10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

A first-winter Red-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a general rule, geese are birds of subtle, even dull, plumage. All the so-called grey geese – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – look very much alike, and it takes experience to identify them by their calls and their shape and size.

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Bulgaria Geese Romania Estonia 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

Nikos said: “I may have about an hour before breakfast and can take you to see the geese.”. Kostas Papadopoulos observing Lesser White-fronted Geese at Kerkini. The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally.

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Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 182

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser eruthtropus.

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Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2012

And if you have a small kid and are in the vicinity of some ducks and geese? Also, if lots of ducks and geese gather in a spot where they don’t normally the amount of bird poop could certainly be a problem. The former is worse than the latter, though in some jurisdictions both would actually be considered illegal.

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Birds New York City Fast Food Geese 243

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds. Some rehabbers even have surrogate ducks or geese that they can raise a lone chick with and teach it to survive. Above are Canada Goose goslings.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today. More seriously, entries on the Winchester shotgun (no. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. Technology entries give a sense of perspective. Poro-prism binoculars (no.

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. Finley National Wildlife Refuge’s primary management goal is to provide wintering habitat for dusky Canada geese. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143