10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2020

The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. The post Woodland for sale appeared first on 10,000 Birds. After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity.

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Litter Stray Industry Owls 248

Reddit Animals

JUNE 4, 2024

Where I live there are a lot of stray cats and I saw a few of them gathered in a place on my walk this evening. Once I thought there were no more cats I continued my walk for a few minutes and then came back to check on the bird again. I walked there and saw the cats gathered closely around a crow.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2014

It is also a good description of the birding in southernmost Florida. However, few realize how unique and how good the birding can be here. A cool climate on one side and wide expanses of water on the others creates isolation as many temperate land bird species seem unable to colonize areas south of Lake Okeechobee.

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Florida Miami United States Stray 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

Such was the sad fate of a New York City veterinarian who refused to release a stray cat she treated back to a feral cat freak who planned to release the cat back into a feral cat colony. Hat-tip to 10,000 Birds reader Ben. She was cyber-bullied, her business was destroyed, and she took her own life. Rest in peace, Dr. Shirley Koshi.

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Feral Cats Feral New York City Cats 248

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2014

From the American Bird Conservancy : The mayor of Albuquerque and the director of the city’s animal welfare department have been named in a lawsuit alleging that the officials have committed animal cruelty by allowing certain illegal and improper animal management practices to occur related to abandonment of stray cats.

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Albuquerque Neutering Trap Neuter Return Stray Cat 200

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2015

One of the joys of going home to my parent’s house in the UK is the array of bird feeders outside their kitchen. Being the only house in quite a large area gives them a great catchment area to draw birds from, and turns up more than the occasional rarity. I don’t feed birds much here in New Zealand. Kaka love apples.

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New Zealand Birds Stray Woodpeckers 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

I don’t expect to enjoy much birding this weekend, since the Rochester International Jazz Festival is rolling into town. Corey, of course, maintains an unswerving commitment to birding and will likely comb the coast of the NYC archipelago for stray shorebirds and vagrant albatrosses. How about you?

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2012 Stray Albatross Birds 135

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

There are always stray cattle to watch out for, but we prefer to minimize the risk of hitting animals by leaving on road trips until a couple of hours after sunrise. They numbered in excess of 750 individual birds and that is a conservative estimate. The post A huge gathering of Galahs appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Cattle Stray Australia Birds 199

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

It is a common bird of humid, lowland forest in Central and South America where it is usually found in the lower storey. rufifrons occasionally strays to southern Texas or Arizona, but on the whole, they are seldom seen north of the border. The Argentinian birds come from the B.c. The Rufous-capped Warbler, B.

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South America Argentina Stray Arizona 100

Reddit Animals

JUNE 26, 2023

Found what seems to be a fledgling sparrow, and I know you aren’t meant to move them, however the place it was at happened to be where my dog is and where stray cats seem to sneak through. We do decided to continue this way, bringing the box in at night incase of cats, but hopefully a mother bird will take it.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

And Peter, who loves wildlife, has saved hundreds – if not thousands – of birds and small animals from being killed by two more feral cats. Peter, who loves cats, has saved two of them from the normally short and brutal life of a feral cat. I can hear it already: I want to be involved in saving cats, but not that involved.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife 239

10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2014

It goes after the falling fish… …almost… …but no, the older eagle misses the fish, which falls to the ground, to make some stray cat a very happy cat. Birds eagles Europe Serbia wetlands' Photos (c) Slobodan Panjkovic.

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Stray Cat Eagles Serbia Europe 194

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2014

Let’s say you’re a bird wrapping up your breeding season in the north of Scotland—where do your thoughts turn when winter beckons? The researchers theorize that these birds might not be strays from the Scandinavian Phalarope population, but instead perhaps originally from North America.

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Iceland South America Ecuador Stray 203

Reddit Animals

JUNE 22, 2023

I won't try to grab them, but I look out for them and chase the stray cats away. The birds know my voice and this one beat up looking squirrel actually comes right up to me. My yard is always so full of animals paying me a visit, that it's become a Disney princess satire.

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Skunks Stray Cat Litter Stray 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

Whither the wayward bird? But sometimes, the bird would have been better off staying home. Well, the early bird(ers) on Harris were the ones lucky enough to get the tick, because a mere two days after it was reported, the Needletail flew into a wind turbine and perished. Photo by Steve Duffield/ The Telegraph.

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Stud Canada Stray Japan 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Although it was nothing like going from New York to California or even Buffalo, New York to North Carolina, a change of location, however slight, can bring new birds especially in Costa Rica. In typical blackbird fashion, this common garden bird gave occasional, loud, ringing calls. Right at home. These were. Great Kiskadee.

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Costa Rica Barn Owls Stray Dog Blackbirds 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2015

Though Red-necked Grebes are around in small numbers each winter in New York City and Long Island they generally aren’t a terribly cooperative bird: even last winter when large numbers came south because they were frozen out up north the best looks I managed were of relatively distant birds. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena.

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New York City Stray New York Birds 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2016

Irruptions of Snowy Owls in 2011 and again in 2013 found these Arctic birds wintering well south of their usual range , in some cases straying down to Bermuda and even Hawaii. (I Many North American birders have, over the last few years, received a rare treat. I know, I’m still scratching my head about that one.).

