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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.” Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Both Vu and the company were ordered to pay $40,000 to the Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation and a $5,000 fine and put on eighteen months probation after being found guilty in federal court. ” Birds are protected and can’t be shot at will, even in Texas. How bad was Vu and company? When will people learn this lesson?

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Fish Texas Farming Pelicans 196

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JUNE 29, 2016

And for wild pheasants ( Common , in Europe; or Ring-necked , stateside), a bigger group may actually present an existential danger. Maybe monogamy, with just one partner to support and protect, isn’t so bad after all. Newly published research in the journal Animal Behaviour suggests an ideal harem size for pheasants of 2.7

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

His obituary in The Auk describes him as “without a doubt” responsible for Texas’ laws on bird conservation, “for he was the first in the state to present the real facts concerning the importance of bird life in its relation to human welfare.” Undeveloped land absorbs water, filters salt, and slows wind.

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Chickens Texas Louisiana Wildlife 121

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!” ” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico. ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 266

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MARCH 24, 2014

“People say there are too many crows and they eat all the crops,” says Missy Runyan, director of the Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in nearby Hunter, NY. Runyan has no problem with hunting; she gives wildlife and gun safety presentations to Rod and Gun clubs across the state. This is baloney.

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

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MAY 24, 2017

The path started at the parking area, moving to an overlook presenting a gorgeous viewshed of the marsh, rolling hills, and mountains beyond. The trail wove downhill, around farm buildings demonstrative of the agricultural history of the site before it became protected. Historic buildings at Elkhorn Slough.

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Research Birds Virginia Protection 101

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The greatest wildlife spectacles in the world! Serengeti NP protects a huge swathe of almost 15,000 km2 / 6000 mi2 in north-west Tanzania. With the Wildebeest migration (calving season is January to February), this park is considered to offer one of the greatest wildlife spectacles in the world. Serengeti National Park.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). Not sure why they spend time in Shanghai in winter when they could come here though, but then again, I usually do not understand most of the behavior of humans either.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Back to the present time, I am sitting in a cafe spreading a watch, notebook, pen and binoculars over the table and ordering a pint of beer. By both Serbian legislation and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected species.

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Serbia Protection Legislation Europe 189

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JANUARY 7, 2020

And, though I think you can argue that the Bronx Zoo, with its numerous buildings and landscaped wildlife areas is not purely ‘natural space,’ I have wonderful memories of traipsing through its wooded areas when I was a girl. (I I didn’t grow up in the Bronx, but my best friend did.).

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Main characters Samuel, a wildlife photographer grieving his wife’s death, and Thomas, a forest ranger grieving the world’s more general losses, struggle to find the bird and save its last known habitat. That is certainly the sense that is captured in No Other Way. Also worthy of epic are the issues addressed here.

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Science Florida Woodpeckers Protection 199

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MARCH 16, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

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AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Since 1984 it has been planted with native bush and pests were controlled, and is now used as a wildlife reserve.

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Penguins Parrots New Zealand Seals 165

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JULY 3, 2012

I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.” Ah, the photographs!

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JULY 9, 2013

However two fossil riverbeds are situated within the South African sector of the park, the Nossob and the Auob and underground water along these riverbeds results in lusher vegetation thus attracting herds of ungulates and their ever-present predators.

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Leopards Cats Namibia Killing 162

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APRIL 9, 2010

See OCEANS, Save Oceans ” is an initiative developed with The Nature Conservancy where a portion of each ticket sold for the film’s opening week April 22-28 will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas. “We The Nature Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide.

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JULY 11, 2018

After the owners contacted the Royal Socieity for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), looking for an explanation as to where the heck all these birds came from, it was determined that the farm would be used as a feeding station. Tomorrow morning we will head on down to England, and the township of Hull, to visit the Spurn Wildlife Reserve.

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JULY 20, 2019

Although this meeting of Mexican Goshawks and the inaccurate ranges presented in multiple publications gave rise to a constant flow of erroneous eBird sightings, we do have both in Costa Rica. The species formerly known as Gray Hawk was finally and officially split into two species and as luck would have it, they meet in Costa Rica!

