10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2022
I met Jonathan because his mother-in-law lives here in Morelia, and when he visits her, we sometimes find a space to bird together. But it turned out… …that it was turtles all the way down ! Snowy Plovers also breed half an hour north of my home, so we have those in common.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2021
Bird rehabbers receive calls for injured turtles; veterinarians are contacted about skunks in basements. This is a godsend for wildlife professionals who are constantly swamped with calls from Good Samaritans desperately searching for help.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2023
Recently, I did a bit of embankment birding and, while checking floating logs for ducks, I counted European pond turtles (strange things birders do?) In India, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat and the law. Tropical Easy but Active – few hours in the morning, rest and few hours in late afternoon.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2014
(Like the felled Turtle Dove photographed above by the BBC.). So European conservationists and birders expressed reservations about how well Vella would uphold EU laws. During a confirmation hearing, Vella pledged to make sure the laws are implemented in all EU countries.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2021
And, in a nice irony, an example par excellence of the law of unintended consequences: the Redhead, a diving duck, has an aversion to wind turbines, and will change its feeding areas to avoid them. “Scientists fear that this may cause them to lose condition over winter and thus damage their breeding prospects.”
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2013
Our guide through the woods and towns of Indiana is one Nathan Lochmueller, who looks back to tell the tale of a coming of age that involves a lot of crawling through the woods on breeding-bird surveys, a lot of beer, and a few scrapes with implacable forces like the law, armed KKK members, and snapping turtles.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
Change in Law. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. That’s easy!” wrote Veronica in California. “I
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