10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

However, the region’s dominant river — the Columbia River — which serves as the border for much of Oregon and Washington, also flows through these rangelands. As the image shows, it is an island of protected habitat in a sea of urban sprawl and agriculture. Much of that original habitat has now been lost to agriculture.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Set in the marshes of the Malheur and Lower Klamath regions of 1890’s Oregon, Thompson has crafted a story featuring Fin McFaddin, a plume hunter and the novel’s dark hero, and his best friend Aiden Elliott, a man stalwartly opposed to pluming. Gone were the fir canopies of Portland’s forest, the clouds of pewter and purple.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon. This is Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: Birders were rightly alarmed by the armed occupation of the Malheur NWR in Oregon. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further. Smith and Donald A.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). Meanwhile, on Chongming island, I rescued a Northern Shoveler which got caught in one of these evil, almost invisible strings that the farmers use to protect their fields from hungry birds. And it does not even live in reeds. Did the bird thank me?

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 257

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2012

The first time I spent any quality time with them was in Klamath Basin on the border of California and Oregon. She flew overhead glancing down from time to time as Buteos do when hunting. So I thought it might be nice to share some encounters from previous outings. Vocal when perched, and vocal when aloft. This is a lovely dark morph.

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