10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. This species has also eliminated the need for childcare – the chicks emerge from this pile on their own and never even get to see their parents.

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Reddit Animals

JULY 6, 2023

The study also revealed that between 2014 and 2019, five massive die-off events occurred, surpassing the magnitude of previous events. The research highlights the significant impact of warming oceans on marine birds, emphasizing the need for conservation efforts to protect these species.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2019

First, some background regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the listing of the Golden-cheeked Warbler is required. In 2014, FWS completed a five-year status review , concluding that development still threatened the warbler. In 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.”

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San Antonio Endangered Species Texas Austin 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. In 2014, FWS completed a five-year status review , concluding that continuing urbanization and associated habitat destruction and fragmentation still threatened the warbler. On December 27, 1990 , the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

He has written and co-written over 400 scientific papers on brood parasitism, Common Cuckoos, egg rejection and other nesting behaviors, and fairy wren learning in addition to T he Book of Eggs: A Life-Size Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World’s Bird Species (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2014).

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

This example is important because it appears that the protector species, not just the protected species, gains a benefit, the latter having been documented many times before. Previous research has shown that wading bird nesting colonies could provide substantial food for alligators in the form of dropped chicks.

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Alligators Protection Leopards Birds 113

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. But how can we protect animals from drones in the hands of irresponsible pilots ? Image © Womackke.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

In July 2013, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held a meeting in Bremerhaven in Germany, to decide whether to turn the Ross Sea into a marine protected area. There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection. And the Mammals.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 165

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. Will the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference delegates up-list them to Appendix I of the Convention, forbidding any future sale over international borders? One may say so. And it gave me a hope.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 180

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I observed this species in the Little Rann of Kutch in India and since then, have been burning with desire to see them back home. The winter of 2014 is quite warm and the numbers are much lower, but the Opovo record, as counted by Vuckovic, is 250 owls. And the citizens of Kikinda are justly proud of it. ‘He

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Serbia Owls Rodents Eagles 234

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

I didn’t know what species of woodpecker it was, but I knew it was just in the clearing on the other side of the road. Black-backed Woodpeckers are non-migratory, although there have been documented intermittent irruptions of the species outside their normal range. Click on photos for full sized images. Version 1.0.

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Woodpeckers California South Dakota Chad 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Stories enhance his 2014 history of modern ornithology, Ten Thousand Birds ( co-written with Jo Wimpenny and Bob Montgomerie). Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

However, I will pick a fight with the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, New York, which is sponsoring their fourth annual “Crow Down” March 29-30, 2014. What I want to know is: a hundred feet away, how can these people tell the difference between a crow and a raven, which is a protected species?”

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

This species was discovered (shot, actually) in the 19th century, only to be lost through the entire 20th century. The Forest Owlet is an endemic species of this mountain range. Since its rediscovery in 1997, this species has been found at a number of new locations, several of which appear to hold significant populations.

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India Owls Tigers Cows 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

There is another area of the Queens County CBC where a team will also likely see Monk Parakeets , Myipsitta monachus , but I am seriously determined to count that bird for my area, Coastal Flushing, a section of northeast Queens, New York, that includes Whitestone, home of one of the loudest invasive bird species in the U.S. And cell towers.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2014

Four teams with renowned birders from United States, South Africa and United Kingdom will travel through the diverse and endemic bird rich region of Northern Peru, from May 12 thought May 20, 2014. Other stops included short visits with local authorities at the communities that own these sites and other bird habitat.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

A 2014 Smithsonian study concluded that collisions likely kill 365 million to 1 billion birds annually in the U.S., They believe the number is closer to one billion because since 2014 there has been a steady increase in buildings of glass and because they think bird carcasses are undercounted. ** [link].

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

So, the 49 subject species include birds with interesting family behaviors that we might not see every day (Cedar Waxwing, Great Blue Heron, Peregrine Falcon), migrant songbirds (Tree and Barn Swallows, House Wren), and common, everyday birds (Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, and, yes, Rock Pigeon). Egg biology, from Part I.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Even among the protected areas of Serbia, the Iron Gates National Park (in Serbian: Djerdap) stands out as better preserved. Keep in mind that the special nature reserves (dark green on the park map) enjoy the highest level of protection and are off limits to visitors (possible only with research permits issued by the park authorities).

