10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) at Delevan NWR (click on photos for full sized images). I’m sure most of you know that the Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species because of the use of organochlorine pesticides, especially DDT, during the 1950′s, 60′s, and 70′s. Love those talons!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2018
The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally. Yet, we didn’t get far when a smallish falcon flew over the dyke and landed on a log in the mud. Stopping here and there to scope the mudbar….
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2012
unknown dead bird What really bothers me is when people take issue with hawks and falcons taking songbirds and try to blame the decline of songbird species on the rebound that birds of prey have experienced since killing them for sport or poisoning them with DDT became illegal.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
Naziridis, whose authority doesn’t only come from his position, but also from a fact that he was born and bred in one of the villages around the lake – so he is not seen as a ‘foreigner’, but as one of the locals – answered: “It is not the pelicans, but your illegal fishing doing the damage.” I’m in Greece, after all.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2014
40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today. More seriously, entries on the Winchester shotgun (no. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. Technology entries give a sense of perspective. Poro-prism binoculars (no.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2020
And especially when the event can be leveraged to promote conservation, birds, and help with the fight against the illegal bird trade? But, despite the few misses, a heck of a lot of birds were found including a whopping 37 species of raptors with an additional 10 falcons and 15 owls (all regular falcons and owls).
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