10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Sure, there were Summer and Scarlet Tanagers and a few “good” warblers, but most of the migrants were sailing on those south winds over our heads to other parts of Texas. It was formerly known as the East Bay Bayou Tract, which is how it’s described in the ABA A Birder’s Guide to the South Texas Coast.)

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2022

It’s a slim volume, a republication, mostly, of a chapter from her fine 2010 book Birdology , with some added material including an introduction, in which she describes how she has, a decade after her first experience with falconry (as described in the main part of the book), “come back for more.”

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Podilymbus podiceps is most certainly common in my experience, able to be seen consistently across varied habitats throughout nearly all of North America and much of South America. The Pied-billed Grebe , a most wondrous waterfowl, perfectly exemplify the distinction between common and mundane.

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Texas South America 2011 North America 194

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5. Indeed, eBird is the only way I track my observations and the app is the only way I enter checklists from the field. was good for 11 lifers.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Oh to be in Texas admiring the celebrity bird du jour , an incredibly unexpected Amazon Kingfisher ! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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2013 Geese Texas Birds 169

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Given my west coast experience, I have made dedicated birding trips to several of the more predictable birding hotspots. Northern Gulf Coast of Texas , with stops at Anahuac NWR, Brazoria NWR, and Aransas NWR. Rio Grande Valley of Texas , including stops at Santa Ana NWR and Laguna Atascosa NWR. Geography is destiny.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

The survey also sought to identify “the key attributes important to birding experiences” and learn more about “decisions to participate in birdwatching and level of identity as birdwatcher.”. Nationally, most birdwatching occurred in California (9%), followed by New York (6%), Texas (5%), Pennsylvania (5%), Florida (5%), and Ohio (4%).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Today’s vagrant could be tomorrow’s resident, a change that is visibly happening with, for example, the Clay-colored Thrush in southern Texas. Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy. It’s not always easy reading.

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Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2010

The animals can be used again for medical experiments if transferred to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal laboratories Texas new mexico. Richardson said NIH appeared to be "holding steadfast" to its plan and he vowed to continue opposing it.

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New Mexico Mexico San Antonio Medical Research 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 184

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico. The experiences of children observing birds, touched on in the U.S. ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 267

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

Here’s an image I took of a Plain Chachalaca in Harlingen, Texas coming in for grapefruit originally intended for orioles. Nyjer (aka Thistle) for goldfinches was introduced from Nigeria–someone had to experiment with that. Grape jelly for orioles was an experiment too. All sorts of birds can be drawn in by fruit.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience. Salvin’s Prion.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

Critter News

AUGUST 26, 2010

However, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to move the chimpanzees—many of them at least 30 years old—to the Southwest National Primate Research Facility in San Antonio, Texas, where they can be used in painful, invasive experiments.".

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2018

Alas, the beer is only available on draft in Texas for a limited time, far out of range for me in New York. Admittedly, it’s not a revelatory gastronomic experience, but the pairing does work: the robust, roasted flavors of the beer make up for the relatively bland sweetness of the Peeps. “Fat free”?

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Fort Worth ALA Texas Investigation 121

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2012

We join listservs so we can talk to compatriots, even if they live across the country, about things like the latest treatment for aspergillosis, what’s going on with West Nile, and who’s had what kind of experience with eye infections.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Austin Texas 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

One of the wonderful experiences when birding away from your home turf is the potential to come across creatures other than birds with which you may not be familiar. A quick Google search gave me the answer. They are Nine-banded Armadillos ( Dasypus novemcinctus ).

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Florida Coyotes Wildlife Mammals 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Red-billed Curassow ( Crax blumenbachii ), a large, ground-dwelling bird belonging to the same family as the more familiar Plain Chachalaca of southern Texas, was never a very widespread species. There are certain birding experiences that stay with you forever. And that was it.

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Brazil California Condor Parrots Texas 219

Critter News

JULY 21, 2010

A major environmental experiment is underway,” Ron Kendall, director of the Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University, told AFP.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I am deeply troubled and angry that the National Institute of Health wants to move almost 200 chimpanzees from this facility to a laboratory in Texas where they may be subjected to testing. This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments.

