10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2022

The altruistic vampire, back at the roost after a meal of horse or cattle blood, will regurgitate the blood to feed not only her own pup, but other adults and their pups too, all of this prompted by being groomed by the donee and, in particular, by being licked on the lips. Where, physically, is the bird’s sensor located?

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Humane New York Owls Hunting 237

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JULY 6, 2023

Cattle Egrets are thoroughly modern birds – they were among the first species to ditch mailed letters for faxes, then switched to email early, and now (at least in China) mostly communicate by WeChat. They are also early adopters with regard to their foraging – nowadays mostly following tractors rather than cattle.

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Birds Eggs Breeders Breeding 130

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JUNE 9, 2022

If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. The researchers are quite aware of the differences between humans and birds and thus have completely ignored another explanation for this behavior. It is sometimes necessary to find food though.

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 233

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2015

Our trip out to Wolfe Creek Crater had not been a planned side-track, but we had done some research on the Duncan Road before we set off. Cattle truck and dust! You will know there is traffic approaching for a long time before you see it due to the dust!

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Birds Cattle Australia Transported 158

Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “farm animals are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) only when used in biomedical research, testing, teaching and exhibition. Farm animals used for food and fiber or for food and fiber research are not regulated under the AWA.”.Unlike

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Animal Welfare Act Animal Welfare Farm Animal Farmed Animals 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2023

Their goal is simple yet lofty: “We hope these redescriptions will arouse some interest in the chewing lice of shorebirds among researchers working with lapwings” As I mentioned in one of my posts this spring, for me the personal start of the migration season is when I see my first male colorful flycatcher.

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Birds China Taiwan Raised 130

Critter News

JANUARY 19, 2009

This year, the European Commission will issue a research contract, worth up to €1 million for a study into alternatives to the castration of pigs and dehorning of cattle. They castrate piglets in Europe for sanitary purposes (to avoid taint in the meat), but the methods are not terribly humane.

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Animal Welfare Pigs Europe Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. Color markings on the legs and head are to identify individuals for research purposes).

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary was an amazing and unexpected treat, but that’s because I failed to do my research. It’s only 15 minutes north of High Island, though in neighboring Chambers County (High Island is part of Galveston County, good to know if you’re going to be researching eBird checklists).

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

The Scaly-breasted Munia has a larger head size than the White-rumped Munia , and a research paper speculates that this is a reason for its wider distribution range. Apparently, in Europe Bramblings are the species appearing in the largest flocks and are thus “an interesting case study for discussing number estimates” ( source ).

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 195

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2011

This comes from BirdLife Cyprus’ research officer Mike Miltiadou, and shared by Melpo Apostolidou: Waterbirds that bred on the island this year. These are good news as the species has a non favourable conservation status at European level and this is only the second year the species nests in Cyprus.

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Cyprus Ducks Cattle Breeding 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

This property is also a site with vernal pools and uses cattle grazing for vegetation control. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179., The other two tunnels dead end inside the nesting chamber. The inspection tubes are attached to the lids and reach to the soil surface, then the entire trench is backfilled. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4HxJ0pIp0.

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Owls California 2010 Colorado 101

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Early research suggested that “Fragmented distributions and population bottlenecks due to human activities appear to have increased genetic differentiation among populations” (Leberg 1991).

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 201

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. The blue-blue bird is identified as number 1282 in the studbook, one of the oldest birds in the surviving flock, born at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center on the 2nd of June 1993 and relocated to central Florida on the 20th of April 1994.

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Florida Buffalo Louisiana 2004 224

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

One gate had Glossy Ibis, Pied Heron, White-faced Heron, Little Pied Cormorant and Cattle Egrets all roosting together. Closer to the research centre we discovered a flock of over 150 Brolga walking through one of the recently harvested crops. Crocodiles may inhabit the irrigation channels and swimming is not advised!

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Birds Collecting Seals Cattle 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. So go read that for sure, and revel in the excellent graphics.

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Camels Whales Whaling Apes 198

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning. Ranchers oppose the move.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 Now comes my question: Which of the two categories described do you think this paper belongs to? times more efficient in its foraging if there were cows around. No wonder it looks a bit pissed off.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Rabbits are now thriving again after recovering their numbers and the Kent Wildlife Trust has implemented a grazing policy at Queendown Warren, with sheep and cattle, to supplement the rabbits’ efforts. Thus it was that in 2002 a re-introduction scheme successfully brought the Adonis Blue Butterfly back to the North Downs.

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Rabbits Ireland 2002 Sheep 155

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

To an intermediate-level birder like me, the material in Better Birding –highly focused, detailed, based on the latest research and years of field experience– is daunting, but also fascinating. Sullivan are birders as well as writers, researchers, and organizational administrators, and this makes a big difference.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Research indicates that this decline can be tempered by management of cattle grazing practices, preventing growth of shrubs and trees and the invasion of non-native plants. I need to add that Sprague’s Pipit, like many of the grassland birds we saw, are declining in alarming numbers.

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North Dakota Birds Sparrows Blackbirds 138

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Formerly common, their present scarcity in the country is a reminder of what happens to biodiversity when spectacular rainforest is replaced with cattle pasture. This research station protects a large area of intact foothill rainforest connected to the bigger Arenal-Monteverde forest block.

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Costa Rica Farming Louisiana 2014 101

Animal Ethics

JUNE 10, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Greening the Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas ” (news article, June 5): Your article about reducing methane emissions from dairy cows is welcome because of the attention it draws toward the substantial contribution that both beef and dairy cattle make to global warming.

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New York Times New York Cattle Cows 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. It’s just that the exceptions are so much more attention-grabbing. And after all, some birds have to expand their range sometimes.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 134

Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

The University of Puerto Rico, an "1862" LGU founded in 1900, operates a slaughter facility killing small ruminants -- typically goats and sheep, cattle being large ruminants. There's an Archive icon for possible later listening. Ruminants are four-footed, hoofed, even-toed, cud-chewing mammals with four stomachs.

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Puerto Rico Responsible Policies Meat Industry Humane Treatment 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

Interestingly for me, the research paper calls throwing out the eggs infanticide, which makes me feel a bit queasy as this might potentially be on the wrong side of the Roe vs. Wade (or “Right vs. Wrong”, as The Onion calls it) debate. but they do.

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Birds China Eggs Breeding 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In other words, if you look up Cattle Egret, you will find a reference to its species account and its inclusion in the box on Identification of White Egrets. It does not have the scientific references or research knowledge offered by some other bird handbooks, and it doesn’t pretend to be that type of book.

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North America America Birds Family 177

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009? Of course, these are stories of over 460 species, condensed and informed by research gleaned from ornithological literature dating back to 1869. Eastern Kingbird is a common and widespread summer resident, and a common fall and fairly common spring migrant.

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New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 190

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. Scientific research and expertise are needed here.

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

June 29, 2007 The writers are cattle ranchers. There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system. Europe and Canada outlawed using hormones on dairy cows because of such human and animal health concerns. Bill Niman Nicolette Hahn Niman Bolinas, Calif., But for Henry I.

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New York Times New York 2007 Cows 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2018

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE).

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 03 Feb 2018. Virginia Rail – Rallus limicola. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018. 03 Feb 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100