10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Supporting local conservation organizations and participating in citizen science initiatives allows us to contribute to the protection of Shanghai’s bird species and their habitats. Many native bird species have been displaced or lost their breeding grounds, leading to a significant decline in their numbers. Green Spaces?

China 164

China Endangered Species Sanctuary Protection 164

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

I used to play Subbuteo as a kid … a kind of tip-kick football game that was named after this species (apparently, the inventors first wanted to name the game “Hobby” but that was rejected as too generic, or so the story goes). The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month.

Birds 196

Birds China Eggs Owls 196

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2012

You could raise both, given that there are 40 million Pheasants released in the UK each year and previous research by the industry’s own science lobby (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust) had found little evidence of raptor take (0.6% of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases).

Industry 192

Industry Research Raised Killing 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? They reach breeding maturity at four to seven years of age, produce only one chick per nesting season, and only one in three offspring survive to fledging age. This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted.

2011 245

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Others, like the petrels and some of the auks, will lay a single egg per breeding attempt. The investment placed in each clutch bur seabirds is so great that only one breeding attempt can be seen to completion each year. They are cavity nesters, breeding in natural cavities or holes dug into the soil.

Eggs 164

Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 164

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

Endangered Species 188

Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. That’s what you do with other game, right? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Here’s the petition.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii. Examples: California.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Little Grebe is of course a very common bird that can still surprise by its beauty in its breeding plumage. But it is all for science, I hear them say. Black-naped Orioles are breeding in Fengxian. A study on Hainan birds of the species titled “Breeding in a noisy world” found that 98.3%

Birds 147

Birds China Eggs Breeding 147