10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I can still hear the gunshots and hope that the hunters really do shoot only the flying birds. By now, I use the same dyke to return to the town to reach the next one; but now there is a hunter standing at every hundred metres. There’s a pickup truck parked by the dirt road, next to it stands a bored hunter.

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Greece Serbia Hunters Cows 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

In fact, so large and abundant is it, that French hunters often cross La Manche to shoot birds in Kent and no-one seems to mind.The only other likely Columbidae would be the Eurasian Collared Dove and European Turtle Dove. At distance, flocks are looser and far less synchronised that Feral pigeons.

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Feral Tail Banding Turtles Hunters 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

I can still hear the gunshots and hope that the hunters really do shoot only the flying birds. By now, I use the same dyke to return to the town to reach the next one; but now there is a hunter standing at every hundred meters. There’s a pickup truck parked by the dirt road, next to it stands a bored hunter. Oenanthe oenanthe.

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Greece Serbia Hunters Cows 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2016

One threatened European Turtle-Dove is in front of us, taking flight as we go further along the ridge towards the higher hill (it is in human nature, I guess – does anyone ever chooses to go for the lower hill?).

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Serbia 139

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

Post a picture on Susan Wilson’s Facebook page and explanation of how your dog (or turtle, or human, etc!) My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. I also wanted you to know about the Who’s Your Good Dog Campaign.

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Pit Bulls Rescue Massachusetts Feral Cats 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. Visitors are encouraged to wear hunter orange during hunting seasons for safety.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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2011 Bald Eagle Sparrows Parrots 178