10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Asian Stubtails presumably are no friends of sika deer – a Japanese study found that the stubtails seem to avoid those parts of the forest that are overgrazed by deer and instead focus on those areas that the deer dislike. The Yellow-bellied Tit suffers a bit less from such jokes.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Whenever I come here, I am focused on birds, but I have had some good mammal sighting as well: a roe deer swimming across a pond (only its head and antlers visible), a pair of otters playing in the water, a curious (young?) Annex II of the Bern Convention lists 45 of Beljarica’s bird species, with a further 91 species in Annex III.
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Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 31, 2011
To the Editor: In “ Hunting Deer With My Flintlock ” (Op-Ed, Dec. 26), Seamus McGraw says he has a responsibility to kill deer because there are too many. He has volunteered to kill a deer cruelly, ineptly and with an outdated weapon that causes additional suffering to the deer. Animals suffer when killed.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2011
There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. The proposal from U.S.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. White-faced Storm-petrel ( Pelagodroma marina ) The trip set out from the Northland town of Warkworth (around an hour north of Auckland) bright and early at 8.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? These Blasts From The Past Scientia Pro Publica #8 Now With 75% More Phoebes! I see Kure was also badly hit.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2018
This species has suffered rapid population reductions across most of its range owing to the loss, degradation and fragmentation of its habitat and land-use changes in eastern Europe, says IUCN’s Red List. It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable.
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