10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. es de altaner ía. ( The pursuit of love. is like falconry.).

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Critter News

JANUARY 15, 2010

From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan. Shigemura, prosecutors claim, also amassed a collection of 11 firearms without the appropriate permits.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. 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. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

The spoonbills are a collection of six species from around the world whose facial accouterments have reached their terrifying bizarre zenith. They are birds of the march, with long billed particularly adept at probing mud and extracting prey critters from well-dug trenches. Southern Bald Ibis , photo by Adam Riley.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Johnson is collecting myths about owls from cultures around the world and is also presiding over a 12-year Burrowing Owl Project that seeks to collect DNA samples, vocalizations, morphological data and map locations for every Burrowing Owl subspecies the world over. They are also hunted.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.

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