10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
However, in this post, I’d like to lay out the basic numbers as we pretend to know them about overall bird mortality, human related causes of mortality, and somewhere in there I’ll note that the number of birds that are killed by windmills is so small that it says “zero” on my pie chart. So keep that in mind.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the death of two Whooping Cranes in Hopkins County, Kentucky. The mated pair was passing through the area last fall as part of Operation Migration , an effort to restore a migrating population of the birds to the eastern United States. It’s deja vu all over again , sadly.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2012
The end of January is a cold time for those of us who live in the northeastern United States. This past January I had the great pleasure of temporarily escaping winter by going to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Wildlife spectacles. American Avocets at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 5.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2021
The changes revolved around something called “incidental take,” which is an activity that harm or kills birds incidental to its purpose. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) would have had no authority to regulate or otherwise influence such actions. Canada, one of the parties to a treaty with the United States, also stated its concerns.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife. Habitat destruction and degradation is far and away the number one reason why wildlife populations are extirpated or go extinct. Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed.
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. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) told ESI that there were an “unusually high number of occupied golden eagle nests” and that the facility should not be built at the proposed location.
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