Collecting Family Groups Killing 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. .” (HBW). Other – sadly rather common – reasons are habitat loss due to agricultural expansion and the use of some veterinary drugs.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2020
In fact, if I remember correctly, it was 2013 when I first noticed (from an office window) a huge collection of sticks at the crown of a large immortelle tree. This extremely vocal member of the vireo family utters its rich warble incessantly from sun-up to sun-down but it rarely makes itself visible.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
According to his writings, the Cuban Macaw’s behavior was typical of the genus, living in pairs or family parties that kept in contact with loud, raucous calls. This bird was in serious trouble by the mid-19th century due to the adults being killed for food and young being taken for pets. … Extinction is forever.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. In some ways, this is a puzzling chapter.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2023
Christian Cooper comes on screen about two-and-a-half minutes into The Central Park Effect , appreciating a Prothonotary Warbler at ‘the Point’ while telephoning a friend with the news (this is pre-text group), a nice hint of the collegial networks that underlie Central Park birding. It was the same day George Floyd was killed.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2021
The guide has been expertly, even lovingly revised, expanded and updated (as the authors’ names indicate, this is largely a family affair). As in the ornithological world, there has been a major shift in groupings and scientific names of mushrooms. These are much simpler, depending on the features on the specific group.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
The famous Verreaux family who made several expeditions into the province through the 1820’s and 1830’s procuring specimens for rich collectors. Gurney’s Sugarbird was discovered by the Verreaux family and named after wealthy English banker and amateur naturalist John Gurney from Norwich. Image by Hugh Chittenden. Image by Adam Riley.
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