10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

It is listed as Near Threatened, partly due to the usual occurrence of illegal trade for the pet market. When Sunda Pygmy Woodpeckers want to enjoy a day out on the beach, they also come to Tanjung Aru. That is mainly the Philippines, as indicated by the species name lucionensis (Luzon is the Philippines’ biggest island).

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Malaysia Philippines Parrots Birds 254

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2019

We had learnt from signs over the days we had been in Singapore that they have a problem with people dumping unwanted pets and we presume this to be the case in the reservoir. We had not been expecting to see a Banded Woodpecker and there we had one right in front of us. However, I do have some photographs of the Banded Woodpecker !

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Singapore Unwanted Pets Woodpeckers Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2021

People came to see what it was all about, with their children and pets, rambling around the green oasis for the first time. Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all. Photo by Vesna Petrakovic.

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Otters Protest Protesting Protesters 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2023

The Giant Laughingthrush is a bit of a disappointment in that it is not really big enough to eat you (or even a pet cat), even though that is what one would expect from an animal with the Giant part in its name. Maybe the species has shrunk in the past few decades. What a bummer. Yes, sexism, I know.

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Birds Mammals St. Louis Monkeys 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Assuming that the (North American) Imperial Woodpecker and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker are both extinct, the Great Slaty Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker species alive. One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The resident fashion critic of eBird is not very impressed with the Orange-backed Woodpecker , stating that it is “dressed all in patchwork” It has one of the more stupid-sounding genus names – Reinwardtipicus, which is made up of the name of Dutch naturalist Prof. He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept.

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 229

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Entry with your pet is forbidden: no dogs; they scare wildlife. ” Among the first birds of interest that greeted me were my first Spotted Wren of the day (a strictly endemic Mexican relative of the Cactus Wren ), a Greater Pewee , and the first of many Vermilion Flycatchers and Golden-fronted Woodpeckers.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Costa Rica Birds 205

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2013

I hid behind my futon while my pet rabbit Dougal peered up at my from beneath it. I heard Hairy Woodpeckers , at first I thought an adult, but then also young. I played the hairy woodpecker call on my phone, a chick responded and creeped up towards the entrance. I left the Hairy Woodpeckers to their chicks and biked home.

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Minneapolis Birds Woodpeckers Baltimore 232

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2015

Can you convince yourselves that your cat does not kill birds, when statistics show pet cats only bring home 23% of their kills? It’s so much easier to delete a picture than to end the life of a mortally wounded cat-caught bird, like this Downy Woodpecker … who is alive, but not for long. There is no moral ambiguity here.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Rescue 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Acorn Woodpecker. Amenities – shady sites, picnic tables, fire pits, grills, water and toilets available, pets allowed, and good access to trails and views. Photo by © Mark Schraad. Rufous Hummingbird. Photo by © Mark Schraad. Phainopepla. Photo by © Mark Schraad. Calliope Hummingbird. Photo by © Mark Schraad. Say’s Phoebe.

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Arizona Tucson Birds North America 151

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. Hawks (or Merlins like the above bird eating a Red-bellied Woodpecker) come to feeders but they would be killing birds whether there is a feeder or not. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. I don’t deny that feeders can cause bird deaths.

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Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. Hawks (or Merlins like the above bird eating a Red-bellied Woodpecker ) come to feeders but they would be killing birds whether there is a feeder or not. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. I don’t deny that feeders can cause bird deaths.

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Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2012

europaeus , found throughout most of western Europe and parts of northern Europe as well, though the hybrids that are often sold in American pet stores might be even more familiar. Fine, my best bird was a White-backed Woodpecker , alright? … The most familiar hedgehog to Americans is probably the European Hedgehog E.

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Hedgehogs Hungary Opossums North America 170

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2011

She’s not really a birder, but having been friends with me she knows that they are there, watches some ( Red-bellied Woodpeckers are her favorite) and will even drink shade-grown coffee because she knows it’s good for migratory birds. My friend Lorraine is awesome. Her nickname is Fabulous Lorraine.

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Cats Leopards Kittens Unwanted 239

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

And Heather Merritt gets the grand finale: “People trying to feed wood chips to nestling woodpeckers because ‘that’s what they’re doing up there, isn’t it?’”. Bottom line: so many of these well-meaning people picked up their information from the internet, from pet supply companies, or from – cringe – even veterinarians.

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Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

This is what happens when people choose their pet birds on visual factors alone without taking vocalizations into account. Schloßpark Schwetzingen (“palace gardens of Schwetzingen”) in Schwetzingen – obviously – are a very good area, and also good for woodpeckers and generally common park/garden birds.

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Germany Netherlands Zoos Geese 251

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

I had a Pileated Woodpecker who used to jab at my hand whenever I needed to rewrap her bandages,” says Maureen Eiger, providing a perfect example of a single rehabber struggling to hold and wrap at the same time. And I was pecked in the eye by my pet chicken, does that count?”. “I But life is not perfect. “I

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen. It simple Beats, really it is.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

A delicious surprise and lunch made all the more memorable by the presence of tropical birds, good company, and a wild “pet” tarantula. More forest species were seen in the hotel gardens including Cinnamon and Rufous-winged Woodpeckers , tanagers, and other species.

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Farming 128

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Fernandina’s Flicker, a tongue-twisting alliterative name for one of the most endangered woodpeckers in the world! In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. Bee Hummingbird, the smallest hummingbird in the world!

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255