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Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 196

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JUNE 6, 2019

We are driving along the main road, by troops of Rhesus macaques, and continue by a dirt road into the forest, passing by two handsome but ever-present Indian Peacocks. A survey in 2011 in non-protected areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh confirmed the presence of the species at two locations.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Nat Geo Wild presents the third annual Big Cat Week starting Sunday, Dec 9th. But experts can’t protect them without knowing more about them. The week features shows that highlight the kings and queens of the jungle! There are now more tigers living in captivity than in the wild.

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MARCH 6, 2011

Corey encountered a bunch of winners, but 24 Common Redpolls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in almost the exact same spot he saw them a couple of years ago, feeding on birch inflorescence by the East Pond, were easily his best birds of the weekend. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 153

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APRIL 6, 2016

I went out with the morning sunrise tour and then came back with the wildlife tour in the afternoon, something they are prepared to do for birders who want to spend time on Blumine Island (if both tours are going anyway). Also present was another lifer for me, the South Island Saddleback.

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Charlotte New Zealand Seals Fur 111

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MARCH 16, 2011

There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. The proposal from U.S.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 143

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JANUARY 27, 2016

My first ever story for 10,000 Birds was about the wonderful city reserve of Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, here in Wellington, a city that has been my home for 9 years this week. They manage a number of reserves around the UK to protect waterfowl, the most famous being Slimbridge (another iconic place I haven’t made it to yet).

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MARCH 16, 2011

However early March sees the passage of a vastly underrated migrant to British Shores, or should that be from British Shores as they have probably been present all winter? Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The Scandinavian Rock Pipit A.p. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer Fish New York 149

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JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. David Tipling, award-winning and widely published wildlife photographer, travelled the world during this period, photographing people interacting with birds, and sometimes, just birds. As they say, the relationship is complicated. Larks, for example.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 205

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MARCH 10, 2011

When I began birding with people from parts farther north I became familiar with the term “ Half Hardy “, which refers to those species of birds who are generally present in small numbers during mild winters, but usually can’t handle the rough patches of extreme cold temperatures and snow that are less frequent.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

Weidensaul worked on the first research project in Argentina 24 years ago, and his memories of that time in the pampas are both a baseline for what has happened since, a mini-story in itself, and a tribute to Pete Bloom and Brian Woodbridge, the wildlife biologists who originated the study of Swainson’s Hawks in Butte Valley.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 244

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APRIL 2, 2012

Birding has been an all-consuming interest for Patrick Cardwell since boyhood days spent in a wildlife-rich environment. Also present in good El Nino years are the occasional and much sought after Blue Petrel with its distinctive black sub-terminal tail band with white trailing edge, a unique diagnostic feature amongst petrels.

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MARCH 4, 2011

Herring Gull The Herring hull is everybody’s idea of a seagull, being present throughout the year at coastal cliffs, beaches, harbors and towns. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It is also native to Japan, where it is protected and protectively studied to the point where Slaght had trouble getting any information.). Here, Slaght presents his data analysis and his conservation plan for Blakiston’s Fish Owl. Slaght has a wonderful talent for depicting people.

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Owls Russia Fish Research 131

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MAY 3, 2011

With assistance from the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) a boardwalk and nature centre have been established. This conservation effort has resulted in habitat and protection for nearly the entire population of West Indian Whistling Ducks in Jamaica. In 1995, the numbers were estimated to be close to 300 birds.

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Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 214

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MARCH 20, 2011

Eventually, I found the lone whooping crane present at the refuge by its call. 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. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

With help from federal grants, state agencies, supportive legislators, and a devoted, knowledgeable staff, the Meadowlands slowly becomes a habitable place for birds, mammals, and other wildlife, a place where people can go to enjoy beauty in the middle of the densest populated area in the country.

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New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 142

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APRIL 12, 2017

When you find an area that has a year round water supply, especially at the surface, a huge commodity in any desert, you are sure to find an abundant amount of wildlife. The usual suspects were all present, including the Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel , and Cactus Wren.

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MARCH 10, 2013

Another bird that was present in several forest areas that we visited was the Forest Kingfisher with its distinct spots on its wings when in flight. You soon adapt to the early mornings and early nights to coincide with the wildlife! At high tide the shorebirds have a protection wall where they can roost on green lawn and feel safe.

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