10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Having grown up in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, I made the reasonable assumption that the Black Duck Porter made by Greenport Harbor Brewing Company was named for the American Black Duck , a locally common dabbler found throughout the East End’s many bays and saltmarshes. Or at least enough time for a quick tipple.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2016
Instead, I focused on the ducks and shorebirds, of which there were plenty! Long-tailed Ducks were abundant and the males were getting pretty aggressive towards each other. Those duck hormones are starting to flow! Watching the ducks land was entertaining. No, they didn’t really kill the crab themselves.).
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there. The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not. With Birkhead, you never know what’s going to come next.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2015
A furtive peek to the smaller part of the pond at the right hand side, some fishes are twirling at the very surface, showing off their flanks for the moment, then their backs… some strange fishes. Scope to the left, there are three Ferruginous Ducks now… but what are those fishes doing? kilometres / 0.7
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! 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. He has earned his tip.
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. But, what about the rights of those who cannot defend themselves? The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. How many institutions exist who speak for them?
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