10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. Profile pages, photography groups, and regional birding groups are filled with Snowy Owl photos this time of year. 1999, Holt et al.

Ethics 136

Ethics Owls New York North America 136

Critter News

APRIL 30, 2010

The UN airlifted these guys into the nature reserve so they can coalesce into a group that can survive when released back into the wild. Sounds like these guys were orphaned as a result of bushmeat and illegal trafficking activities.) Tags: wildlife trafficking united nations bush meat congo gorillas.

Gorillas 100

Gorillas Illegal Trafficking Trafficking Congo 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. Fish and Wildlife Service). **And Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

Cambodia 142

Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 142

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

They like to fly in pairs or groups and in the evening they come together in big groups to roost in a favorite ‘dormitory’ tree. Illegal capture for the wild animal trade is an obvious peril for such a charismatic species, but this big blue bird is also hunted both for its meat and feathers.

Protection 183

Protection Brazil Parrots Paraguay 183

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If it is an emergency and since I get calls and texts from all over the country (even a few out of the country), I direct people to Rehabber Search or Wildlife Rehabber. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Try to get it too another family group or contact a wildlife rehabber.

Birds 264

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

birders have been able to visit Cuba as part of survey groups and cultural exchanges for years, but those trips have been few in number and not always easy to find. In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. and Cuba.).

Cuba 224

Cuba Birds United States 2000 224

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife.

Falcons 200

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 200

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

They were still listed as Endangered, but wildlife management measures taken in this park were clearly working. While there is only one hotel relying entirely on birders [his “Limneo”], in the peak season [late April – early May] ten more hotels had birding groups. Someone should tell the police who is actually paying them.

Greece 189

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But the efforts of a few groups and individuals have reversed the downward spiral and, although the birds still remain listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, it is hoped that they are soon downlisted to Near-threatened status. A recent focus has been on habitat preservation since wetlands in the Caribbean are a very scarce resource.

Antigua and Barbuda 214

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. The rare Rufous Fishing Owl was one of the many species seen by the group here. million hectares in 2007.

Ghana 188

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is in the midst of overhauling its interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and it recently issued a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on its proposed interpretation. The public can comment until July 20, 2020. This is known as “strict liability.”

Industry 326

Industry Birds Laws Maryland 326

Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Congolese rangers protect the wildlife in Virunga National Park, the most famous inhabitants of which are the 700 remaining mountain gorillas. These rangers are very brave people with possibly the most dangerous jobs in the world. And they don't get paid very much at all.

Congo 100

Congo Rwanda Wildlife Gorillas 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

Number 33, Parabolic reflector, 1888, for example, starts with the invention of the reflector by a German physicist and broadens into the early history of wildlife sound recording technology. Number 57, Great Northern? and branches into an all too brief recounting of books and movies featuring birders. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Just yesterday the FBI was able to complete its evidence gathering and clearing of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, returning the refuge back to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and freeing the seventeen refuge employees to go back to work. What has been the Republican response to this illegal occupation ?

Hunters 123

Hunters Utah Extremist Agenda 123

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2021

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently finalized a rule regarding its narrowing interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). Although there has been a split in the courts , “incidental take” has generally been considered within the scope of the MBTA, so harming or killing migratory birds has been illegal regardless of intent.

Maryland 202

Maryland New York Birds New Jersey 202