10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2020
House-hunting, apparently. Looks like it should have played an extra in “Game of Thrones” Brahminy Kite. Cattle Egret. Doing what cattle egrets do: communicating with cattle, even though these tend to be somewhat dull conversation partners. These photos were actually taken right from my hotel room.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Together with African Kori Bustard (which I observed on a camping trip in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve), this is the heaviest flying bird in the world. Habitat destruction combined with hunting has pushed them away from their former breeding grounds. m–8 ft 10 in). What treats do they face?
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork. A Konso village perched atop a terraced hill.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2015
But even without huge herds of elephants large game is defiantly the major draw for most people on the cruise. Hippo and attending Cattle Egret. We visited in the rainy season, to the point where our first attempt to head out was ended by a particularly monsoon-like downpour. African Darter and Reed Cormorant. Yellow-billed Stork.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
2, 2009 To the Editor: While Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article demonstrates our folly in oversimplifying solutions to many of our challenges and offers many viable solutions to sustaining our lifestyles in generations to come, she leaves out one very green practice: hunting and fishing. Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J., Indeed, in Ms.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2013
My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. Who would have thought that a post defending hunting game in general would have not been universally acclaimed? Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes. A hungry child should be fed.
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