10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. Of course, Little Egrets like to eat fish. There, the spoonbills (along with egrets, redshanks, and others) then just wait at the end of the hose, watching for fish being pumped onto the field. Happy with the link?

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Which wasn’t a surprise, since everyone on the commission is a hunter. Brokering land to hunters, hooking them up with guide services…all for a fee. Why should they get to unilaterally decide that the sandhill crane will be a game bird in Kentucky? Not surprising, but certainly disappointing.

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Hunting Kentucky Broker Protest 171

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. Given that few hunters actually consume coyotes, wolves, cougars, and except for a few individuals, even bears, it is obviously a “waste” of wildlife to shoot or trap these animals just for “fun” 2.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The seal hunters accidentally introduced mice to Marion, as was the case for many islands around the world.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

To explain what a Grallard is one must first go back to those societies and recall that one of their predominant preoccupations was game. Yes, cute little Skylarks were all well and good, but what Kiwis really wanted were birds they could shoot and fish they could, uh, fish.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2019

The game-changer was the new scope, Swarovski 25-60×65 STX , which truly allowed me to follow those tiny tracks in the mud. Technically, it is a part of the Baranda fish farm, but being a complex of nowadays brackish oxbow lakes, they are not used for carp production and the access is not restricted.

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Serbia New Jersey Europe Hunters 158

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog. Estimates of predator populations by State fish and game officials indicate that the number of predators removed by WS is small compared with overall predator numbers. This amount is considerably less than the number of animals taken by hunters and trappers annually.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. I’ve written before about how I don’t think shooting game in the name of conservation is necessarily a bad idea. she’s Texan.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2014

We are going to the Sakule fish farm in the namesake village north of Belgrade – the very best wetland birdscape in the area. Being a birder redefines ones travel views and arrangements – unlike old churches, birding tourist attractions have wings and tend to use them, which makes locating them more of a game. Common Cranes.

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Farming Serbia Europe India 242

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

And, on any other night, that could very well mean grouse is being served, as the Scottish table is famed for the bounty of its abundant fish and game. It’s also one of Scotland’s most iconic birds and the favorite quarry of hunters during the August season that begins on “The Glorious Twelfth”.

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Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 203

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? That’s what you do with other game, right? Do all hunters realize that?

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Nearly exterminated in Maine by hunters in the 1800‘s, the charismatic, orange-beaked little puffins nested only on one other state island until Dr. Kress painstakingly – and groundbreakingly – lured them back to nest on Eastern Egg Rock in 1977. cried Sue, cradling a handful of seaweed.

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Ba’Aka people are among the most well-known representatives of an ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Game viewing on foot, by 4×4 or by motorboat. The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups.

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Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 295

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general! I guess the natural question is… how does some hunter from the US help in the conservation of the lion? Hunters are prepared to spend a lot of money for the privilege of shooting a lion.

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