10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The answer should be obvious to anyone familiar with wildfowl hunting in the US and the film Jerry McGuire – money. If you want to have the “thrill” of shooting a wild lion (not a canned hunt), well, you’re going to need a lot of land to sustain those lions. Managing areas for hunting does exactly that.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Hours of available hunting are low and temperatures are extremely low. Owls do particularly well here, the long nights actually working in their favour by increasing hunting time. It’s a miracle that anything can find sustenance and survive here. That said… Source

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

Fishing accounted for 21 percent and hunting 7 percent. Coinciding with these figures is something we have suspected for a long time, the majority of Recreational Visitor Days are attributable to non-consumptive activities, followed by fishing activities and hunting activities. million in employment income was generated. Case in point.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Malta, you might recall, has the dubious distinction of being a hotspot for illegal hunting of protected birds. News Birdlife Malta european union illegal hunting Malta short-toed eagle' But for the time being, it looks like Maltese politician Karmenu Vella will probably be the European Union’s next environmental commissioner.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2013

Duck hunting is big business in the United States. Well, inspired by the success of this program, 10,000 Birds contributor Larry Jordan is part of an effort to create a Wildlife Conservation Stamp that would share some of the same goals as the duck stamp, but perhaps be a little more palatable to people who don’t hunt birds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. Regular readers of this site might be able to think of a much discussed example, that of birding on National Wildlife Refuges versus hunting. she’s Texan.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2024

I do so for a variety of reasons, but I admit to a strong hunting instinct, so I enjoy capturing images (trophies?), I’m really a birdwatcher, not a bird photographer, though these days I usually carry a camera. of the birds I encounter.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

If you ever wonder why so many American birders leaven their love of nature with a little self-loathing, look no further than the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation , which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducts every five years or so. It’s that damnable Duck Stamp.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp (Duck Stamp) sales were at their peak in the 1970′s with 2.1 We don’t believe that this will change no matter how hard the FWS tries to change their marketing to encourage the non-hunting community to purchase the stamp. Let’s look at some facts. A 2011 survey by the U.S. million hunters.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2024

For their size, they seem incredibly brave, fearlessly hunting worms (I coincidentally always seem to be catching them hunting minutes after mowing the lawn) with determination. But beyond their cuteness, what truly astounds me is their intelligence and remarkable hunting abilities.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2021

Vincent Parrot as endangered — the result of “habitat loss, hunting, hurricanes and trade.”. Vincent Parrot at prices varying from ten dollars to fifty dollars each while the splendid Imperial Parrot of Dominica is sold for even higher sums.”. Those threats have made the parrot even more highly sought after.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2012

They both perch hunt and hover hunt and will even hop along the ground in pursuit of prey. Whatever they are doing – hunting, chasing other birds, or just flying around – Eastern Kingbirds are fun to watch. Eastern Kingbirds can pull off amazing aerial maneuvers but can also look very inefficient in flight.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

While they used to be hunted, they nowadays benefit from the locals having recognized them as a source of income – building hides and charging birdwatchers (mostly Chinese, but a few foreigners like me as well – these are usually the only ones not smoking inside the hides) to observe them.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret. 2019), and now this book.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Seeing several different American Bitterns up close and hunting in the open was a fascinating experience which probably explains why I took so many pictures of them. You see, the Black Point Wildlife Drive at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is kind of ridiculous when it comes to good looks at American Bitterns. How ridiculous?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2015

APRIL 12: Second flight of a b h and then she hunts. ” Falcons do hunt pigeons, we all know that, but what is a Kamikaze pigeon? This excerpt comes from a blog of one such Serbian pigeon fancier (the entries had to be translated first): “11 April: first kamikazes flew off and clearly brought a hawk to the ground.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. However it is now one of the world’s rarest animals after decades of relentless hunting and poaching. The Black Rhino was also a widespread African denizen occurring throughout the continent, even into desert areas.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Now and then individual catfish of various species hunt nearer the surface and larger catfish such as the American Channel Cat will take a duck or other water bird. So, the modal catfish is a fish that hunts from below, can take large prey, and occasionally eats a bird. Note that the three prey types have distinct isotopic signatures.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

The Common Buzzards , for example, who usually hunt by circling high above the landscape, will hover in kestrel fashion much more frequently. The kestrels , on the other hand, will more frequently hunt from low perches. Sometimes, red foxes can even be observed hunting during the day when rodents and fox babies are plentiful.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The various national versions of Ducks Unlimited are mostly an outgrowth of sports hunting. This is more than clear from the data they wish to collect, which emphasizes waterfowl over shorebirds, and seems to completely ignore the other birds that occur around bodies of water. (It and Canada, but also in Latin American wintering grounds. (It

