10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2020

I decided to walk Willard Springs trial , a two-mile loop that provides a nice sample of the various habitats on the refuge , including wet prairie, marsh, meadow, and pine forest. A deer watches me as I watch it from the observation platform. When I arrived in the morning, there were many birds and no people.

Washington 166

Washington Portland Birds Deer 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

It is clear though that Burmese Pythons in South Florida come from a founder or source population as studies showed that DNA samples from snakes caught in the Everglades show they are related to some degree. The analysis of Python stomach contents indicates that they eat mammals, as small as mice, and as large as a fully grown deer.

Pythons 185

Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

Useful species were ones you could eat, or hunt, or preferably both, which is why New Zealand had several species of deer, the alpine goat-antelopes known as the Chamois and the Himalayan Tahr introduced. First of all they wanted useful species. Some enthusiastic individuals went further than the desire to recreate the old country.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

Animal Ethics

MAY 11, 2008

You report that Susan Predl, a senior biologist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, uses “distance sampling” to count the deer that managed to survive the recent county-organized, taxpayer-financed slaughter. The fault does not lie with the deer. DiVincenzo Jr., the county executive. May 5, 2008

New York Times 40

New York Times New York New Jersey Deer 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2022

On the positive side, it seems deer are not a problem for woodcocks. It seems that conservationists worry about the effect of increasing populations of deer on birds dependent on understorey vegetation – but a study found no effect of deer browsing on the diurnal density of Eurasian Woodcocks.

Italy 173

Italy Deer Russia France 173

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Here’s a sample of how that section reads: “Ducks have 14-18 feathers (rectrices). I am a city girl and until I became a birder my contact with hunting was limited to occasionally seeing dead deer on the tops of cars in upstate New York. I was really taken aback when I saw this.

Ducks 125

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 125