article thumbnail

Birding a Flock of Canada Geese

10,000 Birds

Canada Geese are a nuisance. It is not the fault of Canada Geese that they have become a trash bird. Blame human intervention in the form of breeding programs so that there would be more to hunt. Blame human intervention in the form of breeding programs so that there would be more to hunt. I named it Stumpy.

Geese 162
article thumbnail

What is the State Bird of Hawaii?

10,000 Birds

Nenes are attractive geese, though they were named for their soft calls rather than their looks. Unlike other geese, Nenes prefer walking to swimming. Like other geese than evolved in Hawaii but went extinct, the Nene is an herbivore. Still, these geese face significant population threats.

Hawaii 155
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

Fish 143
article thumbnail

Snow in the Air

10,000 Birds

For all that, though, migration here is still largely a water-based show, with the most spectacular signs of springs coming in the forms of ducks, geese, and swans. Several locations in the state, most notably Freezeout Lake, are graced with epic spring migrations of Snow Geese and Tundra Swans as they return north along the Pacific Flyway.

Geese 177
article thumbnail

After the recent Gorilla vs Grizzly thread I think this is needed: Gorilla myth busting

Reddit Animals

Jungle leopards are in general larger than their savanna cousins, but they are nevertheless just about the same size as a human. Local pygmies say that leopards hunt gorillas and adult male gorilla remains are found in leopard scat The toe of an 11 year old male gorilla is found in leopard scat. kgs, it's still telling.

article thumbnail

People of a Feather

10,000 Birds

The day before the marmot encounter, I spotted an American Robin on my lawn; the night before that, the distinctive sound of a small flock of Snow Geese sounded from the sky above my apartment, heading north. But global climate change is by no means the only way that humans can throw a wrench into those gears.

article thumbnail

How To Help A Baby Bird

10,000 Birds

That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

Birds 265