10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. 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.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 147

Animal Ethics

MARCH 29, 2008

Around the world, animal migrations are disappearing because of conflicts with development, agriculture and other human activities. Earlier this month, NASA released new satellite photographs showing continued illegal cutting of the Mexican fir forests where virtually all of eastern North America’s monarch butterflies spend the winter.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York United States illegal 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Louisiana Black Bear (shown above) was listed as threatened within its historic range (defined as southern Mississippi, Louisiana, and east Texas) under the Endangered Species Act on January 7, 1992 (57 FR 588), due to extensive habitat loss and modification, as well as human-related mortality. The refuge is already open to sport fishing.

Fish 143

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway.

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Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 199

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

The Kerkini Lake National Park is my favourite birding area in the whole of the Balkans and while I’ve been here in April and again (migration), September (migration), October (coffee break), December and January (wintering), this was my first time in the breeding season, in May. Below legal size for humans is still legal for pelicans.

Greece 190

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

Image by Adam Riley Of the 115 African species now listed as Endangered or Critically Endangered, nearly half occur on the islands surrounding Africa or are non-breeding migrants to Africa. In this blogpost I will discuss ten of the 60 endangered species that are resident on the African continent.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.) Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”. Unfortunately, the other hornbill species are not nearly as adaptable.

Rhinoceros 125

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 125

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

Gisela Kaplan has written a book about the species, and how they seem unperturbed by humans: “It’s one of their most successful defense strategies. When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news! ” ( source ).

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Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 220

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2012

When songbirds endeavor to head hundreds or thousands of miles south they are risking everything in order to find a place that they can winter and hopefully survive in order to head back north and breed. Migration is the single most dangerous thing that birds do and many don’t survive as Greg pointed out in his recent post.

Feral Cats 181

Feral Cats Cats Killing North America 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

” The website www.jwcpheasants.com seems to endorse polygamy for this species despite this being illegal in the USA for other animals such as humans. The site states that in captivity, “two hens can be paired with one male.” I lowered the volume and after a while they got used to it and slowly went back to sleep.”

Burma 183

Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 183

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

With the advent of human development, we can now add “farmland and plantations” to various types of forest, rainforest, and swamps. Mangrove areas are disappearing and there are natural areas of savannah in addition to human-created grasslands. The Introduction also offers sections on Conservation , by Nick W.

Indonesia 122

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 122

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Hopefully, the winter time in Shanghai gives the Black-faced Buntings some time to relax from the challenges of the breeding season. One Japanese study found that it arrives at its breeding grounds earlier than in the past, most likely due to increased spring temperatures. No wonder no species are named after me.

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 200