10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2023

These birds (usually juveniles) are clearly linked to the growing breeding population in the region. Pallid Swifts were already back at their breeding sites, while the marshes provided a host of waders, including year-ticks such as Whimbrel, Curlew Sandpiper and Kentish Plover. These are Dunlins.

Estonia 233

Estonia Portugal Greece Barn Owls 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Ducks and divers The bottom of the city is, naturally, the lowest point or course of the Danube (around 74 m / 240 ft above sea level), the best area being the confluence of the Sava and the Danube, around the War Islands Reserve. Otherwise, the foothills (bus stop “Avala”) are reachable by city buses 401, 403, 405, 407 and 408.

Serbia 302

Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Ducks 302

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

“This species’ population is suspected to have decreased rapidly, owing to levels of hunting on the staging and wintering grounds, and habitat deterioration (largely as a result of land cultivation). The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations.

Serbia 202

Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 202

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

” Now, it doesn’t take much to notice a “mouse gradation year”: of course you’ll simply see them, much more frequently than in non-gradational years. Then of course, there are the predators. The kestrels , on the other hand, will more frequently hunt from low perches. Gotta be mouse gradation.

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Fox Rodents Gophers Germany 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits. I thought about those plumes and about how fortunate we were to be seeing this egret in all its glory.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The number of people who hunt waterfowl in the US has declined since the mid 1990s. From the abstract of the study: Current waterfowl populations provide liberal hunting seasons, but waterfowl hunter numbers have declined since the mid–1990s. And, of course, bird watchers are in a sense free-loading on the duck stamps as well.

Ducks 220

Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 220

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2024

The next couple of months will of course see a boost to my British list, as summer migrants flood into England, while forthcoming trips to Cyprus, Greece and northern Spain will also turbocharge the European list. Wader watching in spring is always exciting, as so many of these birds are transformed when they acquire their breeding finery.

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Spain Eagles North America Ducks 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds.

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2022

From one side, the reserve is under the attack of spreading arable fields, from another by numerous wind generators and it is no easy task to support the surviving breeding birds within its borders. Well, busy observing the Great Indian Bustard, of course. He asks if the wind generators can influence the bird numbers?

Gazelles 260

Gazelles India 2012 Endangered Species 260

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2014

My Dark-eyed Juncos are trilling in preparation to retreat to quieter breeding grounds, the Black-Capped Chickadees sing their two notes, and the Song Sparrows absolutely will not shut up. Of course, in real life this cannot be so simple as good news. The Varied Thrushes came back. Then the Western Bluebirds and Meadowlarks.

Geese 182

Geese Montana Breeding Pelicans 182

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Of course, many people still know exactly what they did when this happened. Apparently, when breeding, the two parents divide incubation duties, with one bird taking over the daytime duties and another one the nighttime. of its hunts are successful. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact. Back to birds. Then, there are raptors.

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 225

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This was, of course, before the days of mobile phones with built-in cameras.) I have a strong hunting instinct, and digiscoping gave me the satisfaction of bagging my quarry. As the Wryneck is a lost breeding bird in Britain it’s also a bird of special interest to us Brits and one I never tire of photographing.

Birds 238

Birds Cyprus Portugal Estonia 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

There were reasons to think that the White-winged Guan had been extirpated by over-hunting. Hunting pressure in a heavily populated region (even for Nineteenth Century standards) and easy access were likely to result in the extirpation of the Guan in the regions surrounding the site of collection. … Extinction is forever.

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Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2015

And, of course, there was a group of youngsters barbecuing. And that is why the hides are where they are, not to admire the scenery (or shoot at it – hunting is prohibited in the reserve and the ban is enforced). The hide overlooking the breeding colony of Red-footed Falcons. And a table, too. More or less, a proper picnic site.

Serbia 251

Serbia Birds Spain Hungary 251

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see.

2015 113

2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Blame human intervention in the form of breeding programs so that there would be more to hunt. Of course, I have reported both birds and when I hear where they came from I will share the information. Birders tend to ignore them, non-birders tend to loathe them, and few defend or admire them. That is really a shame.

Geese 162

Geese Canada New York City Birds 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Of course you do! Two-thirds of the world’s population breeds colonially on Greek islands. Unlike other falcons, they do not breed in spring, but in late summer, to exploit the abundance of songbirds and pick up those first-time (and last-time) migrants from the sky. But can you explain why to your wife?

Falcons 181

Falcons Greece Madagascar Game 181

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Of course, only thirty minutes later I saw my second roadrunner, this time standing on a lawn adjacent to a busy street! Their impressive speed is used for hunting, and roadrunners will eat almost anything that moves. million breeding birds, Greater Roadrunners have a stable population (according to Partners in Flight).