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Serbia Turtles Birds Eagles 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 168

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

So, for example, Essay #15, “Individual Variation,” uses Herring Gulls to introduce the concept that one species, even one species at a specific age, can vary widely in appearance. The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family.

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Birds North America Breeding America 114

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Over 3,200 photographs have been used, most showing species in their habitats. There is also text, distribution maps, a dark red bar “warning” about similar looking rare species, and conservation symbols. So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet?

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2018

For birders who know the importance of being in just the right habitat in finding a particular species, this isn’t at all an unfamiliar idea. And as any gardener who’s struggled to protect apples and strawberries from hungry robins and waxwings knows, this can be a largely unfruitful endeavor. Ravenswood Winery: Besieged (2014).

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2014 Milwaukee California Industry 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

When I came here for the first time in 2014, I stayed at the Limneo B&B in the Chrisochorafa Village and met its owner, Nikos Gallios. And unlike the protection of cormorants, which was perceived as a problem, protection of pelicans was welcomed by the local communities. What should I expect?

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the 100th Anniversary of the extinction of the species known as the Passenger Pigeon and writers are paying attention. Errol Fuller’s The Passenger Pigeon is a beautifully illustrated, elegantly written “celebration” of the passenger pigeon and the artists who illustrated and photographed the species. It is a hodgepodge.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2014

Birding in Greece – Travel Guide to birdwatching sites in Greece (2014, 2nd edition – I was not aware of the first!) The book ends with a country checklist, 449 species long, and the contacts of the managing authorities of protected areas. So far, I read parts of the book, including chapters on areas I have visited (e.g.

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Greece Birds Macedonia 2014 212

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2015

From a global low of less than 300 birds in the late 80’s, the species has recovered to 2726, according to a survey in early 2014. Habitat destruction, disease and hunting are still major problems that affect the conservation efforts, but the breeding sites and wintering grounds now have international protection.

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Taiwan North Korea Vietnam 2003 219

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

FWS evidently objected to this proposal, noting the proximity to the refuge and the area’s importance as a migratory corridor for many species of birds. A handful of endangered species have been observed at the refuge (or in the vicinity) as well. There are nesting Bald Eagles in the area as well. And they want their attorneys fees.

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Ohio Endangered Species 2016 Birds 104

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

There’s a remarkably similar photo, of the nest of a west coast swallow, the Violet-green, in this July 2014 post (the third one down.)). He does, though, offer a hunch – that the resident pair are “protecting sky space.”). Heinrich is fond of, and indiscriminate in, the use of the word “cuckold” and its inflected forms to mean.

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Eggs Emotional Bats 2014 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

And, the whole question of subspecies, which in the Northeast tends to focus on the Cackling Goose, but which I’m sure is a topic of fascination with other waterfowl species in all other parts of the world. The publicity material says 84 species, but I counted and recounted, and I only see 83.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2018

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided that the Sonoran Desert population of Bald Eagle is not a listable taxon under the Endangered Species Act. Under ESA, the term “species” actually has three categories: (1) species, (2) subspecies, and (3) distinct population segments (DPS). Jewell , 2014 U.S.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species 2017 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The new species was subsequently named Sinosauropteryz prima , ‘first Chinese lizard wing’ Its discovery disrupted the paleontologic community, and it hasn’t been the same since. Things got more complicated when evidence was found that even the larger dinosaur species, such as tyrannosaurs, probably had feathers.

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Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 178

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), YOC was the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ Young Ornithologists’ Club. Bloomsbury USA, August 2014.

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2015

That last site is where Corey, Mike, and I counted birds in 2014 , and this year, I did the same. The Arenal forests are very good for this species. 140 other species : Despite the lack of a dawn chorus and rained out nocturnal birding, we still managed to identify 140 plus species. A Nightingale Wren singing in the rain.

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Costa Rica Farming Louisiana 2014 101

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Germain has lived in East Asia since 2014. Birds of different species gather in bird waves to improve foraging efficiency (the insect escaping one bird will most likely be caught by another bird of the wave) and increase protection against predators. Where are my binos?”

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Birds China Emotional Vietnam 189

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 114

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. Even with today’s environmental laws, we are losing species at an alarming rate, and with Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary it’s no wonder. A newly created U.S.

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