10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2014

This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. The 12 types will still be available to licensed pest-control companies and to agricultural users, which means they will still be in the environment.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Call the pest control company. A company representative will come to your door and tell you the poisons they use are “safe.” When queried, he admitted he had recently hired a local company to get rid of the mice in his house. Three companies refused to comply: Reckitt Benckiser, Liphatech, and Spectrum Group.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.” For example, a developer could set aside land for protection within the project (“on-site mitigation”). Or it might opt to offset habitat losses by purchasing and protecting habitat elsewhere (“off-site mitigation”). In 1990, the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Both Vu and the company were ordered to pay $40,000 to the Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation and a $5,000 fine and put on eighteen months probation after being found guilty in federal court. How bad was Vu and company? ” Birds are protected and can’t be shot at will, even in Texas.

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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. As a wildlife rehabilitator, I’ve used many of their gathered facts to improve my bird care. She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas. His answer surprised me.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

There are countless field guides and other birding books, websites, blogs, tour companies, and podcasts. The ABA’s mission statement is vague: “The American Birding Association inspires all people to enjoy and protect wild birds.” Listing has largely shifted to eBird , which now plays a central role in birding.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.” Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2016

This blog was written by Arden Zich, volunteer with Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, IL: Congratulating myself for leaving the house on time, I got into my car and drove off to meet up with a friend for lunch. Not one minute later, I noticed a small feathery mass sitting in the middle of my lane.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies. The group and its members typically allege that they observe birds or run birding companies or have a mission to protect and preserve birds, so the standing requirement is satisfied. A critical aspect of the listing was a finding by the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

National parks like Rocky Mountain, the Grand Canyon, and the Great Smoky Mountains, as well as national wildlife refuges, national forests, rivers and lakes, community parks, trails, and ball fields in every one of our 50 states were set aside for Americans to enjoy thanks to federal funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

A federal appeals court made a final decision Wednesday on whether Fish and Wildlife could allow oil companies to interfere with polar bears. The complaint is that the government isn't doing enough to protect marine animals from the effects of oil and gas development.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

It is a non-drying, sticky compound that is used to protect trees by forming a barrier against climbing insects. A woman walking her dog discovered the owl and alerted the farmer, who called a local wildlife hotline. This unhappy-looking tar baby is covered with a green, environmentally-friendly product called Tanglefoot.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It is part of the international ecological corridor and the “Confluence of the Sava and the Danube Rivers” Important Bird Area (IBA), already proposed for a nature reserve by the Government’s Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia. Covering it in concrete would make the floodwave higher, faster and stronger.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

After wrapping up our time in the highlands of Honduras, Chris Lotz (owner of international bird tour company Birding Ecotours ) and I arrived at the deservedly famous Pico Bonito Lodge. The Lodge at Pico Bonito is an inviting, idyllic place for relaxation as well as for enjoying wildlife. Photo by James Adams. The rumors are true.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

While it makes a passing attempt to say not all scientists are like these monstrous fiends (or truly arrogant, as she dubs them) it mostly focuses on these monstrous fiends simply to prove that scientists in wildlife conservation can be monstrous fiends, particularly compared to the environment-loving oil industry of Alaska. Best guess?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

a 501(c)3 non-profit video production company focused on addressing wildlife conservation issues. Boxes need regular maintenance and care, they need to be cleaned out and repaired to ensure future use, and they need to be protected from predators and introduced nest competitors. Bluebird nest box near Prairie, Idaho.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Somes, less interestingly, was a rich backer of the New Zealand Company called Joseph Somes (who never went near the place).

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Penguins Parrots New Zealand Seals 165

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2013

In 2010, a joint expedition by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and the Sudanese Wildlife Society (SWS) found a further 17 electrocuted Egyptian Vultures. Up to now there have been almost 80 confirmed electrocuted Egyptian Vultures in that area.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

These Blasts From The Past In Praise of Bionic Condors Just For Fun Avian ID Quiz #14 Feeder Watch 1 Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz #11 Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens About the Author Renato Renato was born in Quito, Ecuador and quickly flew to the USA to learn all about engineering and climbing company ladders.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. They are not popular with power companies. They remain nuisances for local utility companies. Document WEC257 of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida / IFAS, [link]. ** Pruett-Jones, Stephen, et al.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2016

My first ever story for 10,000 Birds was about the wonderful city reserve of Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, here in Wellington, a city that has been my home for 9 years this week. They manage a number of reserves around the UK to protect waterfowl, the most famous being Slimbridge (another iconic place I haven’t made it to yet).

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Birding has been an all-consuming interest for Patrick Cardwell since boyhood days spent in a wildlife-rich environment. Sooty Shearwater Seabirding is not without its identification challenges even with good photographic images for later reference purposes, with the Prions proving the most difficult to identify at sea.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

They are also endangered by a loss of habitat, as energy companies encroach on more and more of their territory for oil and gas operations. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2017

Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually on bird houses, feeders, nest boxes, and baths. Sizable markets attract competition and many companies have turned to a proven way to distinguish their products: innovation. Cote, the company’s founder. Bird feeding is serious business.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Of course, habitats of all sorts attract wildlife. While the city brewer might contend with urban vermin like rats and pigeons, the country vintner generally enjoys the company of more charismatic wildlife.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

This story comes from Emily Johnson, who is a sub-permittee for a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Helena, Montana. Grace’s family didn’t know about wildlife rehabilitators, so they simply kept him in the safe haven of their fenced-in backyard, hoping with enough food and rest, he would recover on his own.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2022

A wind energy company recently pleaded guilty to multiple violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and agreed to pay approximately $8 million in fees and restitution. The company, ESI Energy LLC, built facilities in high-risk locations, failed to obtain permits, and its wind turbines killed approximately 150 eagles.

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Wyoming Eagles Wounded Birds 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

About a month before departure my clients asked me if we were going to the same sites in Ghana as the offerings of another, rather upmarket, birding tour company. Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . What makes Ghana so special?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I am very happy that as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt winds down its publication of new birding titles (due to its acquisition by another publishing company and, most probably, the retirement of bird book editor extraordinaire, Lisa White), they have published this unique, fun, information guide.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 232

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2018

This fragile ecosystem is home to 344 feathered species, 300 fish species (salt- and freshwater), 50 species of reptiles, 40 mammal species, and 36 listed species (threatened and/or protected). Wood Stork. . Alligator on nest. Adding 80,000 individual external automobile trips per day to existing traffic in the region, increasing CO?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. So does this guy: Images by Jesse Achtenberg, courtesy of the National Fish and Wildlife Service. As the name suggests, the National Bison Range is mostly known for its large mammals.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Scott Pruitt was confirmed as the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Emails released days after Pruitt’s confirmation show that in his time as Oklahoma’s attorney general, Pruitt’s office maintained a cozy relationship with oil and gas companies. This is the guy that’s suppose to protect our environment.

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