10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2017
Even when hunting in sub-freezing temperatures on the edge of the Mongolian border or doing her chores around the family ger (yurt) in the isolated Altai Mountains, Aisholpan beams. Eagle hunting is a family tradition that goes back at least 12 generations, part of the larger nomadic Kazakh culture. maybe it’s in her blood as well.”
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2015
Way back in 1995, on my first trip to Spain, it was almost an outrageous event to see Purple Swamphens in the far north-east of the country. All the birds we saw were banded, as they had been released in an effort to re-introduce the species to those areas within their former range where hunters had been all too effective.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Events have been eventuating with great speed since my last poorly worded post and update from the Antipodes. They are large, scruffy looking kingfisher by ancestry, five species of that family founds across Australia and New Guinea. Laughing Kookaburra by Fir002 (CC). It’s hard to escape the kookaburra when in Australia.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
This is how, I think, the “Crossley technique” works best—coverage of specific bird families that pose identification challenges to birders at all levels of skill. And Hybrids: Waterfowl tend to hybridize to a greater degree than most other bird families, and the guide does an excellent job of covering hybrids. million to 2.2
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2011
Duck Stamp) for wildlife observers (81 votes, 12 comments) Create a photography permit allowing regulated off-trail access to refuges (80 votes, 15 comments) Christmas Bird Count for Kids – A half day free family event with partners @ all USFG visitor centers (46 votes, 5 comments) Establish partnership(s) with national birding conservation orgs.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
It’s a natural event, part of the natural “Circle of Life” as Disney might have it. At first we were concerned that another dog had been injured, perhaps hit by one of the hunter’s cars (who were watching the pack as well). Lithe, with a missing back leg and an anti-snare collar. Those collars save lives.
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