10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2024
An adult Red-breasted Goose in a wildfowl collection Red-breasts are indeed popular in wildfowl collections, but they are valuable birds that are rarely kept full-winged (it has been illegal for many years to keep them un-pinioned) so these days escapes are relatively rare. That was in October 1991.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2016
Out of just under 200 bird species I observed this year in SE Europe, there are 6 threatened species. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. In Europe the population size is estimated to be decreasing by 30-49% in 22.8
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2022
I am not sure I understand the logic of this, but I guess evolution does. Where do woodcocks feed? As you might imagine, ornithologists have asked this question before.
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