10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2016

Birders concerned with ticking off bird species from a list in North America already know all about the AOU Supplement. It is now something that the wood-rails themselves knew all along- there never was a Gray-necked Wood-Rail that lived from Mexico south to the Amazon.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2016 South America Panama 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

On Dr. Gassett’s answering machine, which someone calling to protest the hunt is likely to encounter, is a similar message about the quality of crane meat. Nine thousand pour into tiny Socorro, New Mexico, each November for Bosque del Apache’s Festival of the Cranes. Well, fire up my grill. What’s the necessity of hunting cranes?

Kentucky 258

Kentucky Hunting Tennessee Indiana 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. Hummingbird species, on the other hand, number in the hundreds.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

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. Kentucky Dept. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1.

2011 248

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 248

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Protests were organised, banners were waved, petitions were signed and 6 of the beats have been banned from entering their data. Last year they shared over 1200 checklists and managed to achieve a stunning total of 2647 species from 32 countries. 1499 species were seen in the eastern hemisphere in 2016. La Paz, Mexico.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100