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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

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I am not anti-hunting. The “Crow Down” is a “hunting contest” where both adults and children slaughter as many crows as they possibly can in two days. Obviously killing contests have nothing to do with traditional hunting, and “animal abuse” is normally used when describing domestic animals. This is baloney.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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Wild Turkeys Causing Car Accidents

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In Boston, a turkey was the cause of a 2 car accident during the morning commute. There’s also another issue–the spring turkey hunting season. A woman in Ohio had a turkey crash through her windshield.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. More states will doubtless join the queue of those proposing hunts. Another thing to consider. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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As a talked to a couple from Boston, new to birding, I spotted a Clapper Rail walking close behind us. Houston Audubon instituted a ‘no hunting’ policy and by July 1995, there were 50 heron nests on the island, protected from mammalian predators by the large alligators in the waterways. Clapper Rail. Back to the Flats.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: In “ Hunting Deer With My Flintlock ” (Op-Ed, Dec. He says he hunts out of a need to take responsibility for his family, who evidently live where the supermarkets offer no meat. BRINNING Boston, Dec. 26), Seamus McGraw says he has a responsibility to kill deer because there are too many. MARIE BROWN Baldwin, N.Y.,

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Manx Shearwaters

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A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up. The navigating prowess of the Manx Shearwater was demonstrated in an experiment involving 2 birds that were removed from Skomer’s neighbouring island of Skokholm and taken to Boston, Massachussetts.