10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It describes how, when a veterinary drug used in India killed the vast majority of Indian vultures, the human death rate in affected locations increased by about 4% as the vultures were no longer around to feed on animal carcasses and the sanitation thus worsened substantially. It deserves a lot better than being caught and locked in a cage.

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Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 195

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2019

A world without bird and/or mammal, fish and reptile rehabilitators would be a very sad one. My pause for thought came when I found a Stygian Owl in a city park in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Despite his limited English and my non-existent Portuguese, Renato managed to communicate that there was an owl close by. Then came the bombshell.

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Owls Brazil Reptiles Mammals 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2022

A Barn Owl slept peacefully on the inside of the roof of a well-visited tourist cafe. It warned me not to order the latte though – overpriced and not very good, according to the owl. If you want to get some irrelevant information on hornbills, please read my previous post on them. With Red-billed Quelea.

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Birds Africa Eagles Barn Owls 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2016

I was waiting at the entrance gate for everyone in our group to gather, when I remembered that someone had told me about nesting owls at the Taj. Luckily, I didn’t have to look hard to find the Dusky Eagle-Owl’s nest. It was a big owl. Soon, it was time to leave the Taj Mahal. Maybe it was the intimidating stare.

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India Tigers Birds Owls 189

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

About one hundred yards away an Anhinga surfaced with a freshly skewered fish. These scarce residents are rarely seen – and even when visible, are usually quite wary of humans. The only time I had ever been closer to this species was when I didn’t have my camera with me (and saw an adult pass a fish over to a juvenile!)

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Trinidad Birds Parrots Falcons 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

However, I’m applying those adjectives not to my fellow bird lovers, but to the panoply of humanity that descended upon the other hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center for the “Walker Stalker” convention of Walking Dead fans.). Hard by the convention center (barely 2 miles as the Fish Crow flies, dare I say?)

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Sri Lanka Philadelphia Kenya Birds 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

— and link that to something abut the Great Grey Owl and my BFF Analiese Miller who is an amazing, emerging, photographer who has recently trained her 300mm Cannon F4 lens on the birds (including the Great Grey) at Sax Zim. Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish.

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Science Iraq Research Birds 151

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2018

Perhaps it’s fitting that Sooty should choose to nest with all its family on one of the most inaccessible national parks (for humans) in the world. Between February and September, Bush Key is ‘closed’ to human traffic. Photo by US Fish and Wildlife. Sooty Tern. Photo by © Toby Hudson. Brown Noddy. Photo by © Toby Hudson.

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Florida Marine Life Turtles Humane 141

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

We had a Barred Owl they were feeding Doritos.”. “We We have a resident Eastern Screech Owl who was fed dry oats for ten days BY A VETERINARIAN!” A nestling Eastern Screech Owl they fed nothing but fish,” wrote Eileen Hagerman. Human breast milk – no, don’t get me started. I swear on a stack of bibles!”. “I

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Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. “A Covered in fish slime! “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” ” I wrote.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

We have American and Fish Crows , Ring-billed Gulls in abundance, Chimney Swifts in the distance, and once a Sharp-shinned Hawk , which is almost like a shrike in terms of the potential for havoc. A Chipping Sparrow came up to see us once. A Ruby-crowned Kinglet and that aforementioned Junco have both appeared lower, in the street trees.

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Montana 2014 New York Sparrows 186

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Previously common at its only known site, Lake Aloatra, into the 1930’s, the introduction of numerous exotic fish species and human disturbance led to massive population declines. Then in 1991, a fisherman on the lake caught a male in his fishing net. The mythical Red Owl on a day roost at Lake Bemanevika.

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Madagascar Lemurs 2006 Owls 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” Our world has changed, and humans have created that change. Wildlife no longer exists in the same way it did before humans came on the scene. The difference seems obvious.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

As a wildlife rehabilitator who has dealt with both the US Fish and Wildlife and our state’s Parks and Wildlife for over twenty years, I half-jokingly asked him what I thought was a “duh” question: “How frustrating is it to deal with governmental regulations concerning wildlife?”. How it is being affected by human intrusions?

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer New York Owls 151

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Snowy Owl, Long Island, NYS. This was a special Snowy Owl encounter in a year of many Snowy Owls. It was, indeed, a Snowy Owl. I drove to the other end of the lot and watched the owl fly back to its meal, smack in the middle of the empty lot. How often does one have a Snowy Owl all to one’s self?

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 163

Critter News

MARCH 28, 2010

Nations where livelihoods depend on fishing the tuna and on harvesting other marine species held sway over countries, including the US, that pointed to scientific evidence of drastically dwindling populations. Commerce vs. conservation is often at the center of environmental battles, whether they involve global warming or the spotted owl.

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Endangered Species Science Species Japan 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2019

Birds may have taken to these artificial perches like ducks to water, but human reactions to the newfangled poles and wires were hardly as appreciative, especially in the early day. We humans tend not to think of utility poles and wires as “beautiful” or “natural” elements of the environment, when we notice them at all. As Daniel L.

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United States Game North America New York City 118

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

Many gringos make their way to Baja California Sur every year, although the majority are probably heading to Cabo San Lucas to party and test the human limit of tequila endurance. Other desert denizens (that we missed) include Harris’s Hawk , Elf Owl , and Pyrrhuloxia. Especially if you can fit in some birding?

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California San Jose Birds Mexico 227

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

What does a Flammulated Owl do all night? Non-human beings have traditionally thought of on a basically immoral level…they lack any intrinsic values, are incapable of thoughts and emotions, and are only worth how good of a coat they make or how good they taste. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat? But I digress.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 153

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. The Bay of Islands is a very popular area for tourists, both those looking for natural history and for human history. The proposal from U.S.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

So the human equivalent of frog in a bowl might be. So assaying exploratory tendency in humans. Humans can probably just find their own little place to thrive. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. food selection from some kind of mystery buffet? Wicked, right?

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 150

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2018

As in a dead human being. And, for the first time in several years we missed Snowy Owl (and in the very year I added it to the checklist for use on the day of the count). Bob was lagging behind so Brian and I went one way and Seth and Mary went another. They found a body. A victim of a homicide. (

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2018 Birds Bald Eagle Falcons 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. The proposal from U.S.

2011 154

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Owls are not covered and I had to think about that. To me, the term “raptor” includes owls. Perhaps there is a Crossley ID Guide to owls in the future? It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. This is what we expect.

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North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

There are also a number of Takahe , one of which, named Greg, has learnt that humans equal food, and will hang around the day visitors in the hope of a snack. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 149

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. I very much enjoyed the first section, which relates the history of the bird and its relationship with us, humans, from its discovery in 1851 up to the fateful Lake Mack fire and its aftermath in the 1980’s. Rapai is clearly fascinated by Leopold’s life, and frankly, so was I.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 236

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Gamebirds, such as turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, Mallards and the like were also brought, as were popular sport fish. The settlers were not daunted by this inadequacy of New Zealand’s biota.

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New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. I am not anti-hunting or anti-fishing. All of them had successfully learned the skills we taught them to forage in “safe&# areas and avoid humans. Street, N.W.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

However, the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of those birds that is simply enigmatic and rare and recently discovered, with many aspects of its life history unknown to humanity. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 212

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. Hunters and fish and wildlife departments having a stake in Sandhills is a great thing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. 22 Jan 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Wildlife 126

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. 18 Feb 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. Tawny Owl – Strix aluco.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100