Collecting Killing Species Suffering 
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
It notes that there are around 1,000 people who have had birds named after them, but no fewer than three of them – Frank Linsly James, Eugenio Prince Ruspoli and Johan August Wahlberg – were killed by elephants, not a common form of death. Collecting birds was clearly a dangerous pastime.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2019
But I insisted he try the blood and violence guy, and he humored me, only to send me, later, a longish email, pointing out the flaws in my judgment and in the book and the author, and closing with this: “Since I didn’t care for any of his characters, I really didn’t care who killed whom.”. Fair enough.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2015
His work is the foundation of the Macaulay Library video collection. In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. The next spring she reported that her first class was doing very well and were able to rapidly identify nearly 200 species.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging kind of person, trust me on this). There are about 50 different species of flowerpeckers globally. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent. “Dull, me?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 7, 2013
Unlike many endemic species they aren’t remotely rare, and can be seen just about anywhere in the country, and they are also amazingly confiding, allowing close approaches and even coming close to us of their own volition. It’s a sentiment I can get behind. Also known by its Maori name of P?wakawaka,
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2013
The birdlife in the Cape is nothing short of spectacular, with a healthy dose of charismatic endemic species. Over 40 species of South African endemics can be found in the Cape – Cape Sugarbirds, Cape Rockjumpers, Orange-breasted Sunbirds to name but a few.
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