10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

This chapter also covers vagrancy in social migrants, and why vagrancy is common in ‘obligate social navigators’ like geese and cranes, a thought which got me thinking of all the times I’ve searched for one Barnacle Goose amidst hundreds of Canada Geese. Next time, I’ll know why. It’s not always easy reading.

Birds 260

Birds Compassion Eagles Science 260

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. Consumptive & Non-consumptive Users.

Wildlife 240

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 240

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. The Birds of Prey chapter, on the other hand, is 18 pages long. Cocker focuses on the love-hate relationship we have with raptors.

Birds 215

Birds Egypt Family Eagles 215

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

(It is also clear on their website, which has a tab for “hunting” ) But, to their great credit, they clearly appreciate that North American hunters will have no waterfowl to hunt if they do not fight to preserve wetlands — not only in the U.S. and Canada, but also in Latin American wintering grounds.

Pelicans 218

Pelicans Blackbirds Ducks Hunting 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over.

2011 247

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 247

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Tualatin River NWR. 04 May 2018. 04 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113