New Mexico 101

New Mexico Mexico Coyotes Rattlesnake 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. 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. Quick: what’s this? Here’s the petition.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Done properly, a young hawk is curtailed in a growing compulsion to fly greater distances and hunt for herself by a process sometimes called “manning.” ” Cade was later to comment, “1951 was when I first saw the high-flying style of hunting performed by the wilderness-inhabiting Peregrines of Alaska.”

Falcons 186

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

Of course, the CBC has sexier abbreviation: with the IWC (or iWC?) These globally threatened raptors breed from Ukraine eastward through Siberia and only a few come to overwinter here. Several poachers were waiting in ever thickening darkness (Serbian legislation forbids night hunting). My mind, at least.

Geese 151

Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 151

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

New York City 154

New York City New York Birds Breeding 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

The park is located to the south east of the central business district, part of a larger complex of playing fields, stadiums and golf courses that the very outdoorsy Australians find so important. The large ponds were home to great numbers of waterbirds of several kinds, many of which, like the ibis, breed on the islands in the lakes.

New Zealand 172

New Zealand Ducks Australia Japan 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2012

But of course, also and above all that, I saw birds. Our base camp in Olbia was a bit far north for the Greater Flamingo (though like many wading birds, they are prone to wander when the breeding season is done.) There, of course, I immediately spotted a flamingo. So last week I was in Sardinia.

Goats 110

Goats Montana Europe Hunting 110

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

Carmine bee-eaters occur throughout most of Subsaharan Africa, and many populations migrate widely post breeding. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. Two populations exist, the westernmost breeds in the western Sahara (e.g.

Africa 265

Africa South Africa Gabon Uganda 265

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. this species breeds. Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. What a horror! What a disaster! What a wrong!

Albatross 211

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 211

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

It is at the breeding season, however, that the Western Gull accomplishes real mischief. While he effects a passable truce with his own kind at that season, it is that he may the better combine with his fellows and terrorize all other breeding sea-birds.” There were a few exceptions of course, a few easily recognised gulls.

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Breeding Collecting California Hunting 176

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Of course, the second explanation makes a lot more sense. Let’s hope it can find some relatively unfragmented habitat for breeding – studies show that the failure rate of nests is much higher in fragmented habitats. The Latin species name vermiculatus (worm-like) refers to the markings on the upperparts.

Zimbabwe 147

Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. Yet, think a bit about what our world would be like if the Passenger Pigeon still existed.

Mauritius 102

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

From one side, the reserve is under the attack of spreading arable fields, from another by numerous wind generators and it is no easy task to support the surviving breeding birds within its borders. Well, busy observing the Great Indian Bustard, of course. He asks if the wind generators can influence the bird numbers?

India 246

India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

However, you can’t come to this small Central American country to see the following birds because they are gone: White-faced Whistling-duck : Yes, this cool looking duck used to build nests, breed, and dabble around the wetlands of Costa Rica and this is why you will see it illustrated in Stiles and Skutch. What a horror! What a wrong!

Costa Rica 224

Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 224

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Of course, most natural histories are based on research, but Weidensaul’s approach is highly specific. Each account contains a range map created by Weidensaul, utilizing diverse sources–breeding bird atlases, banding data, research articles. (It

North America 229

North America Owls America Dominican Republic 229

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Their stubby bills make them efficient at this, and unlike their insect hunting thornbill relatives, they are fairly sedentary hunters, content to take insects off leaves without chasing after them. Outside the breeding season they may tarvel in large flocks looking for outbreaks of these bugs.

Australia 172

Australia Fiji Hunters Family 172

Critter News

MARCH 14, 2009

From discussions with people who buy from breeders, I understand the reasoning behind getting a purebred dog when it comes to the hunting or working breeds. The best mousers are not of any particular breed. But of course I didn't tell my deputy director that. I may be passionate, but I'm not stupid!

Kansas 100

Kansas Kittens Purebred Breeders 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

Of course, I contacted Carlos Sanchez , alleged south Florida birder extraordinaire, to maximize the returns on what time I could spend. We immediately headed to an undisclosed location where Carlos had breeding Mangrove Cuckoos staked out. Of course not! There was even beer on the menu which I had to order, of course.

Florida 122

Florida Miami Birds Owls 122

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there. In the US, of course, we have meteorologists for that. BBC has the story as a video.

Science 151

Science Iraq Research Birds 151

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2011

I am excited to see new birds and that is what this blog post will be about, of course! Desi is excited because he is still not two years old and everything is exciting. Daisy is excited because she loves travel and visiting new places. What other birds that I have seen before will I be excited to see again?

Seattle 160

Seattle Rhinoceros Puffins United States 160