10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Scores of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks circled overhead, these vocal ducks are often hunted illegally here so it was refreshing to see so many. Both are direct results of the pet trade. We had no idea if the nighthawks would hunker down or flee. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also.

Livestock 198

Livestock Ducks ALA illegal 198

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

When I read the description of the Mulga Parrot on a pet website, I first thought it was an advertisement for Thai mail-order brides: “The exotic appearance of the Mulga Parrot might be what attracts you first, but it’s their personality that will win you over” ( source ). Like the figbird, it mostly feeds on fruit.

Australia 177

Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 177

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. Also, no one should have birds as pets. In some parts of the country it is already illegal to have slingshots.

Honduras 185

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

It’s easy to choke it with food while you’re feeding it and chances are good that you’d raise the chick like a pet and you’d end up with an adult bird that doesn’t know what its predators are and seek humans for food and mating…aka an unreleasable bird. Never raise a wild goose or duckling yourself.

Birds 263

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

” But I am not some crazy chicken-lover just trying to get respect for my pet rooster from birders. First of all, I don’t have a pet rooster. Their population apparently received a big boost in the 1970s when c**k-fighting was declared illegal and many fighting c s were released. And will all listers laud her?

Chickens 189

Chickens Florida Feral Species 189