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Hunting Kentucky Broker Protest 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

Here are six top reasons to protest this hunt. photo by Vickie Henderson Six Top Reasons to Protest Eastern Flyway Crane Hunting: Sandhill cranes have a very low recruitment rate. The public comment period on the Kentucky sandhill crane hunting proposal ends AUGUST 1 2011. Please act now.

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

That particular summer I had what seemed like 40 or 50,000 patients, and I was whining about how difficult it was to deal with large, stress-prone birds when they were starting to feel better. When birds are down and out, this is not a problem. When birds are down and out, this is not a problem. Others, not so much.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Colorado Protest Protesting 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa).

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 247

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

. “Where they stop and water and get some food before they continue their migration,” the voice continues, and, if you’re not a birder you could be excused from a sense of confusion–is this a film about migrant birds or migrant people? ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 268

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2016

Birders concerned with ticking off bird species from a list in North America already know all about the AOU Supplement. For folks who don’t put much emphasis on taxonomic issues and classification of the birds they see, let’s start by saying that we aren’t talking about something that adds extra vitamins to your diet.

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Costa Rica 2016 South America Panama 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2011

So there will be an ample supply of young birds coming up for harvest. The Bald Eagle has the potential to be the Holy Grail of game birds. In fact, hunting eagles will enhance the birdwatchers’ viewing opportunities by concentrating the birds in places where they aren’t being shot at. young per year.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 259

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Or maybe something closer to home like the American Bird Conservancy or a wildlife rescue organization like the Marine Mammal Center or International Bird Rescue. From a press release by the American Bird Conservancy. The outcome of today’s trial will undoubtedly embolden extremist groups.

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Extremist Oregon Wildlife illegal 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

Wounded birds were left to crawl away into the woods; sometimes, during breaks, children were encouraged to run across the field, scoop them up, and tear their heads off. The poster for this event shows a dozen cartoon birds on their backs, feet in the air, and trumpets the headline, “Wanted: Dead or Alive.”.

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

One of the things that has vexed me about my fellow bird watchers is the inability to read signs. It’s the acute ability by many bird watchers to ignore signs. ” Let’s call it like it is: it’s a move that ruins the reputation of anyone who watches birds and could possibly be bad for the birds.

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Owls Protest Protesting Protesters 177

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

Gassett, replying to a letter questioning the hunt, opens thus: “ Sandhill cranes are considered to be one of the best tasting of all migratory birds. Their slow wing beat keeps the breast meat from being as dark and strong flavored as many other migratory birds. More than 10,000 people hunt cranes in North America each year.

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Kentucky Hunting Tennessee Indiana 258

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

In a co-ordinated protest, members of the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO) destroyed hundreds of traps and set free the birds inside. During the hunting season, which lasts from mid-August until the end of September, the birds are taken from their cages, fattened up in the dark and then drowned alive in Armagnac.

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France Endangered Species Protest Protesting 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Likewise, birders rallied against the occupation in several protests around the state on January 19th, sponsored by the Audubon Society of Portland. This video was published by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers during the refuge occupation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYouXzAez-I. v=dYouXzAez-I.

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Hunters Utah Extremist Agenda 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# Kentucky Dept.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Protests were organised, banners were waved, petitions were signed and 6 of the beats have been banned from entering their data. All entries will still appear as links and readers who cannot wait for the monthly (first Saturday) updates may also access the 10,000 Birds interactive profile page. January is a great month for listing.

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