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2013

We won’t be leaving town until after the weekend, but plan to celebrate Easter the way we always do: egg hunt, baskets, and a nice hike. I know this not from the gradual appearance of robins, grackles, and blackbirds around me, but rather from the fact that our local schools are about to embark on spring break. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Hunting, however, fuels Fin’s soul, and so he must hunt, whereas Aiden Elliott comes to abhor the sport; to protect the birds, and to promote himself, Aiden becomes a prominent figure in the formation of the Audubon Society. What compelled these men, beyond desire for money, to kill birds?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Apparently, this winter warrior has hunted the same farm field from the same vantage point for a couple of weeks now. I thought for sure that Wild Turkeys on the wing would be the highlight of my birding weekend, but that we before I came upon a Barred Owl in broad daylight perched on a power line in Alma, NY.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2013

Hunting of Scarlet Ibis for their feathers as well as drainage of portions of the swamp for rice harvesting was, at one time, putting what is now a major tourist destination in jeopardy. Fortunately, forward-thinkers prevailed, the site is now protected as a Ramsar Wetland , and the hunting of Scarlet Ibis has become a social taboo.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2014

Keep your eyes to the skies for hunting falcons ! Is it that time already, when a young birder’s fancy turns to, um, non-birds ? Indeed, those long hot stretches between migratory periods can try a bird watcher’s soul as surely as a cold, dark, birdless winter.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A shot or two coming from the opposite bank, but they do not sound like geese shooting – more like boar hunting. A goose hunt sounds like a WWII battle. We counted more than 35 of them, relaxed and fearless, clearly not hunted. Easy – it is forbidden to hunt at night. Labudovo okno reserve, photo (2) by Marko Sciban.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

Young Scott put in yeoman’s work first identifying, then attempting to photograph the birds he stumbled across while hunting rabbits with a friend, and apparently his drive has stayed with him from that day to this. He now runs the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute out of Estes Park.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2012

My family took our annual post-Easter Egg hunt hike at Powder Mills Park, where I spied several gorgeous matched pairs of Wood Ducks along with lots of different woodpecker species. The month and this particular period is all the more auspicious for me and mine, as so many friends and families celebrate spring birthdays.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Helen Hunt Jackson describes this delectable transition in a poem entitled, what else, September : By all these lovely tokens. September is a ‘tweener month, straddling two seasons and belonging entirely to neither. September days are here, With summer’s best of weather. And autumn’s best of cheer.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Bald Eagle that he watched (and photographed) hunting and eating a Blue-winged Teal at Viera Wetlands. For fortitude, I meditated on the Ring-billed Gulls that fly unfazed all around Rochester in any season; unfortunately, pondering common gulls might have made my mood even worse!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2012

Red-tailed Hawks often hunt through dusk in San Francisco. A kelp mound looms during the search for Sanderlings in Point Reyes. Abbotts Lagoon welcomes the night and so do Burrowing Owls. Searching for Golden Gate Great Horned Owls. Varied Thrush habitat on Mount Tamalpais. Peregrine Falcons frequent the sheer rock faces of Tennessee Valley.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2024

A Red-shouldered Hawk was crying as it hunted. A female Pileated Woodpecker We saw a few more birds along the boardwalk. We had an Osprey, Turkey, and Black Vultures , soaring overhead. A Pileated Woodpecker slipped through the trees. Then, it was time to head home.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2012

Typically these birds hunt at night and are very shy. One of only three true fishing owls, Pel’s Fishing Owls have adapted to their unique hunting techniques in several ways. We crossed a small bridge in the landrover and that’s when I saw it. In full sunlight, at eye-level and eating a freshly caught fish.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2020

Well, it mostly hunts at night, when it is dark anyway. The Brown Fish Owl is the most common of all Fish Owls. Its ear tufts seem to be almost horizontal rather than vertical. This D usky Eagle Owl is blind on one eye but still seems to be doing ok. This Indian Eagle Owl was relentlessly mobbed by some crows.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Though I traveled to NYC this weekend, Ivy and I nailed down our best bird before I left; a Short-eared Owl has been hunting at a local park not 10 minutes from our house, which makes for the easiest owl sighting we’ve snagged in a long time!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

The legislature named the grouse the state bird in 1931 , and as it is a game bird it is legal to hunt them in the fall and winter seasons. No, you have not stumbled upon a WWI re-enactment, but a startled Ruffed Grouse , the state bird of Pennsylvania.

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