10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” ” The definition of the word CONSERVATION is “the act or an instance of conserving or keeping from change, loss, or injury.” A newly created U.S. A newly created U.S.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 108

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2019

He refused, saying, “I do not protect birds. Do we really want a bird to be named after a man who was proud of killing birds instead of protecting them? Definitely not! I kill them.”*. A man who was born on third base and apparently thought he hit a triple? Well, no more!

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Boston Killing Protection Collecting 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book!

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2020

To the general public, members of the family Laridae are mere “seagulls”, crafty and determined summertime bullies dead set on snatching French fries and ice cream out of the hands of unsuspecting beachgoers – and, perhaps thanking them messily afterwards by bombing them from above. Let’s go with European Herring Gull.

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Ireland Branding Species Industry 180

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Over the years some pairs of Pied Oystercatchers appear to learn how to protect the eggs and their young much more effectively and are therefore successful where other pairs may fail. Family of five Pied Oystercatchers- quite well disguised-also in the header photo! Family of five-adult Pied Oystercatchers on the right.

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Eggs Raised Breeding Family 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Ornithology By Corey • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share If you like science and comic strips you definitely want to read xkcd. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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2011 Deer New York Owls 152

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. As a brand name, “The Famous Grouse” makes for a rather boastful claim – particularly with that obligatory definite article.

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Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2016

The following pictures were taken at Hannover Zoo recently, showing just that – feeding and preening, for a family-friendly birding experience. Fun detail: nicticating membrane protects the eye from damage by algea that can fight back verociously in their death struggle. Beware of Crocodiles.

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Zoos Germany California Condor Lions 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

My childhood in the 1970s and 1980s was of course shaped by family, friends, playmobil ( very popular in Germany back then), and school but also to a certain extend by the Cold War. Yes, times had definitely changed. Azure T**s. My first ever Azure T**s. For better. Much better.

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Europe Birds Kazakhstan Russia 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Jon Fjeldså’s contributions include many of the ducks, yellow-finches, and many other families where his images of Birds of the High Andes could be used. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

But, as with many avian families, the more you look, the more complicated it gets. And, it is a guide based on scholarship as well as field work (author Reeber has monitored the birds of the Lac of Grand-Lieu, France, for the National Society for Nature Protection (SNPN) since 1994). So much simpler than pinning down those warblers!

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North America Asia Europe America 141

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Veraguan Mango by Carlos Bethancourt Although the Neotropical region supports fewer bird families than Africa, there are considerably more bird species here than anywhere else on earth. This means that there are some astoundingly large families of birds in Central and South America. Hope you have a great trip there in July!

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 4:42 am @Duncan: yes, there is definitely the hope that single catastrophic events will be compensated over time as long as the ecosystem stays largely intact and there is a core population left that has the ability to expand again. Tip of the hat to our own Duncan Wright, who used to work on Tern Island.

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2011 Deer Pro-Test Wildlife 173

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. So little is known about Green-breasted Pitta, that he cannot get a definite location for the bird, or a recording of its display call. (He It’s what I dream of every Monday morning. Schneider’s Pitta was thought to be extinct for over fifty years.

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Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 186

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

Royal National Park is one of the jewels of Sydney, a massive park that protects a huge swathe of coastal bush (bush in the Australian sense meaning anything from rainforest to coastal scrub) to the south of the city. A few paces into the forest there as a small pond that was home to a family of Australian Grebes.

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New Zealand Cooking Species Collecting 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

I had neither seen before nor heard of an example of a leucistic* Ruddy Duck but a quick Google search let me know that this is definitely not the first (not surprisingly). Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# He could not say the same today. • Explore These Related Posts What is a raptor?

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

“Definitely!&# A wide-open field in a wind-protected spot, recently visited by both mechanical and living manure-spreaders. Tags: Bird Behavior , buntings , features , michigan • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I ask, slamming on the brakes with no discernible result. he concurs.

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2011 Birds Michigan Ohio 210

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

It does fit into a medium backpack (though keep in mind that it’s heavy, almost 3 pounds) and definitely onto the backseat of a car. This is a hefty book, 560 pages long and dimensions of 6.3 inches, which makes it just a little too large to be a field guide. The design focuses attention on the photographs.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

Large areas of the islands are taken over as the breeding grounds of the Western Gull , a large bird that is without question the most ornery member of the family I have ever encountered. And it isn’t just on the ground or an occasional accidental hazard. Notice the correct Farallon Fashion accentuated by contributions from angry gulls.

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Breeding Stray Seals Whales 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Jan Axel also wants to see them all but he managed to cut his wish list down to one, oddly, the same bird that Duncan picked, the Kinglet Calyptura : The Brazilian bird I would most like to see is… ALL OF THEM, so I definitively need that book. However if I had to choose one bird to see in Brazil it would be a Sickle-Winged Nightjar.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 196