10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago. ” Some superstition surely should be supported.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2016

It’s natural to encounter resistance which, of course, we have. They want, especially, to distinguish their role as non-hunting conservationists, without in any way competing or detracting from the existing heritage — a way to work in confluence, while also generating the community passions that the Duck Stamp does for hunters.

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Wildlife San Francisco Legislation Ducks 184

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

It’s a corny joke, of course, but it makes me wonder if any duck decoys have ever actually been erroneously counted in the 119-year history of the Christmas Bird Count. The playful name admits the ruse, of course, and Decoy might be commended for their honesty. I suspect it’s quite possible.

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2016 Ducks California Hunters 106

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2015

Of course, I was young and stupid (and I have a phenomenal memory for absolutely awful, nauseating jokes, seriously, once I hear them I never forget them). The story with Cecil was something of an exception, but the universe didn’t disappoint and sure enough the latest hunter outrage story today is, predictably, about a woman hunter.

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Hunters Hunting Animal Cruelty Game 168

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them. And we do feel like we know them, not as intimately as Sophie Osborn, of course, but stories create connections, especially when they are lively stories about birds with names and personalities.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 176

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Green-winged Teal ( Anas crecca carolinensis ) is North America’s smallest dabbling duck and taken by hunters second only to the Mallard. Of course this leaves him free to preen. Click on photos for full sized images. It appears that most of the Green-winged Teal have already paired up in California. www.youtube.com/watch?

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Ducks North America Hunters California 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Of course, only thirty minutes later I saw my second roadrunner, this time standing on a lawn adjacent to a busy street! Car collisions, feral cats, and run-ins with hunters also cause problems, even for this speed-racer. It was large, almost two feet long with a tan look that matched the meadow grasses.

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New Mexico Mexico Coyotes Rattlesnake 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

Of course, you might just refer to this bird as a bottom feeder, but that might lead to misunderstandings, as this term has another meaning, “someone who occupies or tries to advance from the lowest position in society, politics, business, etc., by taking advantage of the misfortunes or dregs of others.” ” ( source ).

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Birds Australia Parrots Memphis 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. The seal hunters accidentally introduced mice to Marion, as was the case for many islands around the world. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2011

Gray Jays have long been more than willing to scarf down the offal that remains when hunters process a carcass so it is little wonder that they have adapted their foraging habits to include whatever scraps picnickers are willing to share. The bold gray-and-white birds know what humans are good for and that is as a source of food!

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Washington Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2019

There’s little doubt that these unwilling but plucky exiles have beaten the odds over the last few months, first evading the sights of eager autumn hunters, and then the jaws of hungry foxes and weasels, only to endure the many privations of the harsh and long North American winter eking out their survival in a strange and inhospitable landscape.

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North America Vermont America Farming 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. Barn Swallows are a bit unhappy with their image as restless aerial hunters and would like to gain a more stately and dignified profile.

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

By Corey • March 11, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share No, of course not, but what a picture ! He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Nine-legged Plover? Hat-tip to Mike McDowell. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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2011 Deer New York Cats 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Of course, Little Egrets like to eat fish. But then, I am not a hunter, and do not understand them either). Maybe link to another music recommendation? Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. You can listen to one of his last songs here, Running on fumes.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2011

Traditionally, of course, falcons have been classified with other diurnal raptors, parrots have been positioned between doves and cuckoos, and seriemas have been lumped with cranes, rails, and other birds in the order Gruiformes. Seriemas are long-legged terrestrial hunters related to extinct terror birds (phorusrhacids).

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Parrots Falcons Costa Rica South America 226

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

But in the Middle Ages, it was often conducted on horseback, a practice that entails its own hazards – and on at least one occasion, this combination proved deadly enough to alter the course of history. In fact, by all accounts, Mary adored sport and was an avid equestrienne, hunter, and falconer. A portrait of Mary (ca.

