10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. The Moustached Kingfisher was known by only three samples– one female “collected” in the 1920’s, the other two females “collected” in the 1950’s, according to an Audubon Magazine article.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

After my post about collecting two weeks ago I received a bit of feedback, some positive, some negative, and I’ve been mulling it over with the intention of writing about some of the issues that could be considered the root cause of the disagreement. Clearly those people have wildlife’s best interest at heart. Best guess?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. Funds for National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition come from several sources. Collectively, these MBCF funds have purchased about 2.7 According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. The ABA’s mission statement is vague: “The American Birding Association inspires all people to enjoy and protect wild birds.”

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The original specimens were collected in dense jungle, and the recent sightings in more open forest may represent suboptimal habitat. A survey in 2011 in non-protected areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh confirmed the presence of the species at two locations.

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