10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
A reward of $1000 has been offered for information helping authorities track down the shooters; more info is here. Seriously, hunters. (Or, Or, rather, jerks who give the vast majority of ethical hunters a bad name.) Please get our endangered species out of your sights, and shoot something else.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
Authorities said the deaths occurred in November but delayed the announcement in order to conduct an investigation and assemble a reward for information. Making bad news worse, officials speculate that the Whooping Cranes likely weren’t killed by hunters, but instead by thrill-seekers. Rest in peace, cranes 905 and 733.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
Strangely, the usually fairly accurate eBird description also fails to mention the beautiful blue around the eyes of the species: “Dark rufous above and grayish-white below, with a silver ear patch, bright white throat, and a black patch around the eye.” ” Even more strangely, the U.S.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. .” And within these chapters are three marvelous stories told by Sophie A.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. Given that few hunters actually consume coyotes, wolves, cougars, and except for a few individuals, even bears, it is obviously a “waste” of wildlife to shoot or trap these animals just for “fun” 2. .”
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
The land was of course already occupied by San (Bushmen) hunter-gatherers for millennia and more recently Bantu tribes of the Nguni branch (most notably Zulus and Xhosas). The bird remained “lost” for 80 years until Captain Claude Grant rediscovered it in subtropical sandforest habitat thus disproving the Verreaux information.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. For example, even if nobody visited Aransas NWR in Texas, it would still provide virtually all of the wintering habitat for the endangered Whooping Crane. Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.).
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
259 
Let's personalize your content