10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2017
It’s Christmas Bird Count season, and if you know Christmas Bird Counts you have probably heard the tale of how Frank Chapman invented this winter tradition to replace the older and considerably less optimal for birds tradition of the Christmas side hunt. And in Ireland, well… In Ireland they killed Wrens.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2019
Gyrfalcons have long been prized for their ability to hunt prey considerably larger than themselves, as depicted in this painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, where the unlucky victim is a Gray Heron (note the jesses on the falcon).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
The 10-page section aptly named “Age, sex, and identification of ducks using in-hand upperwing patterns” is a guide to just that, utilizing images from two Washington State museum collections. Hunting: You may have noticed that the Written Species Accounts include a section on hunting. So–not a fan of hunting.
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