Tag: hunting

Conservation

Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

August 12, 2015 by Duncan 2 Comments

Hi there. I can’t help noticing that you’ve just posted an angry story about Cecil the Lion on your timeline. I get that you’re...

Conservation

#CeciltheLion is a dangerous direction for conservation

August 5, 2015 by Duncan 1 Comment

Another day, another dead lion erupting in the world’s media, another opportunity for me to annoy my few remaining anti-hunting friends. Joy. There isn’t too...

Birds

Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

November 18, 2014 by Greg 8 Comments

Many years ago, back in the 1970s, I visited my sister, who lived in West Yellowstone, Montana, in the dead of winter. We rented...

Conservation

Use it or lose it?

July 9, 2014 by Duncan No Comments

During the decades that preceded the Iraq war there were two schools of view on how to deal with that country and its troublesome...

News

Bag Limit? We Don’t Need No Stinking Bag Limit!

April 23, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

As has often been said in these quarters, in general us bird bloggers don’t have many quarrels with hunters. Birders and hunters usually share...

Conservation

Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

March 28, 2014 by Suzie 21 Comments

What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding my recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow...