10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly. Image above by AP Photo/Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.). A reward of $1000 has been offered for information helping authorities track down the shooters; more info is here. Seriously, hunters. (Or,

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Louisiana Kentucky Hunters United States 270

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact. Lucky him, right? Though he ended up dead anyway.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.”

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

I asked a group of wildlife rehabilitators: “What are some of the Worst Bird Myths? The internet is an excellent source of information about what to feed baby birds.”. s and “Kill me now!”s. Do not learn about how to care for wild birds from the internet: do take the bird to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. s, “Gaaahh!”s

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

.” Blackbirds, among other species, are also killed every year for consuming sunflower seeds mostly in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Therefore the actual numbers of birds killed are grossly underestimated. ” You can get more information on this declining species at the Tricolored Blackbird Portal.

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Blackbirds California 2014 2013 193

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

As you’ll remember, Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources unanimously passed its sandhill crane hunting proposal. Fish and Wildlife Service for final approval or denial. A hunting season on sandhill cranes vastly increases the chance that collateral kill of endangered whooping cranes will occur. Spread the word!

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service. You can download the information on controlling Cliff Swallows in PDF format from the University of California here. As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1. Completed nests during this breeding season cannot be touched without a permit from the U.S. Authors: T.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2016

A letter requesting information on the permit issued to remove the nest got this response from the city, “In reference to your request for documentation for the removal of an active Osprey nest from the light pole at the soccer field, please be advised that none exist. This is a poor photo I took of this pair’s nest back in 2009.

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Transported Eggs Birds Killing 102

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

So, yes, there’s plenty enough information about migration in the book to justify the subtitle. Eastern red bats, for only one example, may actually be attracted to wind turbines; and unlike birds, they are often killed by “barotrauma” – their inner organs explode from the drop in air pressure as the blade sweeps past.).

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Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 202

Critter News

JANUARY 22, 2009

The Humane Society of the United States and The HSUS Wildlife Land Trust are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the illegal killing of a grizzly bear found dead in Ashton Reservoir near Ashton, Idaho. The Humane Society is offering a 2500.00

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HSUS Humane Society Of The United States Grizzly Bear The Humane Society 100

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. It has changed the way we communicate and how we share and gather information. Poisoning of wildlife with anticoagulant rodenticides in New York.

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Ethics Owls New York North America 160

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

It concerns the nature of wildlife in Australia, and is perhaps the most remarked about aspect of Australia’s wildlife, at least the impression you’d get if you’ve ever watched ten minutes of Animal Planet. The very dangerous nature of the wildlife. And that bird is the Southern Cassowary.

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Sharks Birds Australia Boars 240

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

Here I have a quick summary which I’m afraid lacks a lot of information that we’d like to have but just don’t. Will H5N2 Kill Wild Birds? People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife. They also have made progress in developing H5N1 fowlpox vaccine. So, what about wild birds?

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Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 179

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Does exposed human skin, like bare feet, bring them in for the kill? In fact, on average four times more people are killed by cows in the U.S. each year than are killed by sharks all around the globe. Thanks to Nat Geo Wild for providing the photo and video sneak peek and information. Time of day. Panic and fear.

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Sharks Experience Experiments South Africa 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. And to prove it, there’s The Queen.

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Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 253

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

She places the cahow’s tale within the larger story of how Bermuda’s endemic plants and wildlife, especially the Bermuda Cedar, were exploited and replaced with invasives that caused more destruction. This is a good read, informative and engaging. Ultimately, the story always comes back to the cahows, whose population grows slowly.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Holt and his staff, several of which are also ‘characters’ in the book, do hard-core field work, finding owls, owl nests, documenting them and working with concerned and unconcerned organizations to inform public policy decision-making. It’s a lot of work. This is a great summer read.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 231

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 6, 2007

Breeders kill shelter animals’ chances to find good homes. July 31, 2007 The writer is the director of Domestic Animals and Wildlife Rescue & Information for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Given the current dire shortage of homes, no breeding is responsible. Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, Va.,

