10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

There are two things you need to know about A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia , edited by Robert Burton and John Croxall, and produced by the South Georgia Heritage Trust. The temptation will be to jump to the Wildlife sections. Nor is it about Georgia, the country in Eurasia. Who can resist penguins and whales?

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Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird?

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

These conditions offered easy access to hunters in a habitat where a bird as large as a Guan would have little chances to hide or scape. After all, what was thought as its habitat was heavily deteriorated and converted to agriculture as the human population grew. This flock is composed of about 54 birds including nine breeding pair.

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Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat.

Animal Rights 265

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 265

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! Get yours today!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 210

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Slaght’s goals are simple: learn how to find Blakiston’s Fish Owls, find them, attach transmitters, track them, collect data, use the data to map out which parts of Primorye are most important to their feeding and breeding, develop a conservation plan. This wouldn’t just be a conservation plan for fish owls. 01, 2021.

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Owls Russia Fish Research 138

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

.” It is a relief to eventually reach the chapter on The Life of Waterfowl, written in a much more conversational style and unashamedly fascinated with waterfowl’s unique breeding behaviors. He strongly believes that waterfowl hunters are the major reason we have waterfowl and wetlands in North America today. million to 2.2

Ducks 121

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 121