10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively. Lest people read this and think that I have gone completely off of the deep end please recall that Muscovy Duck , which in Florida is entirely an escaped domestic, is on the checklist there.

Chickens 192

Chickens Florida Feral Species 192

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. The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them.

Albatross 198

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

And similarly with 99 other birds — raptors, songbirds, ducks, and otherwise. The guide, one of the last offerings in the Peterson Field Guide series from publisher HMH, shows photos of nests of most North American species and describes nest structure, location, how the bird makes the nest, number of eggs, and what the eggs look like.

Birds 239

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 239