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New York Times New York Neutering Ethical Treatment 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

Even if you have read about these research projects, Weidensaul’s accounts offer fresh angles and updated information. This includes, to my delight, a brief account of Project SNOWstorm , a collaboration of volunteer “researchers, banders, wildlife veterinarians, and pathologists” (p.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 262

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I’d rescued birds before, but this time I had to face the wildlife center with a personal connection to the carnage.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

These Blasts From The Past No Owls at Croton Point I Hate Connecticut… Birding Kazakhstan: Morning of Day 1 in Astana Ottawa By Way of Ohio The Snow Bunting That Almost Killed Me, or, Hyperbole in Bird Blog Post Titles is Fun! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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2011 Cyprus Species Deer 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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Ohio Endangered Species 2016 Birds 110

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 258

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

Also, these human-occupied area are probably full of toxins and other impediments to normal use by wildlife. ” Here’s the information I have on it: With 2012 breaking records as America’s hottest year ever, America’s migratory birds face unique challenges because of their long journeys and need for multiple habitats.

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Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 238

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

Almost every single outdoor pet cat, feral cat, or stray kills other animals , no matter how well fed the cat is through other sources. Their Indoor Cat Initiative has a ton of great information and even a DVD you can order! If all of your cat’s needs are met there should be no long-term problem keeping the cat indoors.

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Cats Feral Cats Litter Ohio 219

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2012

You could raise an eyebrow that at a time of cuts and austerity measures across a range of environment services and departments to be able to find £375k in support of a non-native species that is reared specifically to be killed anyway is a little astonishing. of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases).

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Industry Research Raised Killing 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. Street, N.W.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2015

The high nutrient loading led to massive and unprecedented algal blooms which in turn killed productive plants and changed the once crystal-clear lake into pea soup. Also featured are excellent speakers, informative workshops and hands-on classes on topics like native gardening and attracting butterflies.

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2015 Florida Farming 2014 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

As we shot out into the ocean we received a lecture on the Kaikoura Canyon, its wildlife and the Sperm Whale from Hayley, a local girl who was our guide. To my ears the talk was actually pretty damn good, informative without being either patronizing or overly technical and dry. I always seem to see Kaikoura at dawn.

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Whales Whaling Albatross New Zealand 217

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

It occurs to me that I never delivered on my promised update once I received the detailed ring information. My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening. A ringed (banded) islandica subspecies of Red Knot.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 168

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2022

The company, ESI Energy LLC, built facilities in high-risk locations, failed to obtain permits, and its wind turbines killed approximately 150 eagles. Department of Justice filed a “ criminal information ” ( i.e., a formal document identifying the charges) against ESI in the U.S. To begin the case, the U.S.

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Wyoming Eagles Wounded Birds 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. But, indeed, two Loons went to one. Then it would reappear way far away and they’d stay apart for a while.

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Humane Eagles Investigation Research 222

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. Number 33, Parabolic reflector, 1888, for example, starts with the invention of the reflector by a German physicist and broadens into the early history of wildlife sound recording technology.

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Collecting Mauritius Egypt Cyprus 173

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

However, there are still instances where individuals intentionally kill birds and there are criminal prosecutions under the MBTA, though they are uncommon. The case involved two men, Douglas “Vance” Crooked Arm and Kenneth Shane, and they were charged with baiting and killing eagles and hawks to make fans of tail feathers.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Deer Birds 113

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

And of course, shuttling wildlife to and fro, and contemplating their place in our lives and our place in theirs. Though she hadn’t managed to kill anyone yet, I wasn’t about to roll the dice on whether she really did have some kind of predator instinct. I followed his call, but so did Emily The Hunter.

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Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Detailed information is given for physical description and coloration, size and weight, voice (including contact and courtship calls, juvenile whistles, and various grunts), population and distribution, breeding (habitat, social aspects, courtship, nest, laying, incubation, chick rearing, fledging), food, and principal threats.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 215