10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

When I showed a photo of the Blood Pheasant to a German hunter, he complained that this pheasant has “no tail” And eBird calls it a “chunky partridgelike pheasant” – same gist, I guess. One of the threats to the Blood Pheasant comes from overgrazing by cattle.

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Kansas City Kansas Livestock Eggs 130

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Habitat destruction combined with hunting has pushed them away from their former breeding grounds. In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. What treats do they face? And the main obstacle for the counters will be mud.

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Serbia Romania Hungary Hunting 103

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. By way of an example take the Western Gulls that I studied on the Farallon Islands in California. Western Gull chick.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 254