10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2022
Contrary to alleged preferences among humans, the golden-headed cisticola has a shorter tail during the breeding season ( source ). Like many humans, the species is “socially monogamous but sexually promiscuous” ( source ). You will not find the Australian Wood Duck in the HBW, as they prefer the name Maned Duck for it.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. The simple fact that the increasing human population obliges us to destroy and alter natural ecosystems where the birds find home.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
The Little Egret walks in front of her, a dozen Lesser Whistling Ducks flies noisily low above water and through a flooded grass wades one Black-winged Stilt. It is a success, despite the heavy burden of poaching and a human-tiger conflict. The guide continues scanning the far reaches of the lake: “There’s one more tiger.”
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
An exotic species (see Glossary) may appear in Florida because of deliberate transport and release by humans, or because of inadvertent escape from captivity. Their population apparently received a big boost in the 1970s when c**k-fighting was declared illegal and many fighting c s were released. Criteria for Establishment.
10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2022
Gisela Kaplan has written a book about the species, and how they seem unperturbed by humans: “It’s one of their most successful defense strategies. Its only black plumage is a bold stripe that runs across the bird’s face” Scientific research has found that these ducks get together more closely if you feed them with bread.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2016
Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby.
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