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OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful.

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MAY 22, 2013

The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential. The Refuge System protects and, in some cases, restores, some of what remains.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2017

I had never seen this species of kite before, but Guhin explained that they often hunted in the natural acres of the reserve. The path started at the parking area, moving to an overlook presenting a gorgeous viewshed of the marsh, rolling hills, and mountains beyond. Guhin knew without binoculars, “ White-tailed Kite ,” she identified.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. The images tie directly to the text.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 218

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Cocker presents Eurasian Larks as a prime example of one of the recurring themes of the book, our culture’s tendency to cherish a bird in poetry and myth and to simultaneously exploit, even ravish, the actual bird. Larks, for example.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 212

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MAY 20, 2014

Today it is placed in its own monotypic genus, Oreophasis , and loosely grouped with the present day curassows and chachalacas. While the Horned Guan is in Cracidae and is thought to have diverged, evolutionary, from the curassows some 20-40 million years ago and to be more closely related to the modern curassows than the modern guans.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.), It’s a very mixed chapter.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

It's too bad that Latimer's presentation is so obnoxious, as even when he raises what might be valid points, he makes you want to disagree with him. But the point about leather, again, is a good one (not to mention wool, cashmere and silk). And I'm as guilty of that as Latimer, or at least I have been in the past.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

On the contrary, it is unwittingly to voice the very prejudices it has been the object of the present work to identify and refute. To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy. Moral philosophy is no substitute for political action. Still, it can make a contribution.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together. Last month I visited three Andalucian cities with colonies of Lesser Kestrels: Arcos de la Frontera, Marchena and Carmona.

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Falcons Spain Europe 2012 194

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JULY 27, 2023

As it happened, my two most constant Mexican birding buddies were also waiting for the opportunity to go there (blame it on the very special Sinaloa Martin , which is only present there in mid-summer). But they had been unable to accompany us on those first two trips. Still, we eventually determined that it was a Buff-collared Nightjar.

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Bats Mexico ALA 2020 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. Eventually, I found the lone whooping crane present at the refuge by its call. I knew I’d never heard that before.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

This species’ population is suspected to have decreased rapidly, owing to levels of hunting on the staging and wintering grounds, and habitat deterioration (largely as a result of land cultivation). In the Western Palearctic at least 20-30% of the population are shot each year, often accidentally during hunting of other species.”

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Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 201

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MAY 3, 2011

The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others. With assistance from the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) a boardwalk and nature centre have been established.

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Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 220

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Nature of The Meadowlands , a photographic book by Jim Wright, presents the tale, and though you may be thinking that you live in Ohio, so this book is not for you, it is worth paying attention. This is the fable of the New Jersey Meadowlands and it is all true.

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New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

This park, which protects scattered headlands, bays and islands of natural bush, is located around the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Dobroyd Head, the section in Balgowlah near where my grandparents live, protects one of the larger parts of the park, and is a hidden gem of birdwatching in Sydney.

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Protection Species Australia Shelters 158

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

The view from Sayer Road used to be very open and offered little protection many years ago and we contributed to the planting of small native trees in 1998 when we lived in Palmerston. There was only the one Australian Pelican present and a pair of Royal Spoonbills and the constant annoying racket from the Masked Lapwings! .

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Geese Pelicans Ducks Hunting 161

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APRIL 28, 2020

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition. Duck Stamp sales have provided more then $800 million dollars to protect more than 5.7 million acres of waterfowl habitat and many birders purchase a stamp every year.

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Ducks Hunting Hunters Legislation 197

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APRIL 15, 2015

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 191

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

In fact, John MacKinnon (of “Guide to the Birds of China”) in a recent Shanghai presentation called it “not a real woodpecker at all”, and while he is wrong about that, I sort of see his point. At Sepilok, it can be hard to avoid taking photos of some non-birds, such as primates.

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Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 207

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

You don't find many hunters who candidly and unapologetically say: "I hunt because I like to kill. Hunting wouldn't be the "noble," "manly" "sport" that it is, if these were the reasons for doing it. Hunting wouldn't be the "noble," "manly" "sport" that it is, if these were the reasons for doing it.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Species Accounts–Plates: Three plates are presented for most species: Winter/Spring, Summer/Fall, and Flying (usually a 2-page plate whose length accentuates the beauty of waterfowl in flight). To help us practice, Waterfowl presents mystery plates. Wood Duck, Written Species Account, pages two and three.

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 117

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147