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Owls Hawaii Stray North America 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2013

As far as right now, the first report of a Calliope Hummingbird from the local bird mailing list came in on April 22. It certainly drew plenty of feeder birds over the winter. When I was young, it was the only western hummer to routinely stray east in the winter months. The ways of birds are mysterious.

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Montana Alaska Stray New York 224

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2018

Thankfully, we have already passed the bit where I humiliate myself in front of 22 Brazilian soccer players by tripping on my laces when trying to kick back their stray football. I first noticed the bird as it flew up from the ground and into the tree. I could not easily identify it straight away and needed to get a better look.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2017

When it comes to nest construction, few if any birds rival the detail put into their nests, like members of the oriole family. Between the feeding and its associated behaviors, and the birds in the bird bath, and visits with my lovely wife, it was as good as it can get! She was in and out any times more often that the male.

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Stray Branding Mexico Collecting 122

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2017

From Terry Tempest William’s 1992 bombshell Refuge to Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 blockbuster Wild (now a major-ish motion picture!) Lanham is also an activist on the topic of getting more diversity into the birding community: you can see a video of his work here. the hits keep coming. Drew Lanham. 24.00, Milkweed Press.

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South Carolina Stray Cows 2012 141

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

This bird cannot resist a good ‘pish’ and was always the first to show when I tried to attract a passing party. Endemic to the Mexican mountains between 1800 and 3000 meters, the Red Warbler is a common and confiding bird of mixed pine and oak, or fir forests. First up we have the Red Warbler. Is nowhere safe?

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Costa Rica Mexico Taiwan Honduras 221

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2014

I have been challenged over the few weeks we have been in Palmerston i n the Northern Territory by a little bird that has been making itself hard to photograph. This little bird is a Chestnut-breasted Mannikin and it is a good example how a few colours can make for a beautiful little bird. Chestnut-breasted Mannikins.

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Australia Stray Shelters Protection 160

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2012

Migration makes them vulnerable to straying: Accidental Hoary Bats have been found as far afield as Bermuda and Iceland. P.S. Back to actual birds next week! Spring migration is more sedate, and opposite of most songbirds the females travel first, already pregnant, to stake out their summer territories. Photo courtesy of the USGS.

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Bats Iceland Stray Fur 183

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Note however that the yellow often strays further up the leg. There are more similarities easily seen by the casual observer; the Reef-Heron also sports two head plumes and their feet contrast dramatically with their darker legs.

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UAE Stray Sanctuary Africa 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

Proposal 2013-A-6 would split the shearwater taxon baroli , which breeds on several Atlantic island groups (the Azores, Canaries, Selvages, and Madeira) and strays to North American waters, from its current position as part of the Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis ) complex. Shearwater split. lherminieri ). Let the hyphen wars begin!)

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2015

Further on a wire sits a somewhat large-headed small-crow like bird. I am coming closer – the bird is quite tolerant – and taking a few photos. Their scientific name is not turtur for nothing. Checking through the dusty windscreen, I catch a glimpse of bluish plumage – the uncommon European Roller on migration. Deliblato Sands.

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Factory Stray Dog Turtles Serbia 241

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2013

This is a shame, because were the text less verbose, I could see the book appealing to a younger audience with more patience for the basic, the obvious, and the odd passage of imaginary dialogue between birds. This is a pretty good model of the modern environmental ethic of self-restraint and respectful watching.

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Stray Cat Stray Zoos Owls 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

Since I have started to bird by kayak, it took me a lot of time to realise that paddling is not the synonym for birding and that I can bird without a paddle, although I cannot paddle without a pair of binoculars. Which birds can be seen there? But, more than just quantity, this spot offers some quality birding, too.

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Serbia Stray Dog Protection Botswana 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2012

Fortunately, I am talking about Tree Swallows battling for nest boxes at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: if this post were about people I probably would have taken a stray bullet trying to report the story, at least, I would have if people fought over housing like Tree Swallows do! This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #34.

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New York City New York Jamaica 2010 182

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Birders know that the pairing of farms and birds represents more than mere bucolic romance – it’s a match borne out of a real avian dependence on these man-made landscapes. And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock.

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Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 122

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Monk Parakeets , of course, have managed a beakhold in several cities across the continent , and Florida mantains a menagerie of Psitticids though it’s sort of unclear how many of them are self-sustaining and how many are sustained only by a constant seeding of escaped cage birds and smuggler’s losses. Because they are loud.

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Parrots Mexico United States Stray 231

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I sought further advice via Twitter from a couple of locals that helped consolidate my thoughts, this trip I would aim to cover some of the sites that looked best for waders in the hope of picking up something that may have strayed across the Atlantic.

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Ireland Geese Stray Europe 156

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As the story goes, way back in the late 19th Century and organization called the American Acclimitazation Society was working hard to introduce every one of the 600 species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America. They’re resilient and brash, resourceful and intelligent. Plus, they’re sort of ugly.

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India Stray Dog United States Stray 160

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

By Clive Finlayson Growing up in Gibraltar, it is impossible not to notice large birds of prey, in the thousands, overhead. That, and his father’s influence, got Clive hooked on birds from a very young age. Pu blishing papers, articles, and books on birds aside, Clive is also a keen bird photographer.

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Africa Morocco Senegal Europe 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

E.g. I remember trying to enter my local scrubland once, just across the car park behind the last apartment building and there, awaiting me, was a territorial pack of stray dogs barking at an intruder – me. Finally, the list of birds mentioned in the examples include: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus. How did I know that?

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