10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

It’s a good thing too, because it is the leading gamebird in North America in terms of total harvest and the widespread distribution of hunting effort. Use of non-toxic shot when hunting waterfowl has been mandatory, nationwide, since 1991. Click on photos for full sized images. www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fNo6B5gUI. v=44fNo6B5gUI.

Hunters 174

Hunters Hunting North America Game 174

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.

Owls 175

Owls Colorado Wounded Rabbits 175

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

However, ongoing research at Sia Essential Species Repository (see below) reveals this is not always the case, and that there are actually five phases between albino and leucistic. If all her other toes eventually function perfectly, she could still hunt without that one non-essential talon. Will she be releasable?

Wildlife Rehabilitation 191

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Delaware 191

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al.

Ethics 137

Ethics Owls New York North America 137

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 179

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

To assess their populations, draw their blood, test them for lead, and discover what kind of impact feeding on gut piles might have on these iconic raptors, particularly the young ones, as hunting season begins in Montana. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird. To understand, and thus to protect.

Eagles 171

Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 171