10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2019

Growing up in Niagara Falls, New York, June was a celebration of summer. Growing up birding in Western New York was also a time when the old woods of the Niagara Gorge were punctuated with the songs of hidden Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos and the lazy notes of Eastern Wood-Pewees. The Northern Wetlands.

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Costa Rica Species Birds New York 196

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2011

There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. The Bald Eagle has the potential to be the Holy Grail of game birds. Hunting eagles will not hurt, but enhance non-consumptive wildlife viewing opportunitites. These passive wildlife enthusiasts like to go places, especially in winter, to watch them.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 250

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

No wildlife species, especially a migratory one shared in common by many nations, can withstand commercial hunting without end. In the United States, we learned this lesson just in time to rescue our migratory waterfowl and other prized game species from oblivion at the beginning of the 20th century.

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New York Times New York Sharks United States 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share During a soccer game in Colombia, a player kicked an owl that was on the field. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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Owls 2011 Barn Owls Deer 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

This just might be a birding joke as old as the hills, but it’s one I hear without fail every year come Christmas Bird Count season in upstate New York. Now, Wood Ducks are somewhat uncommon in eastern New York in winter and after an inevitable few seconds of silence, some smirking wisecracker pipes up with “Do wooden duck counts?”

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2016 Ducks California Hunters 104

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2019

The tendency of birds to alight onto the wooden posts, steel towers, and metal wires that constitute our power and communications infrastructure turns any car ride into exciting and endless game of drive-by identification. And we move on to the next speck looming ahead and the game repeats itself, over and over.

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United States Game North America New York City 116

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2013

I started at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge pre-dawn to pick up American Woodcock and then headed to the coast to see if there was any flight happening. Still, any day in New York City with 124 species is a day well worth experiencing! ” They were all over the North Gardens at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Jamaica New York City Oakland Bats 149

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Barred Owl Bombardment About the Author Carrie Carrie Laben, after years of writing and birding in New York State, moved to Montana to pursue her two great passions more effectively. Or, to be perfectly honest, playing games on Facebook, but let’s not talk about that. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 132

Animal Ethics

MAY 30, 2008

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about the removal of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) from the endangered-species list. Here , for example, is a news release from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Here is the management plan of Idaho's Fish and Game Commission. Here are questions and answers.

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Wolves Idaho New York Times Endangered Species 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I was a bit sad, too, that we had annoyed the owl enough that it felt it had to strafe us … my normal MO is to avoid stressing out wildlife. I had a couple of pretty good twitches this year too, birds like Willow Ptarmigan and Cassin’s Kingbird in New York and European Golden-Plover in New Jersey.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2014

A bill has been introduced by two senators that would outlaw this type of contest in New York, and I started to wonder if people who really are anti-hunting could jeopardize its potential success. Since no one was vilified by gun club defenders more than Friends of Animals , I called its New York director, Edita Birnkrant.

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Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2019

This week offers the ideal opportunity to look back at your most recent wildlife watching adventures; next weekend, the game begins anew. I recently despaired of ending this calendar year without seeing a single Wild Turkey when that species used to be so reliable in my part of New York.

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2019 Nevada Turkey New York 136

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. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? 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. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. Street, N.W.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Bicknell’s Thrush is a bird that is important to me because I grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, one of the places that it breeds. But that is all part of the game that is the big year. Don’t be too surprised if I contact you some day and take you up on some birding in the New York City area.

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New York City New York New Hampshire Research Center 157

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

Carter Roberts President and Chief Executive World Wildlife Fund Washington, Jan. Critics in and out of Congress have been quick to question the motives for the delay. Of course, the critics could be wrong, but if so, the responsibility for setting them right rests with one man: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Endangered Species 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Spotted Towhee , 05 January, Baldwin Harbor Park, New York (state bird). Lark Sparrow (photo above), 30 January, Fort Tilden, Queens, New York (self-found, way out of season). Rough-legged Hawk (2 of them), 13 February, Breezy Point, Queens, New York (2nd and 3rd Queens sightings). A first state record?

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New York Birds California Owls 250

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2012

You see, on my ride down from New York on Wednesday I gave myself enough time to do a quick loop of Brigantine, the rightfully famous National Wildlife Refuge that sits just north and west of Atlantic City. It was a great time and we got tons accomplished. There I was rewarded with the bird you see below. I don’t know.

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Falcons New York Game Killing 165