10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
They were barely mentioned in The Voyage of the Beagle and not at all in On the Origin of Species. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2020
At the risk of yet again reinforcing our predictable North American slant at Booze and Birds, it has to be noted that this year’s United States presidential campaign season has certainly been an occasion for drinking, especially as we enter the final two weeks before the election.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2017
I have been to refuges across the United States, but I never thought that I would have a deadline to visit any particular refuge. Several trails wind along the banks of Rio Grande, which constitutes the border between the United States and Mexico. Fish and Wildlife Service signs, usually in English, are also in Spanish.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
As a result, the Aruba Birdlife Conservation Foundation began a campaign to make the Burrowing Owl the country’s national bird , which was officially named in 2012. These owls use the tunnels of other species as their nesting burrows, and so can be found associated with ground squirrels, tortoises, and prairie dogs.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
It is considered the most widespread exotic plant in the state occupying more than 700,000 acres. As the story goes, the Brazilian Pepper was introduced into the United States as an ornamental. Both species winter in South and Central Florida and unlike mockingbirds, they are nomadic in their wintering grounds.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. Ironically, only the women of one of these campaigns, the suffragette movement, have been recognized and honored.
Critter News
OCTOBER 26, 2008
Why and how do people campaign on behalf of a species that is not their own? Readership: This book will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the animal rights movement in England, the United States and Australia. Sounds interesting.
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