10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

I’ve just finished reading THE PLUME HUNTER (Torrey House Press, December 2011) by Renée Thompson. In this captivating book, Thompson explores the motivation behind hunters who shot birds to sell feathers for women’s hats at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Hunters 190

Hunters Oregon San Francisco Portland 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

The order Suliformes holds a lot of special birds from anhingas and darters to cormorants and shags as well as frigatebirds, pelicans, and tropicbirds. They are daring divers, powerful underwater swimmers, and cooperative hunters. But the sleekest of the sulids may be found in the family Sulidae. sula ) and Nazca Booby ( S.

Ecuador 179

Ecuador Peru Hunters Pelicans 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

Fish 142

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

At first, the road is paved, but as soon as the tarmac ends, the tracks become decorated by hunters in orange vests. The soil is disturbed by foraging boars (and there is not a single shot from those hunters). Among them are Dalmatian Pelicans , so big and lazy. I am… mesmerised by the mountain. Enough of the mountains.

Greece 248

Greece Woodpeckers Boars Eagles 248

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This protected area is of special importance for migrating waders, of which some 27 species were reported here, including Pied Avocet , Temminck’s Stint , Red-necked Phalarope , Sanderling and Dunlin. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, wildlife is still more commonly sold to foreign hunters. eBird bar chart.

Serbia 150

Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. I was trying to give a Brown Pelican subcutaneous fluids with a 60 cc syringe and an 18 gauge needle by myself,” says Stephanie Whitbeck Kadletz. “I

Wildlife Rehabilitation 159

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 159