10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. There are many more factors than I imagined: compass errors, wind drift, overshooting, extreme weather and irruptions, natural dispersal, and human-driven vagrancy.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret! It is reproduced in “Mrs.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 135

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. Ostrich leather is a lucrative commodity, and the large feathers are used as plumes for the decoration of ceremonial headgear.

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Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40