10,000 Birds
MAY 31, 2015
The Common Buzzards , for example, who usually hunt by circling high above the landscape, will hover in kestrel fashion much more frequently. The kestrels , on the other hand, will more frequently hunt from low perches. And finally, there will be Marsh Harriers everywhere breeding in grain fields instead of reeds.
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. Bustards are being counted in February because their breeding season starts in March.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2011
As you’ll remember, Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources unanimously passed its sandhill crane hunting proposal. The public comment period on the Kentucky sandhill crane hunting proposal ends AUGUST 1 2011. Here are six top reasons to protest this hunt. Could Ohio lose its entire pioneer breeding population?
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2015
When such a company runs a nature reserve, it is a bit like having a fox to watch over your chickens. 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.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. 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.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#. They decided to study foxes, which are closely related to wolves and dogs. Ones that came up to the scientists did.
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