10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The drongo perches above the flock, snatching insects that they disturb, and keeping an eye out for predators that might go unnoticed by its hunting flock-mates. The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2011
Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). One of the primary reasons that these hawks make such excellent falconry birds is because they are one of only two raptor species (the other is the Galapagos Hawk ) that hunt cooperatively.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2014
A bit alarming, given the events of the last few weeks in Missoula, but after years of close encounters with chipmunks and ground squirrels I have finally gotten to have a pretty good idea of a rodent when I hear one. But global climate change is by no means the only way that humans can throw a wrench into those gears.
4 The Love Of Animals
JUNE 3, 2013
Of course, the fact of the matter is that you provide the food in your household, or one of the other humans does. What can your pup do to exercise their mind, if they aren’t involved in the pack’s hunt? Hide-A-Squirrel Puzzle Plush Toy. Is your pup a squirrel fan? Puzzle toys help to fill that need.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
You typically do not find a bird this naked or featherless outside of the nest unless there has been a storm or the nest has been attacked by predator like a raccoon, chipmunk, squirrel or corvids. 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.
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2019
But it wasn’t until he studied falconry’s appeal to centuries-old cultures–the Persians, English, Dutch, French, Chinese, Russians, and people of the Middle East–that Cade realized the sport of kings was slowly dying and would disappear along with the age-old mystique of a raptor returning to the human who trained her.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. The Osprey tries another hunt, finally a successful one, while Telia goes deeper into the water and lies down.
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