10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

When you receive a link to an article in the Daily Mail , for instance, your thoughts do not immediately leap to “my god, a ground-breaking, perhaps even mind-blowing advance in the study of avian tool use!”

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Here is a handy exercise that you can try to give you long frustrating hours on the computer and provide a good excuse to avoid contact with the rest of humanity. The clone tool captures a selected target area of pixels and repeats them where-so-ever we may wish to place them. Let him cast the first stone.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

One of the interesting things about web cams is that as they foster familiarity, they also favor the familiar human urge to impose narrative.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

While not on the scale of bird migration, it is routinely and somewhat lazily described as the biggest annual migration of humans in the world. Somehow, a spoon as a bill may not be the ideal tool for this task. The Spring Festival – or Chinese New Year – is a big period for traveling in China.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

I think that is close to tool-making. And then, there are the locals who turn up for a drink of water or a bath, in spite of their natural tendency to avoid humans. My House Sparrows , Weaver Finches that they are, have discovered how to pull tough-but-flexible strips off my banana leaves to weave into their nests.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2015

And the internet is a powerful tool to hold the powerful to account. But we mustn’t let go of our humanity or forget the humanity of the people we disagree with. I often am mad as hell about poachers, or corrupt government officials, or other threats to biodiversity. Or make us better people.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. But that’s another story. Just eat the food.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2015

As Macdonald herself amply proves, this is classic projection, another case of the human seeing in the nonhuman only what we want to see. Language as a tool for projection is, I expect, a theme that will crop up again and again in this series.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The task of wrestling this topic down into something that the human mind can manage, without losing sight of the big picture because it’s snowing in Buffalo, is likely to be the task of a lifetime for many science communicators. Few issues of our day are as huge, in scope or in implication, as climate change.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

A press release about the study likened the contrast to “the differences between humans with and without freckles.”) The moral of the story: As our knowledge of genetics grows, and this tool becomes more accessible to more researchers, things we think we know about birds may change. Breeding range map by David Toews/Cornell Lab).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Their potential role as tools used during the courtship displays of Broad-billed Rollers is also discussed.” Thanks for pointing it out though.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them. He’ll knock over people’s cleaning buckets and run off with all their tools, then when they’re distracted, he’ll fly down and grab their hat.”. Evidently, it was not easy to get the card back. “I

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, we now know that human ancestors became upright first, and were bipedal for millions of years before they started to use tools extensively, and then another million years went by before their brains started to evolve a significantly larger size.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

This male Great Bowerbird likes to collect the usual items that are green and white, but due to its closeness to human habitation it is able to collect a variety of items beyond the usual Nickernuts, bones, rocks and shells. The white tool is used for adjusting your reticulation.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 24, 2011

ASPCA , Joplin Humane Society to Host Weekend Adopt-a-thon for Joplin Tornado Pets. WHERE : Emergency Animal Shelter located next to the Joplin Humane Society (140 E. Nearly 600 cats and dogs looking for permanent homes during major pet adoption event June 25 – 26. WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, June 25 – 26; 10 a.m. –

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Osborn Chelsea Green Publishing, a company committed to “publishing as a tool for social change and ecological stewardship,” has done an excellent job designing and packaging Feather Trails. Author Sophie A. Osborn, photo by Lisa Koitzsch, © Sophie A.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Dogs can differentiate dilutions of 1 part per billion, follow faint odor trails, and are 10,000 times more sensitive than humans to certain odors.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The rise in drone popularity over the past few years has been meteoric — and in our typical human arrogance, we’ve once again ignored the fact that for the past 150 million years, the sky has belonged to the birds. You can follow her on Twitter @LizVGreene or dig deeper into her internal musings on InstantLo.

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Critter News

MARCH 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

The Cesar Millan Foundation is dedicated to promoting animal welfare by supporting the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of abused and abandoned dogs and by delivering community humane education programs, including the Mutt-i-grees Curriculum. The Pack Walk is a movement towards reconnecting ourselves with our dogs and our community.

