10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah is also a proud woman birder who advocates for others through her own podcast ( Women Birders (Happy Hour) ) and participation in activities, such as the Champions of the Flyway and the International Conference for Women Birders. This is Hannah’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Hannah and Erik ready to see some birds!

South Africa 263

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This has benefited both the waterfowl hunters and everyone else who likes ducks and their kin. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

Ducks 211

Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. There were dozens and dozens of these papers given at conferences until finally someone made a rule against them.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

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. I’ve long advocated for a habitat stamp strickly for birders as some of us don’t want to be labeled as hunters.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Unfortunately for the hunters these were already all extinct, and with the introduction of cats, rats, stoats and the like the only upland game bird, the New Zealand Quail , was fast on the way out too. It was the year that I attended the Ornithological Society of New Zealand’s conference in Kaikoura. The news wasn’t good.

Species 166

Species New Zealand Ducks Game 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2013

Palaelodus ) — “firmly establish[es]” ( Mayr 2010 ) the once-controversial idea that the six species of wildly ectomorphic, filter-feeding, brilliant pink flamingos and the 20-odd compact, hunter-diver, more subtly colored grebes are each others’ closest living relatives. And that is wonderful indeed.

2001 223

2001 2006 2010 Eggs 223