10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today.

Wildlife 254

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 254

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

I’ve spent a lot of time in, and done a lot of writing about, the Rocky Mountains, their beauty, their climate moods, and the wildlife that lives here. But eastern Montana contains the equally though differently stunning high plains, a world unto itself with very different wildlife meeting very different challenges.

Wildlife 216

Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 216

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. Coyotes took carrion from young Condors and then killed the weakest ones. I’d love to read a book about your adventures in Guatemala studying Yellow-naped Amazons, Sophie!)

California Condor 224

California Condor Falcons California Birds 224

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

I won’t pick a fight with hunters, as long as they eat what they shoot and don’t use lead ammunition. Here is a direct (and unedited) quote: “… keep in mind the main reason why experienced crow hunters got into the sport in the first place, Fun. I am not anti-hunting. Plain old fashioned Fun.”. This is baloney.

Killing 272

Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This almost certainly can be argued to be true just on the basis of logic, because feral Cats are proficient hunters and are entirely out of ecological place. Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range. Plus, Coyotes eat Cats.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. Horned Screamer Michael McDonald is a lot like Wile E Coyote and would like to see a Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ! My most-desired Brazilian bird?

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 239