10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

By year three, the adults were practicing the eagle equivalent of human “hover parenting.” Scientific experiments would be needed to demonstrate true cause-and-effect, but the extra attention appeared to pay off. It really looked like a game of tag. They would feed a bite to one.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

During the filming of this production, I got to experience “dirt hawking&#. Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior. Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 269

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!). to the far reaches of freezing Siberia.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see.

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2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 125

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The gulls that spent months attacking any human on the place are content to loaf around and ignore you. Visiting this area for the first time after seeing it for month was a crazy experience. It was astonishing, like a game drive in the savannah of Africa. It’s a liberating feeling on a tiny island. A Humpback Whale.

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Whales Whaling Sharks Bats 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

If you are a bad hunting partner and do not flush enough game, the raptor will fly off when released and not return. Falconers must always keep their birds somewhat wild so if they get separated or the bird flies off never to return, it can still survive on it’s own without human intervention.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 235

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Hare could run a very profitable shell game. No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. “Humans are unique.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I got to see a beautiful female and owlet on a trip to a secret nest location near Howard Prairie Lake (human-made nest structures have enhanced local breeding for these huge owls whose nest success is boosted to 83% on artificial platforms vs. 66% at natural sites). The experience, the place, and the bird combine to make this my BBOTY.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

If there are human fishing activities then all the better – Marabous will gather in numbers around fishermen’s docks and fish markets, in fact anywhere where fish are cleaned and scraps disposed of, allowing these intelligent birds to obtain a free meal.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 233

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Like he was the human and she was the hamster. Hamlet’s organs were shutting down – it was the humane thing to do. Every two hours we played the pen cap game. Author bio : Brian started telling stories to himself when he was five years old and is pleased to be sharing the experience with a wider audience.

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Hamsters Vet Pets Fur 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 198

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

I used to play Subbuteo as a kid … a kind of tip-kick football game that was named after this species (apparently, the inventors first wanted to name the game “Hobby” but that was rejected as too generic, or so the story goes). Thank god that this does not apply to humans. Not this one though.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 191

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

One of Africa’s truly exhilarating experiences is watching and listening to a honking flock of these massive birds as they appear out of the early morning mists over a wetland, to land nearby and start their wing-flapping and jumping displays. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 183

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2014

But perhaps their human passed away, or maybe they fell on hard times and just couldn’t afford pet care any longer. Sure, there are some shelter pets who sadly have never felt love, or the affection of a human before. One thing they all have in common is the dangerous waiting game. Fostering is a wonderful experience.

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Shelters Adoptable Rescue Pets 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2012

There are makeover programmes, cosmetics and figure enhancing support garments for those of us humans that need a little extra help, but where do birds turn when they need advice and guidance on the rutted road to ‘bird love’? I am worried about appearing very silly and inexperienced. Can you help please? What’s that smell?

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New York Game Birds Raised 182

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

Even the government has gotten in on the game. i) Do attend socially conscious circuses like Cirque de Soleil that exclusively feature human performers. (j) j) Donate only to Humane Charities that don't test on animals. A list of Humane Charities is available here. Wishing you a Happy Humane New Year!

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