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Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

But " Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism " is a great look back at how we humans have managed to always find a way to consider ourselves unique, despite what the reality of the nonhuman world tells us. Here are some of my favorite passages. [S]ince

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Comuzzie, a nationally prominent obesity researcher and geneticist at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, recently induced metabolic syndrome — risk factors associated with the human epidemic of diabetes and heart disease — by making the baboons' high-fat diet tastier and adding a sweet drink flavored with high-fructose corn syrup.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2010

The purpose of her trip was to study the behavior of the resident chimpanzees in order to better understand humans. It was through her research that she learned how chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity. What she learned then added to our understanding of what means to be human.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The use of wildlife for subsistence purposes by human populations should not be equated with their commercial consumptive use. Human development should not threaten the integrity of nature or the survival of other species. Ultimately, human use of nature must be guided by humility, prudence, and precaution.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Of course, when we aren’t with our human friends, they can generally entertain themselves pretty well and know that they will eventually see us again. Another possible tool has been rolled out in order to help bored, anxious and lonely pups while their owners are away.

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Animal Person

MAY 13, 2009

It is, however, a tool that has demonstrated, positive effects on the human brain. Whenever someone jokes about a person who meditates and yet is profoundly dysfunctional, the comeback is: Imagine what they'd be like if they didn't meditate. Meditation isn't instant enlightenment or equanimity.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

Harnessing the power of money is therefore a very important tool for conservation then. Not the solution to every problem, but a powerful tool for many problems. By contrast, not all extractive use is bad.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

And, Essay #195, “Our Human Values: The Ugly,” describes the standoff between catfish loving Double-crested Cormorants and catfish farmers in the Missouri Valley. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

All Wranglers went to the other side of the lodge listening… a potoo mixed with human voices. Curious to see what the combined list would show, I used the eBird polygon tool to sum them all up to 502 bird species. That’s another team playing potoo calls from a smartphone. Now, how many lodges can you tell of with such a list?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2014

The multitude of tools and ways you can enter/view your personal data is quite impressive, and it only continues to grow…although it might be on a subconscious level, embracing eBird more can be another kick in the butt to get out in the field. EBird makes this possible. Try eBird.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

But, in the next year, 2009, only one human was killed by a tiger, leading to a conclusion that all the tigers in the conflict area (practically, the wider reserve buffer zone) have been wiped out. It is a success, despite the heavy burden of poaching and a human-tiger conflict. Some results may already be visible. “The

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 29, 2012

Archaeology has demonstrated that humans were crafting collars for their animals at least 7000 years ago and the possibility that this is a conservative estimate is large. Training collars should always be used with an observant human present to prevent accidental harm. By Augie Berings, Bering’s Hardware.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Rather, he was a handy cat, one who could escape from all cages; one who could rouse his humans from a deep sleep as he played with anything and everything they dared to leave on the kitchen counter; one who could even, despite all odds, teach dog-only hearts to open up and love the newest member of their family. I’m Here too!”

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Cats, dogs, and other small pets are much more vulnerable than humans to dust and vapors that settle near the floor for any project that requires good ventilation like painting, sanding, or pulling up carpet, clean up thoroughly before bringing a pet home after a home improvement project. Never leave your pet near loose tools or fasteners.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2013

Puzzles are great tools to keep boredom away. Of course, the fact of the matter is that you provide the food in your household, or one of the other humans does. A bored puppy is an unhappy puppy, and possibly a destructive puppy. Dogs are intelligent animals. Puzzle toys help to fill that need.

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Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Juluri's focus on animals used to entertain humans is intentional and speaks to the legal battle he refers to. None of this does justice to the earth, and our unique place in it as a species which has great privileges and also appropriate responsibilities. What do you think?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2011

That said, not only I am astute observer of the avian, but of the human as well. One of the tools people use to identify themselves with certain subcultures, consciously and subconsiously, is language. So today I wish to lecture upon how to convince people to come join our cause. Here we go! 1) Be weird. 9) Watch your language!

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