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Butcher Birds, The Loggerhead Shrike

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Childhood memories flooded back in, and I began my search for the poor victims of this bird, so lovingly nicknamed “The Butcher Bird” Nothing was found, not a grasshopper, lizard, nothing. Shrikes by the numbers: The family Laniidae is composed of 31 species of shrike, around the globe. Sometimes reality is so unfair!

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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

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This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. Neighbor A’s private property and peace of mind are both suffering because of the cats, which are killing government-protected species. You call the SWAT team. What birds need is their own SWAT team.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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The Common Pochard is listed as Vulnerable – not because it is particularly rare, but because of the rapid decline in its numbers (a decline of 50% within 10 years means a species is listed as Vulnerable – and a 50% loss in 10 years sounds quite dramatic and frightening indeed). And it does not even live in reeds.

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Birding the Sittee River

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It is a common bird itself but I had never managed to see one so well even though I butchered the photographic opportunity. After the hawk the species piled up fast, with a flyover Black-headed Trogon , Pale-vented Pigeons , Olive-throated Parakeets , and wide variety of other species showing themselves.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

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Being charismatic species, Snowy Owls are the focus of the nature-loving community during the winter. Species have value. Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Butcher, A. Snowy Owls have value. References. Berlanga, H.,

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I Remember Elephants

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We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. I say they were butchered, face-off. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders?

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Birding Parque Nacional Marino Cayos Cochinos, Honduras

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The avifauna is distinctly Caribbean as well, with some Caribbean species found only on the islands and nowhere else in Honduras. Well, it’s a life bird if you consider Salvin’s Emerald a separate species. I don’t know how I managed to completely butcher all of my shots of what was essentially a stationary subject.

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