Ducks Eggs Geese Slaughter 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. Aleutian Cackling Geese on Buldir Island, Alaska, where they made their final stand. A curious Laysan Duck takes a stroll at Midway Atoll.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2021
Of the dozen gifts mentioned in the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” seven are birds: the seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and – of course – a partridge in a pear tree. And similarly with 99 other birds — raptors, songbirds, ducks, and otherwise.
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