10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

He continues with images found in illuminated manuscripts such as Catherine of Cleves’s Book of Hours and Frederick II of Germany’s On the Art of Hunting With Birds. Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press.

Dissection 226

Dissection Birds Research Europe 226

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. pigeons, Columbia livia ). Cucherousset, J., Boulêtreau, S.,

Fish 206

Fish Birds Whales Whaling 206

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. They are also hunted. They roost and hunt, at night (mostly) when we can’t see them. Owls are in danger from the usual threats–habitat destruction, climate change, human intrusion.

Owls 217

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley. A foraging Northern Bald Ibis near Tamri, Morocco by Adam Riley Extinction, driven by loss of feeding habitat, nest disturbance, hunting and poisoning, seemed inevitable.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 194

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This fish hunting duck ranges from the northern tip of New Zealand to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands (after which it was first named) but is common nowhere. We’ve got a couple of stake outs where we can watch not just for this raptor, the world’s largest, but where moa kills can sometimes be seen too.

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New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 205