10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Tell me, what happens if we rip away hunting when hunting protects more wildlife land in Africa than national parks? Conservation is concerned about protecting populations, species, habitats, ecosystems. There is a reason we talk about wildlife and habitat conservation, not wildlife and habitat preservation. I mean it.

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Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2020

I am a birder, who began photographing birds as an identification tool. Even though some say good wildlife photography should not contain manmade elements, I like everything about this photo. I have often wondered how certain photographers manage to take endless pictures of wildlife before a totally black background.

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Mexico Sparrows South America Collecting 245

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. Both Drone World and Parrot have sections in their safety agreements and user guides advising pilots to avoid domestic pets and wildlife.

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Birds Protection Idaho Bears 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2015

Since we’ve covered some generalities already, once a month I’ll be exploring how a species, genus, or family of birds got its name, and how those names fit in with our larger understanding of, and relationship with, birds. Language as a tool for projection is, I expect, a theme that will crop up again and again in this series.

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Falcons Eagles Meat Geese 260

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Sales of duck stamps have funded the preservation of wetlands and other wildlife habitat, which in turn has supported an increase in waterfowl populations. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

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Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 256

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2012

An iPhone 4S is an amazing tool for birders, as Sharon Stiteler has already let readers of 10,000 Birds know. How many species do you hear singing? What species? An even better example to try out the video capabilities of the iPhone was on a recent visit to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Chicago Birds Jamaica Wildlife 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2014

I actually have many targets, in a way, a I want to see lots and lots, but there is one species that the reason that the trip is even happening, the animal that has been pretty much the top of my animal bucket list for well over a decade. It’s a species that has bedeviled and bewitched me over the years. The African Wild Dog.

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Sharks Leopards Whales Whaling 231

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

National parks like Rocky Mountain, the Grand Canyon, and the Great Smoky Mountains, as well as national wildlife refuges, national forests, rivers and lakes, community parks, trails, and ball fields in every one of our 50 states were set aside for Americans to enjoy thanks to federal funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).

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Legislation Montana America Wyoming 210

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Private property holders with prairie/agricultural land can potentially make a big difference in maintaining and recovering populations of many of these charismatic species. Mountain Plover and many other grassland birds have populations in steep decline. Rich in life, rich in birds, yes…but a birder billionaire I am not.

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United States Protection Endangered Species North America 210

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2014

The multitude of tools and ways you can enter/view your personal data is quite impressive, and it only continues to grow…although it might be on a subconscious level, embracing eBird more can be another kick in the butt to get out in the field. “Green” birding is becoming increasingly popular, which I think is a positive thing.

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Birds Portland Oregon 2015 256

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species? Phillipps’ Field Guide (I’ll be using this shortened form of the title) covers 673 avian species, including 59 endemics, and 53 species that have not been documented yet for the area but which may show up in the next few years. Now, I’m not so sure.

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Brunei Birds Asia China 233

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Shark finning is the practice of removing fins from live sharks with sharp tools, and then tossing the shark back into the ocean. While there are laws in place protecting endangered species of shark from shark finning, international waters are rarely regulated when it comes to the practice. However, watching these shows on DIRECT.TV

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Sharks Asia Endangered Species Hunters 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

First published in 1973 in association with the Asa Wright Center, the book focuses on species descriptions, with illustrations grouped together in plates positioned in the center of the book. The guide covers 477 species, an expansion of 35 from the second edition, which was published in 1991. The AOU has not accepted that split.

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 248

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Over the last several weeks I have putting in the work to the Queens County Christmas Bird Count because I want it to be known as a good count, because I want to use it as a tool to involve new birders in Queens, and because I want to beat Brooklyn. But before I get into all of that I should first get into the history of the count.

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Birds New York City New York New Jersey 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2017

Swanson Wildlife Health Center received an adult male Red-tailed Hawk that had been found on Cornell University’s campus. A few days later the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology contacted the Wildlife Health Center to ask if they’d received any red-tails recently. Last Saturday, the Janet L. Their fears were confirmed.

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Feral Cats Suffering Montana 2006 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2012

Of course, evolution* demands that a tool not only do its job, but do it efficiently. Skimmer by Steve Hillebrand, courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service a. Here, an author and editor are less effective than millenia of natural selection. But if you appreciate skimmers from a distance, you may nevertheless want it.

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Denver Birds 2000 Collecting 224

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. Most of the people debating this issue are for conservation, they are against wild areas being destroyed and wild species being threatened with extinction.

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Tigers Hunting Game Protection 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

They might eat it if they have to but it can sometimes keep those species away too. Safflower is a great tool when dealing with grackles at the feeder. [.] Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Get yours today! Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips [.]

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2011 Birds Woodpeckers Blackbirds 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering changing the status of the endangered Black-capped Vireo : it has proposed delisting it entirely. The processes of listing and delisting a species under the Endangered Species Act are largely the same: FWS must propose a “rule,” which is published in the Federal Register.

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Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Decades later, Richard Pough’s Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds (I happily own the 1948 edition) included nest and egg descriptions for each species as well. And photographs of feathers in the species accounts, which surprised me. Text retrieved from the Hathitrust Digital Library. The first is accomplished well.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Faraaz Abdool is a freelance conservation and wildlife photographer and writer who specializes in birds and the issues they face worldwide. Blind patience, perhaps the most understated tool of a birder’s arsenal. Little Blue Heron . Many a Western Sandpiper made my heart race.

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Trinidad 2002 Fish Pelicans 340

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

As it turns out, a useful tool for the amateur phenologist is a dog. Yes, it’s vital to leash your dog and teach him to be respectful of wildlife, but if you can manage that, he will make a phenologist out of you. The second winter (which desperately needs a new name) is a far more rewarding time.

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Bald Eagle Montana Owls Dogs 194

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 178