10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Events have been eventuating with great speed since my last poorly worded post and update from the Antipodes. Their boldness as hunters suggests it’s perhaps a mercy they are on;y as big as pigeons as any bigger and they may have been tempted to go after us.

Australia 157

Australia New Zealand Guinea Hunters 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

In fact, by all accounts, Mary adored sport and was an avid equestrienne, hunter, and falconer. Mary’s own death has been the subject of several works of art over the centuries, both shortly after the event and as a romanticized episode in the works of latter-day artists. A portrait of Mary (ca.

Hunting 113

Hunting France Falcons Horses 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Casualties surrounding migration were limited to natural events such as weather – not wind generators, poisoned food and water from industry, farm run-off, or loss of traditional stopover areas due to habitat destruction. But the fact is nature has little to do with most problems facing native birds.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 189

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

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.

2011 140

2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Habitat destruction is probably the biggest threat to birds, but here we are talking more about specific birdicide events rather than the larger scale problem of humans simply taking the planet away from everybody else. I would not expect this effect to be very large though. What are other human causes of bird death?

Killing 274

Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” Visitors are encouraged to wear hunter orange during hunting seasons for safety.

Fish 143

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. This allowed the Blumenschine crew to carry out experiments that involved every possible series of events, using animals of different sizes.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

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.

Wolves 189

Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 189

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.

Elephants 147

Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

million dollars for local economies, the annual Festival of the Cranes is the largest single economic generating event that takes place in Socorro County. Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.). Estimated to generate over 3.5 million in activity and 19 jobs.

Wildlife 245

Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 245

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Hunters flocked to the Kittatinny Ridge to literally blast raptors out of the sky, buoyed by the belief that they were doing the world a great service. Pennsylvania Young Birders Many thanks to Nikon , Cabela’s and Hawk Mountain for making this event so special. Raptors were perceived to be vermin.

Bald Eagle 256

Bald Eagle Pennsylvania Sanctuary Hunters 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

These events, and their rise in the Mid-Atlantic in late fall, have been interesting to me for quite a while. These are parts of the state that are unknown to many aside from duck hunters and residents who have vacated for more populous areas.

North Carolina 164

North Carolina Sparrows Groups Ducks 164

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Since I was mapping-in human ‘territories’ or home ranges, and trying to figure out how tropical hunter-gatherers found their way around the landscape, the mechanisms of migration were interesting to me. (It If this is true, then does each separate evolutionary “event&# have a separate set of mechanisms backing it up?

Research 191

Research Humane Compassion New York 191

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

historical events that occurred during the lifetime of a woman named Martha, who died the same day as Martha the Passenger Pigeon; a tortured chapter on the good and evil resulting from the Passenger Pigeon’s extinction and lessons to be learned for the future, and, finally, the lessons Avery himself learned from his U.S.

2014 160

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

He strongly believes that waterfowl hunters are the major reason we have waterfowl and wetlands in North America today. million waterfowl hunters in the U.S. ” If we are to continue preserving our wetlands, birders need to recognize their common bond with hunters and engage in conservation as vigorously as they do.

Ducks 117

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 117

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2024

In a shocking turn of events, the sudden disappearance of a nesting male songbird left a prime piece of territory up for grabs. A short paper i n the Journal of the Natural History of African Birds points out shoddy research that ended up describing the Eurasian Hobby as a “hunter of dusk and dawn” It is not.

Birds 178

Birds Japan Species Singapore 178