Just read this article on hunting ruffies in MN this year. So much of it, while well-intentioned, is wrong. Here goes: > The good news is, counts were up 34 percent this spring in parts of northern Minnesota. Counts remained stable in southern Minnesota. This COULD mean that there’s more easy birds (young ones) early […]
Category: France
French Ortolan ‘Hunting:’ No Thanks!
Neither one of us understands France much. So it’s no surprise that we don’t really understand this French version of bird “hunting” which allegedly goes something like this: The ortolan (a songbird) is captured in a trap (using a live bird as a decoy – that’s the “hunting” part), then “fattened in darkness for one […]