10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

While much of the attention that Africa’s tourism industry gets is for its (deservedly) popular national parks and game reserves, a lot of wildlife viewing is possible away from the big name places. Southern White-faced Scops Owl or African Scops Owl? Brown-hooded Kingfishers hunt far from water. You decide.

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Zimbabwe Botswana South Africa Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2019

For a good portion of the year, it became a numbers game, and my pure enjoyment of the birds for what they are, went away. A few nights ago, I sat out in a light snow/rain mix, in the pitch black of Madera Canyon, trying to find a Whiskered Screech Owl. Matt was working on his own US Big Year, and wanted to join me for the hunt.

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Costa Rica Tucson South Africa Bahamas 132

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I’ll admit to being momentarily faked out by the plastic owls that people put out in a futile attempt to ward off crows, which demonstrates that decoys work on birders, if not on birds themselves. I suspect it’s quite possible. The playful name admits the ruse, of course, and Decoy might be commended for their honesty.

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2016 Ducks California Hunters 106

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. Larry’s BBOTY – Great Gray Owl. What was yours? Maybe I should not say that….who

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 188

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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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

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. That’s what you do with other game, right? More states will doubtless join the queue of those proposing hunts.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2012

What this land-locked country lacks in endemic birds it more than makes up for in accessibility of tough species, numbers of birds and the overall wildlife experience. Okavango sunset Almost 40% of all land in Botswana is under conservation either as wilderness areas, game reserves or national parks.

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Botswana Zebras Lions Elephants 205