10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2024
My pre-breakfast list was wildfowl dominated, the 10 species I saw ranging from Black-necked Swans to the endemic Falkland Islands Flightless Steamer Duck. The latter are great bruisers of ducks, built like a small battle ship. With bulk like that, it’s no wonder that they gave up flying long ago.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2013
In a move that brings new meaning to the term “farm team,” one of the min0r-league affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies has a new mascot. On the less feel-good front, ducks have been taking an awful beating lately. Insert your Peking Duck jokes here.) And here in the U.S.,
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2012
As I’ve switched over to paid corporate birding (doing bird surveys for companies that want to put up wind farms or transmission lines), I’ve been fascinated by the world that has been opened to me and differences from the bird feeding world. So, I was excited to go through my new job’s trade publications.
10,000 Birds
JULY 14, 2020
The namesake “lake” generally only exists when there is enough runoff during the spring, as the area was extensively modified for farming years ago. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot effectively restore the lake or other natural hydrology. of its acreage was purchased with Duck Stamp funds.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2021
There are many species of waders and ducks, vultures, raptors and storks. The greatest wildlife spectacles in the world! The access road passes the Lake Manyara NP and through communal farming lands within Ngorongoro Conservation Area. During the northern winter, large numbers of migrant waders and ducks may be seen.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2015
Close to 5% of turkeys being farmed in Minnesota have been or shortly will be destroyed , and the virus is also affecting chickens. It is not clear to me if the numerous cases of infection are all explained by wild to domestic bird transmission, or if some of the farms were cross-contaminated. Or, even, many of them.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2014
Regular readers of this site might be able to think of a much discussed example, that of birding on National Wildlife Refuges versus hunting. All our places, from cities to farms, are part of nature. The other tricky area of use it or lose it is how you use it. Particularly extractive versus non extractive use.
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