10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2012

The Edwards’s Pheasant is a rather smart blue-black member of the pheasant family and it may be on the edge of extinction. Edward’s Pheasant courtesy & copyright Tom Friedel This is an acute concern for the World Pheasant Association (WPA), whose mission is to safeguard all the 286 species in the pheasant group.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2015

So, if lumping is out of the question because we love Takahes far too much, then splitting is inevitable because we love monophyletic groups even more. This may not sound like much, but it is really good compared to just a few decades ago, when hunting had significantly reduced its range and overall population.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2015

As for the pseudo-warblers, I’m not actually against them so much, they are after all a family that, while wanting for a name that is descriptive and not derived from a misapplication of European names, are easy to identify and pleasant enough on the eye (with a few exceptions). Word spreads.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. The Afrotheres consist of several groups of mammals that evolved in Africa and include elephants, hyraxes, elephant shrews, aardvark, pangolin and golden moles.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

The Hyacinth Macaw is more than just another pretty face; these birds are social with strong family values. They like to fly in pairs or groups and in the evening they come together in big groups to roost in a favorite ‘dormitory’ tree. The Hyacinth Macaw doesn’t start a family until it is seven years old.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

While hoopoes are in their own family, DNA studies suggest that the hoopoe diverged from hornbills, and the wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills from the hoopoe. If you come across a group on the ground foraging for food, look around and you will find one bird sitting in a vantage point, ready to give the alarm call in case of any danger.

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Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

Critter News

MARCH 21, 2009

I come from a Portuguese family and I have no problem dumping on the Portuguese. Portuguese environmental groups - including SOS Lynx, A Nossa Terra and Almargem - have denounced the deliberate shooting of the country's only nesting male Iberian Imperial Eagle. Tags: Stupid eagle portugal fox hunting. This makes me angry.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

Hunting is also prohibited in this area of the refuge. My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. Most people arrive by car, but there is a bus stop nearby, and there is a short trail (perhaps.2 2 miles) from the visitor center to the bus stop.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

There is a mushroom hunting expedition in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s use of a popular Russian pastime. The guide has been expertly, even lovingly revised, expanded and updated (as the authors’ names indicate, this is largely a family affair). These are much simpler, depending on the features on the specific group.

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North America America Species 2018 241

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. Many birds around the world in the Robin family ( Turdidae ) are favorites due to their musical songs. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat.

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Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 185

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here, thousands of Amur Falcons hunt for insects during the southern summer, Wattled Cranes and Denham’s Bustards may be seen, impressive Long-tailed Widowbirds display over the grasslands and the waterbodies are a haven to many hundreds of waterbirds, including Maccoa and White-backed Ducks. Photo by Adam Riley. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Lesotho Africa Birds Rats 161

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2013

We exchanged numbers in case either group found anything particularly good, and he gave us the exact location of a saw-whet he had spotted that morning. I came home, ate some lunch with Desi and Daisy, and then we went for a family walk in the familiar confines of Forest Park. Things were looking up!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. The Turmi area is home to the Hamar tribe who numbering nearly 50,000 are one of the largest ethnic groups living in the Lower Omo Valley (with an approximate population of 200,000 tribal people). Hamar mother and child.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 231

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I The plates show differing plumages as required by the individual families and species. Artwork is by Karen Phillips.

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Brunei Birds Asia China 171

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. We’ll take these two similar, yet very different groups of birds separately.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

It is not a book for every birder, but it will be a fascinating read for those who love albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, storm-petrels–you know, tubenoses–as well as penguins, gannets, cormorants, and pretty much every bird family that spends most of its life at sea. Who is it for? The penguin fanatics.

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

The prinias are a group of around 25 Old World warbler species found in Africa and Asia. Thankfully, all venomous species which tend to bite in defense have mechanisms in place to warn intruders, not so much to safe the intruder’s life but to save the venom for a hunt.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

birders have been able to visit Cuba as part of survey groups and cultural exchanges for years, but those trips have been few in number and not always easy to find. In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors.

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 220

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

A female red-tail may leave a nest to hunt for her two chicks and return to feed a rabbit to three chicks without noting an increase in the number of chicks a rehabber has placed there. Try to get it too another family group or contact a wildlife rehabber. Birds of prey look cool, but they can’t count.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2015

But, for those owls who are more well-known and easier to find, we have the delight of seeing them in full-body portraits, perched in their habitat, with mates, as nestlings, hunting and flying, in concealment postures and eating prey. A group of owls is traditionally called a parliament, though there is a line of thought that C.S.

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 210

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

And they were intrigued and they had questions, lots of questions, more questions than could be answered by a field guide or a social media group. Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 261

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. The 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation , p.36,

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 218

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Furthermore we have another very special stork-like bird, the regal Shoebill , previously known as the Whale-headed Stork but now placed in its own family. They are often found roosting in small groups along the edges of lakes and riverine sandbars. It is also related to Wood Stork of the Americas and Milky Stork of Asia.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. They are also hunted. They roost and hunt, at night (mostly) when we can’t see them. In some ways, this is a puzzling chapter. This is a great summer read.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 195

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

A group of five spectacular White-throated Magpie-Jays made a raucous appearance. Like all members of the Nightjar family, the Buff-collared Nightjar hunts for insects on the wing, at night, and rests immobile during the day, protected by its subtle camouflage. This photo is Nacho’s. Alas, mine were sub-standard.

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Bats Mexico ALA 2020 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2014

The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. At the end of the day, however, no one from the club’s side ever addressed the actual issue: that people who have no problem with hunting do have a problem with mass slaughter, especially when it is being taught to children. As a group, yes, we are anti-hunting,” she said.

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Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 254

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. For example, this study showed that Malachite Kingfishers spent more time hunting in locations with more fish. ” (HBW).

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Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. September 2017, Cerrado, Brazil. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The spotted hyena displays greater plasticity in its hunting and foraging behaviour than other African carnivores it hunts alone, in small parties of 2–5 individuals or in large groups. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds to select an individual to attack.

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Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. More states will doubtless join the queue of those proposing hunts. Another thing to consider. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 238

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

The wonderful family Meropidae contains 27 dazzling species, of which Africa is endowed with no less than 20 species, the balance occurring across Asia and with one as far afield as Australia. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects.

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Africa Gabon South Africa Uganda 260

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2018

When we were at an amazing rock formation, called the Olgas, or Kata-Tjutas as the locals call them, this Nankeen Kestrel hunted all around me for well over 30 minutes before drifting away in search of better hunting grounds. Sure enough, and group of 8 camels was not to far off the road, about 35 kilometers from Yulara.

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Australia Camels Kangaroos Hunting 109

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2022

eBird states that White Wagtails are “usually seen as singles, pairs, or small groups”, which seems a sentence rather devoid of any information content. Apparently , the function is to reduce glare from sunlight and thus to increase the success in hunting. Who would have thought?

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Birds Chickens Mammals Japan 198

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks. Magpie-larks are neither magpies nor larks but are the largest of the monarch-flycatchers, and the most terrestrial of the family.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The tricky thing for me is that Royal NP is in the south of Sydney, and my family lives in the north of the city. I had gone there hoping to see some Noisy Friarbirds, a large odd looking species of honeyeater, but saw something even better, a group of people with binoculars looking at a tree. but sure enough, there it was.

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