10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We tried yesterday to visit the Nekromanteio of Afyra, the very entrance of ancient Greek’s Hades, but the world of the dead was locked up (well, not really for renovation, but for further research at this archeological site, after the height of a tourist season). High ’tsi-tsi-tsi’ and one turquoise Common Kingfisher flies by.

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Greece Serbia Hunters Cows 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. ” Elizabeth Jackson of the Duck Stamp Program is not optimistic about birders or non-hunters embracing the Duck Stamp as hunters have.

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

We tried yesterday to visit the Nekromanteio of Afyra , the very entrance of ancient Greek’s Hades, but the world of the dead was locked up (well, not really for renovation, but for further research and digging at this archeological site). High ’tsi-tsi-tsi’ and one turquoise Common Kingfisher flies by.

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Greece Serbia Hunters Cows 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* If it weren’t such a horrible thing to do one might almost understand why folks would want to poach and cage Scarlet Macaws.

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

“A reading of recent research shows that Australian birds are more likely than most to eat sweet foods, live in complex societies, lead long lives, attack other birds, and be intelligent and loud.” It is certainly not true that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning flying foxes is illegal, but why take the risk?

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Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 217

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, how they betrayed that trust, stealing eggs for years and, possibly even worse, falsifying research data.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 200

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2012

We really do have to research the nnsexy because, costumes make EVERYTHING sexy these days. As part of my research, I thought I would see what sexy bird costumes were out there. These are either highly illegal or false advertising. And we are in total trouble if the costume designers read about duck anatomy.

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Birds Owls Badgers Fowl 210