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Los Angeles New Mexico Primates New York Times 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2011

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. My own best bird was Caspian Tern , right on time along Lake Ontario. While pondering that, also share your best bird of the weekend! Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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2011 Mississippi ALA Sparrows 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ontario is larger than Texas, more than 1 million square kilometers of forests, cities, wetlands, tundra, rivers and lakes. It borders the Hudson Bay to the north and four Great Lakes to the south, accessible by car and sometimes feet from the United States over bridges with names like Rainbow, Ambassador, and Seaway Skyway.

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Reddit Animals

JUNE 12, 2023

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Zoos Dallas Experience Experiments 52

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2014

For others, it is the desire to have a different birding experience from home without needing a passport. In the ABA region, southeast Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas host many sites right along the Mexican border that fit this description.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. of Texas Press, 2004). Conclusion Birds of Belize and Birds of Costa Rica are both impressive, informative, well-organized field guides, distinguished by the expertise, experience, and talents of their authors.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 220

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2011

I can say in my experience this is the sort of thing that is more obvious in some birds than others. In my experience this is still a difficult-ish thing to judge in the field as counting primaries on a flying bird, even one as lackadaisical as a crow, is no easy task. In one corner, the American Crow, Corvus brachyrynchos.

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Fish Butcher Texas Experience 129

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2014

I’ve tackled Texas, collected in California, fooled around in Florida. What an incredible experience. I’ve been fortunate enough to see a lot of the Lower 48. I’ve even paid a few calls to Massachusetts in the dead of winter for finches and owls. But until this past month, I’d never been to Alaska.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

If you experience bugs, there are several similar apps for Android and iPhone, and most have access to the same database. Julia resides in Galveston, Texas in a cozy little house in the country with her husband, young son, and their Labrador retriever, Darby. Cost: free). Pet First Aid (iPhone).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Conversely, parts of the world that have traditionally been quite dry may experience more rainfall. While no one thinks Florida is going to dry up, anywhere from the Dakotas, south to Texas, all the way to the west Coast may be up for some brutal droughts in the coming years.

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North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 220

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

Namibia is politically stable and a safe country to visit offering spectacular scenery, untouched wildernesses, vast game reserves, superb wildlife and fascinating cultural experiences. Namibia’s 2,1 million people are spread over an incredible 318,696 sq mi (nearly 20% larger land area than Texas).

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Namibia Angola Lovebirds South Africa 255

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2011

The no-kill shelter I adopted them from didn’t know too much about them except that they were found half-starved in the Jasper area after Hurricane Rita tore through areas of the east Texas coast. They had gained some weight by the time I first met them. This helped them bond with us. Kicking Separation Anxiety.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

The economic impact of refuge visitation is broad: Recreational visitors pay for recreation through entrance fees, lodging near the refuge, and purchases from local businesses for items to pursue their recreational experience. Laguna Atascosa NWR (Texas): 485,000; $12.1 Santa Ana NWR (Texas): 195,000; $3.4 million; 293 jobs.

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Wildlife Maryland San Francisco Minnesota 252

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

Experience is the best teacher, we’re told, but sometimes past experience can be misleading. Past experience? What I didn’t realize is how my work with Puzzle in the search field would improve my communication with other humans, too. Here are some of the lessons offered by a working search dog in the dark.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. That was easily fixed by adding a post-Safari trip to Eastern South Africa, led by dashing Rockjumper guide Clayton Burne, to my itinerary.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 254

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

Soon after, Williams retired and moved out of state, and Eric was arrested by the Texas Rangers for a combination of credit card fraud (something about a fake field school for high schoolers in Orange Walk Town) and child abandonment. ” And they got up and left, and I never did get that monograph back from Eric.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2015

For the birder, this means that no matter how many Clapper Rails you have seen in the salt marshes of New Jersey, North Carolina, or Texas, that Clapper Rail that lurks in the Black Mangroves at Chomes, Costa Rica is going to be a different species. Check out recordings of Clapper Rail from North America and Costa Rica.

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