10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

There are three to five species described on each page, text on the left, illustrations on the right. I imagine part of the allure of studying mushrooms is the tension between identifying the ones that will kill you (or at the very least give you a tummy ache) and the ones that will make your pizza or salad zing. Species Accounts.

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North America America Species 2018 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2012

Once upon a time, people and especially children felt free to interact with wild birds in any way that would satisfy their curiousity — watching and learning, yes, but also harassing and chasing, collecting eggs and nests, stealing nestlings as “pets”, and killing birds for amateur taxidermy efforts.

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Montana Geese Blackbirds Canada 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2011

In many cases, myself included, the desire manifests itself in less apparent ways than going out and killing something for the trophy wall. I don’t need to kill something to feel the rush of the hunt. In fact, a Giant Antpitta had even been recorded coming right into the lodge buildings but this bird had not been seen recently.

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Ecuador South Africa United States Hunting 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2018

The last beaver in the area was killed ten miles to the east – near Pancevo around the year 1900, but, reintroduced some dozen years ago, there are some 150 of them in the country nowadays. Locations, dates, species and numbers, right? Nevertheless, Nagy was right. Yet, I never heard the splash of a beaver tail when it dives.

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Beavers Serbia Eagles Hungary 116

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2017

3) It is a sequel to Good Birders Don’t Wear White: 50 Tips From North America’s Top Birders , the popular 2007 collection of essays. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. Braunfield. Braunfield. Illustration for J. Braunfield.

2017 133

2017 Costa Rica 2007 Hunters 133

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

And New Zealand has a fairly aggressive programme of conservation measures in place to protect native wildlife by killing native species, again something I have defended on th is site. He isn’t arguing that the state should impose this, he’s arguing that we should act collectively.

New Zealand 114

New Zealand Possums SPCA Cats 114

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2015

What wasn’t publicised at the time, but the scientist later both admitted and owned, is that the kingfisher was then killed and collected for scientific reasons. I’m not going to rehash the arguments for scientific collecting here. The large room the collection was held in was a profoundly weird place.

Collecting 214

Collecting Solomon Islands New Zealand Fiji 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Marabous have also learnt another trick, and that is to follow vultures and scavenge off the remains of Lion and other large predator kills. They have even been known to kill children who have been incautious enough to approach too closely.

Africa 233

Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 233

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 10, 2011

I wish I could keep her… Oh, right, if I kept her I wouldn’t get to meet the next one and receive my small celebrations anew. Her business, Happy Tails Books , collects stories from people who have fostered and adopted dogs and compiles them into books that inspire others to get involved in the fight against animal cruelty.

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Adopt Dog Dogs Animal Cruelty Boston 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

Wheeler, Raptors of Mexico and Central America has a two-part structure: (i) Plates—artwork by Schmitt on the right, detailed plumage descriptions on the left; (ii) Species Accounts—two to six page descriptions of each species with photographs and range maps. And vice versa. Again, this is a common practice.

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Mexico America North America Falcons 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Guano Still Collected in Peru Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets? I can also imagine how much it costs, which kind of kills the dream a bit. Wicked, right? • Explore These Related Posts Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru Where Did This Cooper’s Hawk Come From? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 189

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Both were led by strong, intelligent women who needed to develop new ways of making their points with the public and the government; both movements were lynchpins in developing today’s values of human rights and environmental conservation.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 118

Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

Think of your favorite horror film: A brutal ruthless killer is on the loose, slashing hapless innocent victims to death right and left. After witnessing hours if not days of senseless killing, someone finally musters the courage to take on the killer and delivers what has to be a devastating blow. Sadly, the horror continues.

Horse Slaughter 40

Horse Slaughter Slaughter Slaughtered Horses 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

And, in a world where there is too much hate, the judgment of many earnest moralists is overwhelmed by the charms of love; and there are those who come to accept it at its own valuation and are thus led to assert that people have an obligation to increase the collective total of all value in the universe.

Lamb 40

Lamb Fowl Morals Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport. You will either have to leave it at the airport and collect it later (using up precious time), or carry it with you in hot, humid conditions. Taxis can usually be found quickly and easily unless it is raining.

Singapore 159

Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 159

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

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. In fact, Juan Gundlach collected a number of birds from the a flock that regularly came to feed in a group of trees at the town of Zarabanda just outside the modern day boundaries of Cienaga de Zapata National Park.

Cuba 238

Cuba Parrots Collecting Columbus 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. These Blasts From The Past No Owls at Croton Point I Hate Connecticut… Birding Kazakhstan: Morning of Day 1 in Astana Ottawa By Way of Ohio The Snow Bunting That Almost Killed Me, or, Hyperbole in Bird Blog Post Titles is Fun! Wicked, right?

2011 157

2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

It was the same day George Floyd was killed. I knew he was also a former Marvel comic book writer and editor, but did not know that he also, unsurprisingly, had a history of involvement in LGBTQ and Black rights advocacy. I remember that day. Raw honesty is felt throughout.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

Rueppell’s (facing left) and White-backed (three birds facing right) Vultures have worryingly leapt two categories from Near-Threatened to Endangered. An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 183

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The vast majority of nuclear rays that hit you from any given source will simply pass right though most of your tissues (depending on the exact kind of energy and the tissue) but if one of these tiny slappy things gets a molecule in your cell, you might end up with broken DNA or some other highly localized but very bad result.

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Mammals Birds Fish Cooking 225

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

In it, Bloch becomes LeChiffre, Fleming becomes Mathis and Popov becomes 007 (it does sound a bit better than Tricycle Licensed to Kill), while the rest of the gambling scene remains the same. Humiliated, Bloch pulled away. Living in the Caribbean, in 1953 Fleming was writing the Casino Royale.

Saint Kitts and Nevis 151

Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 151

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Though she hadn’t managed to kill anyone yet, I wasn’t about to roll the dice on whether she really did have some kind of predator instinct. Based on whatever data she collected, she’d alter her course and continue her search. And right before my eyes, I discovered that Muscovy ducks eat frogs.

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Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Interestingly, Black-winged Stilts display laterality – that is, they preferentially use one eye (the right one) to find prey. This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 179