10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Cover photo: Yellow-legged (left), Caspian Gull (right) – Courtesy of cro-ringing.blogspot.com. How to count tens of thousands of birds that are all white below and grey above? I mean, it is easy to count them all, but what I want are numbers of individual species within such flocks and not just numbers of them all together. I am an experienced bird counter, but until a few years ago, I was mostly counting waterfowl, where you can easily tell the species apart, even in large mixed flocks.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Do you love charming stories? What about charming stories that involve a deer? If you said yes to either of these questions, Dillie the Deer is for you! Be sure to read to the bottom of the post too for … Continue reading → The post Dillie the Deer (and a giveaway) appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Taking up the pertinent question of how the newest form of recreational aviation technology affects avians is Liz Greene, who hails from the beautiful city of trees, Boise, Idaho. She’s a lover of all things geek and is happiest when cuddling with her dogs and catching up on the latest Marvel movies. You can follow her on Twitter @LizVGreene or dig deeper into her internal musings on InstantLo.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

As my faithful readers know, I have a long-standing fascination with helping (and, at times, inadvertently confusing) interested non-birders – those who are entering the admittedly weird and wild world of birding for the first time. Lately this fascination has increased, not only because of my book project but because I’ve been invited by one group and another to speak to various audiences, from sixth-graders to adult learners, about getting started with birding.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

As an exercise in futility, few chores can rival deleting photographs to gain a bit of space on your hard drive. With memory so cheap these days it is a pursuit that will never repay you the time that might otherwise have been spent outdoors. However, the nights are closing in. My family have already grown bored of my presence this week and are asking when I will be going back to work.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Is 10,000 Birds your favorite bird blog? We certainly hope so, not that we are insecure or anything. It’s just that Birdwatch Magazine is running its Birders’ Choice Awards 2015 and we are–for the first time in our 12-year history–on the ballot for Blog of the Year. The deadline for voting is coming quickly, so the time for action is now!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Back in August this year I let you all know of the current situation in regards to Pied Oystercatchers nesting along the 23 kilometres of beach that we monitor each year. We have continued to monitor the nest sites and the pairs of Pied Oystercatchers over the past few months and the birds are really having a tough year this year. Egg loss to predation has been extraordinarily bad this year and all of the nests mentioned in the last post were lost and all of the pairs of Pied Oystercatchers l

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The following is a sponsored post from Dog Fence DIY and contains affiliate links. Be sure to enter the $25 Amazon gift card giveaway at the end of the post! On Thanksgiving, there’s always a lot to worry about before … Continue reading → The post Thanksgiving Safety Tips for Dogs appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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