10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2022
Harris’s are also, according to Cowan, smarter than other hawks; they hunt in packs and, for that reason, may welcome humans as hunting partners more so than other raptors. They will allow the human, if she behaves correctly, to be the junior partner in the hunting enterprise – nothing more. We serve them.”.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Yet, one other hunting attempt in the same area I do remember. The next memorable hunt came from winter 2006/07. My dusty notes say that the eagle sat at the top of the pylon for a good three hours, while we had lunch of chicken paprika goulash, washed down with local wine, but I failed to record who left the pylon first.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2015
When such a company runs a nature reserve, it is a bit like having a fox to watch over your chickens. And that is why the hides are where they are, not to admire the scenery (or shoot at it – hunting is prohibited in the reserve and the ban is enforced). Later, I complained about some oversights in those hides.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
It is fascinating to watch them hunt in these fast-moving streams and interesting to note that they do not submerge themselves as the other northern dipper species, preferring instead to keep their heads above water most of the time. The guys below…well…not so much.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2012
The biggest threats to their continued survival in the wilderness are habitat destruction and hunting, for both food and for the pet trade (though they are not considered in the least bit endangered).
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. This is particularly useful for a bird with small eyes that hunts under the soil surface at night. Let’s talk about taste. A Little-spotted Kiwi by David Shackleford And then there are the vultures.
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