10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

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. The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience.

New York City 161

New York City New York Birds Breeding 161

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Their population apparently received a big boost in the 1970s when c**k-fighting was declared illegal and many fighting c s were released. That these young are being recruited into the population is pretty easy to see as well by the sheer numbers of Feral Chickens present in Key West and further up the keys.

Chickens 214

Chickens Florida Feral Species 214

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The law speaks specifically and narrowly to the distribution for profit of videos that show illegal acts of cruelty actually being performed on live animals (my italics). Only a very narrow range of activities come under the sweep of this law, and all of them are illegal.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

An adult Red-breasted Goose in a wildfowl collection Red-breasts are indeed popular in wildfowl collections, but they are valuable birds that are rarely kept full-winged (it has been illegal for many years to keep them un-pinioned) so these days escapes are relatively rare. The photograph below was digiscoped in Bulgaria in February 2007.

Bulgaria 130

Bulgaria Geese Romania Estonia 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. Cases of illegal shooting are still reported (…in 2009 in the Danube Delta) and hunting is considered one of the main threats for the east Asian population. 933,000 in 1992-1993.

Serbia 203

Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

When I publicly present bird photos, I sometimes play the call of the bird and ask what they think it is. It is certainly not true that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning flying foxes is illegal, but why take the risk? ” Of course, as a certified cat person, I was delighted to see a Green Catbird near Brisbane.

Birds 248

Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 248

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

In 1992, in recognition of his work, the National Trust for the Cayman Islands presented Willie with its prestigious Award of Distinction for Environmental Conservation. A reduction in illegal hunting on Little Cayman has also allowed the ducks to recover there, and in 1995, they bred on Cayman Brac for the first time in many years.&#

Antigua and Barbuda 236

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 236

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter). My Wryneck, Fang, Thailand, February 2019; copyright © Donna L.

Woodpeckers 252

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 252

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The Prologue presents the two contrasting obsessions, a narrative that intrigues with promises of more details to come. Credits: Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Brazil, by Francesco Veronesi, used under Creative Commons license; Spangled Cotinga by Mathias Appel, Flickr, public domain. The Feather Thief is divided into four parts.

Collecting 105

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 105

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

But, these numbers don’t adequately convey the work that went into this guide, which aims to “present the most up-to-date state of knowledge on the region’s birds for the first time as a whole in a single volume” (Introduction). So, this is no ordinary bird guide. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago?

Indonesia 139

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 139

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. By the time of Queen Elizabeth I, they were considered vermin, a bounty placed on their small heads. What’s magic about 1970? What, for that matter, is normal?

Humane 105

Humane Species North America Sparrows 105

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. Although this hunting is in many cases illegal it is brazenly undertaken by hunters, and their victims (including endangered species) are commonly sold along the main roads of the country. million hectares in 2007.

Ghana 203

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 203

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

There seem to be so many that some days the negative stories just seem to pile up in my reader, species lost here, habitat destroyed there, poisoning, illegal persecution, the list can seem endless. It can be difficult not to feel impotent and under attack from all sides.

Morocco 175

Morocco Turtles Protest Protesting 175

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today. More seriously, entries on the Winchester shotgun (no. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. Technology entries give a sense of perspective. Poro-prism binoculars (no. Road signs!

Mauritius 173

Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Where do woodcocks feed? As you might imagine, ornithologists have asked this question before.

Italy 173

Italy Deer Russia France 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

” You can read just that chapter and the final chapter summarizing this achievement and learn a lot, but it really isn’t the whole story, not the one Greeley wants to present. A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147