State of the Birds 2010
By Corey • March 11, 2010 • 2 commentsThe 2010 State of the Birds Report on Climate Change has been released. Go check it out!
The 2010 State of the Birds Report on Climate Change has been released. Go check it out!

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Beer, firearms, testosterone, and birds are a combination that is somehow always combustible. So it was this past Saturday, when six drunken yahoos on a beach southwest of Seattle shot ten gulls and a crow. They apparently lured the birds in with hot dogs.
Sharnelle Fee, director of the [wildlife] center, said two bullets found in the bird will be removed and given to authorities for ballistics tests.
“We have a lot of trouble with beaches where cars are allowed to drive on,” she said. Seagulls sometimes get run over, but the multiple killings are unusual. The fact that the birds were baited is particularly troubling, she said.
“It’s one thing to take a potshot, but to bait them and shoot them is pretty premeditated,” Fee said.
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Fortunately for birds that migrate through or live in the United States, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that violators of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act need not have intentionally killed birds to be convicted. Considering the current makeup of the United States Supreme Court, let’s hope that the case ends here.
A recent post on Planet Ark gave an interesting insight into the realities of conservation, specifically, in this case, of Orangutans. A survey of villagers living near orangutans in Indonesia’s Kalimantan province found that a quarter were “not aware the rare primates are protected”, that “more than 50 percent of respondents” thought it was NOT a protected species, and that some correspondents claimed that “they killed the animal for no specific reason”. I and most readers of 10,000 Birds know they’re protected, but many villagers interacting with the apes don’t. In financially-stressed times when charities and governments are low on funds how do you solve a problem like that I wonder?
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I always thought the State of the Birds was Michigan.
I’m going to use this information for my science project!!!!!!!!! and wisconsin is the state of the birds man.