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Hunting France Falcons Horses 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Many general and master falconers with wild birds will also let them go after a few hunting seasons, especially if they are good hunters to give them a shot at spreading their genes in the wild. Of course I can’t speak for every falconer out there. Some falconers will also release birds that aren’t easy to work with.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2014

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. Of course, birding was on the itinerary!

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Finland Estonia Birds Europe 165

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs.

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Sweden Denmark Geese Birds 165

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

Of course, not all Scottish whiskies fit neatly into these regional generalizations, but Linkwood distills a product in keeping with the classic assessment of Speyside whiskies.

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Eagles Lions Hunting Lamb 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

When they called our state agency, they were told to “let nature take its course.” He lay in a ditch with a spinal injury, unable to move. He died a terrifying and agonizing death over five days. People passed the eagle often. ” This incident occurred six miles from my facility, and no one called us.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Of course, the first step is to define what is a ‘vagrant bird,’ a discussion I really appreciated since I’ve noticed that we (as in birders in general) tend to bandy the term about interchangeably with ‘accidental,’ ‘exotic,’ ‘scarce migrant,’ and ‘MEGA MEGA.’

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. Of course, birding was on the itinerary!

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Russia Iceland Birds Europe 150

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. They are called Antlions due to ants being one of their main prey items and “lion” referring to hunter or destroyer.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 201

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

About 15 million birds are killed annually by hunters, and of course this is distributed among a very small number of species. High tension line strikes kill tens of thousand annually, as do electrocutions on power lines. About 60 million birds are hit by cars a year, and several thousands die from being hit with airplanes.

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Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. Of course, birding was on the itinerary!

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Iceland Puffins Europe Birds 187

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

Unless those non-birding folks happen to be duck hunters or love to go fishing, they tend to stay away from the marshes, the riparian zones, the bottom lands. Of course not, it’s rainforest! As birders, we tend to spend more time in wetlands than most of our peers, neighbors, and family members. See the birds?

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Costa Rica Birds Ducks Pelicans 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

The trip was far too amazing to encapsulate in one mere blog post, so prepare to be enthralled over the course of several weeks (especially once I find the USB cord for my camera and download my photos.) But to get started, let me try to do in words what Charles M. The tussocks are badgers, the stones are grouse until they fails to fly away.

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Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 183

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Hunters kill members of endangered species. In some sense, of course, many (perhaps most) humans don't know right from wrong. Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Any animal threatened with a gun or arrow is endangered.

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Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. To a point.

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Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 206

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

“Animal science” – distinct from zoology, the science of Earth’s millions of animal species – is what LGUs call meat-industry courses, including slaughtering animals, making ice cream, the full range of meat-linked endeavor. But no LGU has yet put its meat-industry courses on the course of ultimate extinction.

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Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Of course, by the time I get to them just about every other big lister in the state has seen them two or three times. That’s a skill as much as recognizing vagrant peeps or putting a name to non-vocalizing Empids, and one under-rated by some would-be vagrant hunters.

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North Carolina Sparrows 2008 Hunters 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

I can feel the adrenalin coursing through my veins as I watch the male disappear down a hole. The thrill of the hunt, the smell and sounds of the desert in the early morning, the ability to see a finely-tuned hunter up close. Being smaller, he is perfectly suited to a ground attack. All photos by Charlie Kaiser.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Again, they just want to prevent the "cruel" hunters from killing Bambi's mother. First of all, does he really believe that piffle? Animal activists don't care about the health or welfare of deer herds? What on earth would even give him that idea?

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Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist.

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Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Of course not! Of course, that was the easiest of the three because though the bird in the image is captive, a bird that was injured and can’t be returned to the wild, Bald Eagles do occur regularly and naturally in Queens.

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Of course, a Portuguese language version will soon be published as well, so if you really want the help of the average Brazilian in finding birds it couldn’t hurt to bring a copy or two of that version to leave in the hands of those who help you find birds.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 200