10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2019

The three huge eagles are lottery winner rare and the Orange-breasted Falcon has never been documented for the country but the rest are seen here and there on an annual basis. Although the country is around the same size as West Virginia, 39 species of diurnal raptors are on the list. Image taken and provided by Greg Links.

Costa Rica 178

Costa Rica Eagles West Virginia Opossums 178

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

He describes lark mirrors and other contraptions that were used to entice the birds into traps in detail, and cites the few documented numbers of larks sold in market in the early 19 th century (826, 462 in the Paris market in 1832). And, that just isn’t documented in scientific papers. Birds and People is an exceptional book.

Birds 210

Birds Egypt Family Albania 210

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2011

From cars I have had great views of Ruffed Grouse , including the encounter that is documented with photographs in this post. This is not to say that a good look is impossible, especially if a car is used as a blind. My first encounter with a grouse was more typical.

Georgia 198

Georgia Alaska North America Hunters 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

I spent a lot of time with Efe Pygmy hunters in the deep forest, and I spent a certain amount of time either entirely alone or with only one other researcher, this or that American. Part of that research was to document human avoidance by ground mammals, and that was stark and apparent. My research in the Congo supports this idea.

Birds 119

Birds Research Humane Hunters 119

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C. that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. for migratory birds.

Washington 145

Washington DC Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

As I quoted in my previous post on promoting a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp , by 2011 the number of hunters had grown to 13.7 million people observed, photographed, and otherwise appreciated waterfowl and spent $2 billion for the pleasure of doing it 2. million but the wildlife watchers have now reached 71.1

Sacramento 168

Sacramento Wildlife United States North America 168

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Latimer refers to his previous two posts where he has "documented the ethical and moral shallowness of the 'animal rights' credo itself, which is based more on an anti-human self hatred, taking the form of a 'moral' squeamishness concerned more with stamping out human 'cruelty,' no matter what the social or economic costs might be.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Rights Animal Deer 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”. Accessorizing for birds.

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2011

That’s about all you can say when faced with pretty clear documentation of North Carolina’s first Violet-green Swallow that you’ve missed by less than 270 seconds. 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.

North Carolina 154

North Carolina Sparrows 2008 Hunters 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. I’ve long advocated for a habitat stamp strickly for birders as some of us don’t want to be labeled as hunters.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Deer Birds 140

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. Some of his finds are the first documented records of the bird in that area or the first decent photograph of a little-known species. And mosquitos. And leeches.

Hunters 191

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 191

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For ornithologists, it is the documentation of a multi-year project designed to record the distribution and abundance of birds in a specific area (in North America, usually a state or a province), utilizing a mapping method involving blocks and grids. Let’s hear it for the return of the forest!

Pennsylvania 225

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 225

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Some document one of the last views of the species, others are of the last representative of the species. Fuller’s astonishment at locating this “grail of extinct-bird photograph hunters” is contagious. The photographs span the years 1870 to 2004. It’s almost as good as finding the bird itself!

Animal 266

Animal Mammals Dolphins Hawaii 266

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Just think, if no one was there to document this, would it really have happened? 7 Responses to “Duck Migration&# Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 14th, 2011 at 7:57 pm Migration is just great!

Ducks 169

Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 169

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. A passion for one bird family is also very useful. Still, I would really love to see this in some form.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Bolivia Ecuador 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Some remained stored for decades before a researcher would pick them up and inquired about these poorly documented specimens. These conditions offered easy access to hunters in a habitat where a bird as large as a Guan would have little chances to hide or scape.

Collecting 268

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 268

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Assorted Galliformes: One of the bird-human interactions that tends to produce a lot of common names is hunting, and names bestowed by hunters will tend to focus on traits important to hunters: how do you find it, where do you find it, and how does it taste? These are just a handful of the better-documented vernacular names.

Hunters 180

Hunters Falcons Ducks Montana 180

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Another great birding adventure book is The Jewel Hunter by Chris Gooddie (Princeton Univ. I think of The Jewel Hunter often when I travel to foreign countries, wishing I could do it like Goodie did. Published, by Mack’s nonprofit organization, it also serves as an example of successful alternative publishing in the birding world.

Papua New Guinea 180

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 180

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

Fox 100

Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! There are only approximately 23 million people in the whole country, which is about 10 million less than the state of California. ” .

Species 174

Species Australia Birds Parrots 174

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida. I’m looking forward to putting it on my year list for the third year in a row.

2012 146

2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 146

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

The point is that even hunters seem to think that they need a reason to justify killing these animals. You don't find many hunters who candidly and unapologetically say: "I hunt because I like to kill. Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40