10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The latest press release from the USFWS. What this press release doesn’t mention about the amount of money pumped into the economy by the National Wildlife Refuge System, as stated in the Banking on Nature Report, about 72 percent of total expenditures are generated by non-consumptive activities on refuges! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

Fish 143

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

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

JUNE 9, 2022

Barn Swallows are a bit unhappy with their image as restless aerial hunters and would like to gain a more stately and dignified profile. Of course, it is quite common for human parents to set fire to their family homes in order to keep the adult children from moving back home, but this is not an issue for drongos.

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

It’s my fantasy and it’s yours: Quit the job, say good-bye to the family, and bird. Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. The Jewel Hunter belongs to a singular niche, the Big Year/Big Lifelist book.

Hunters 194

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

… Tags: ducks , features , jamaica bay , migration , queens • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

Ducks 171

Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

… Tags: migration , phoebes , spring • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

2011 183

2011 Deer New York Philadelphia 183

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description. … Tags: books , brazil , field guide , Reviews • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.

Brazil 203

Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

First issued in a limited printing in 1972, then re-issued by Ammo Press in 2008 after Harper’s death in June 2007, it contains images that are iconic and familiar, striking and unique. So, the Eastern Kingbird ”is one of the Tyrant Flycatchers, Tyrannidae –America’s largest bird family–365 different species.”

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

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. Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

Industry 119

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 119

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

Bald Eagle 113

Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

2011 185

2011 Bald Eagle Sparrows Parrots 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Another great birding adventure book is The Jewel Hunter by Chris Gooddie (Princeton Univ. Press, 2012). I think of The Jewel Hunter often when I travel to foreign countries, wishing I could do it like Goodie did. Press, 2014) by Tui De roy, Mark Jones and Julie Cornthwaite, a gift you can give anyone.

Papua New Guinea 183

Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 183

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.

2011 242

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

2011 245

2011 Fowl Deer Cats 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The trip was to visit a handful of sites across North Sydney, which was great for me as they were places I could stand to know better and were close to where my family live (and I was staying). I must have been very lucky with my timing because I was there when swamp mahoganies were flowering and this brings the nectar hunters in droves.

Owls 177

Owls Birds Neglecting Hawaii 177

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

My imagination conjured a frog desperate to return to his home and family, but trapped in a surreal world of artificially-cold air, very little dirt, ostensibly no available water, and precious few bugs to eat. I followed his call, but so did Emily The Hunter. So much for the predator instinct.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This is how, I think, the “Crossley technique” works best—coverage of specific bird families that pose identification challenges to birders at all levels of skill. And Hybrids: Waterfowl tend to hybridize to a greater degree than most other bird families, and the guide does an excellent job of covering hybrids. million to 2.2

Ducks 119

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 119