10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Any California-raised person knows that it just doesn’t rain in California in June. I was raised in between the two cities, and visited that area earlier this month. One might think I had already had enough troubles on this outing, but, no, one more problem would present itself. Gull ID can be really hard!). I was wrong.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Optics companies, tour companies, birding festivals, publishers, and wide array of other exhibitors will be present. There will be workshops , field trips , and some amazing keynote presentations , including Julie Zickefoose and Scott Weidensaul. That’s a great deal!

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Philadelphia Pennsylvania Birds Raised 108

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2020

But when raised, they seem to have a sort of weird cape. In other words, they never raise their own young. Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. But in most light, they appear to have a shiny black color.

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Birds Blackbirds Mexico Cattle 155

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

And while many birders might tuck into a supermarket turkey on Thanksgiving Day without a second thought, more exotic gamebirds – even those raised domestically – might remind some of us a bit too much of beloved birds we see in the wild.

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2018 Fowl Turkey California 220

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

I can’t walk too quietly, because I need snakes to know I am present and allow them to move away from the trail that I am on. I raised my binoculars and there was one huge male Koala relaxing in the fork of the tall tree. There were no adult birds present at the time. Feeding time at the Rufous Fantail nest.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

One Oriental Pratincole of them was courageously raising its wings when I unknowingly drove towards its eggs – I reversed, but I am not so sure about the next person using that road … Being yelled at by the chick of an Oriental Pratincole. In contrast, the Common Terns present look much more elegant.

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Birds Uganda Breeding Rats 217

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JUNE 26, 2021

Which would travel to tourism conventions, give fun presentations and hand out cultural knick-knacks? Some might even protest at being kept separate, raising their voices as they eye the main conference birds with hungry intent. Wait, what about the Resplendent Quetzal ?

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Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Protest 236

Reddit Animals

AUGUST 15, 2023

The history of animal filmmaking: Tracing the development of the animal film industry from its beginnings to the present day. Suggestions for actions to protect animals in films: Formulate concrete proposals for actions to improve the conditions for the treatment of animals in film productions and raise awareness of this issue.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Those of us who were raised in the four-season north (here in Michoacán one could define, at the most, three seasons) tend to think of avian migration in terms of seasonal temperatures. For us, it’s all about birds moving north during the warm season to breed, and south to escape the winter cold.

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Mexico Alaska Falcons Species 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2019

Tom, really raising the discourse of the blog, decided that we need to rename boobies. Carrie came up with a genius way to both rename pretty much everything and raise money for conservation. Joshua, another guest writer, gave us a dialogue about a particularly poorly-named woodpecker. Kai tackled color issues with bird names in China.

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Birds Raised China Woodpeckers 114

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

Burrowing Owls have been present at our school camera location since at least 1984. The owls from the old burrow area near the classrooms continue to raise multiple broods and 2 other pairs have since moved in. Interestingly, unlike other Burrowing Owls , the owls at this particular school are known to raise multiple broods a year.

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Owls Florida Raised Coyotes 237

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The 1st edition from 1999 was a complete revolution in just about everything, but predominantly the quality and realism of illustrations, showing what a field guide could be and seriously raising the threshold for other publishers. That made everyone happy (with the possible exception of other publishers).

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Europe Birds Woodpeckers Ireland 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

Solid Air is divided into 12 chapters, presented as if Klem was on an auditorium podium giving a logical argument on why people need to take window strikes seriously. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 255

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2014

When the land is flooded after rain it will move inland and breed at the ephemeral lakes and raise its young there. During our cool dry months there will be hundreds along the shores of Roebuck Bay and they are also present at the Poo Ponds and the adjoining beach. Black-winged Stilt wading in slimy and sloppy puddles.

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Australia Raised Eagles Rights 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Presently I find the sit-and-wait approach much more gratifying. I was saddened when I saw a White-lined Tanager feeding a Shiny Cowbird , but felt relieved a few weeks later when I saw her raising young of her own species. For me, my personal ethos is simply to see what’s available. Yup, that’s it. Let me explain.

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Birds Falcons Raised Species 240

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

He is pushed and supported by the second character in this book, his then girlfriend, now wife, Sonia, who doesn’t bike for birds but is ever present in Dorian’s mind. This is also a love story, another surprise.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2019

Curse those ministering, rehabbing angels for their kindness and dedication and for presenting me with such a quandry. The questions that are raised with a rehab bird are things like; without human help, would the bird have lived? It was a rehabilitated bird that had been released into the park. Would it be here in a city park?

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Owls Brazil Reptiles Mammals 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One exception is Magdalena Heinroth, a German ornithologist who, with her husband Oscar, raised and studied thousands of birds in her apartment in pre-World War II Berlin. The 32-page insert of color plates presents 63 images of paintings, book plates, mosaics, photographs, and a map, culled from Wikipedia Commons and other sources.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 222

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2012

The Bluebird Effect is a memoir stretching from childhood to the present, and I don’t expect it to be the last one. Birds continue to present themselves to me, usually in need. Songbird rehabilitation, unlike the vastly more popular raptor rehab, mostly involves raising orphans. But oh, what sweet madness.

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Raised Boston Rats Experience 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

I had the beach to myself as is often the case and raised my binoculars to observe a lone Little Curlew at the back of the flock of shorebirds. Having checked the various ovals I was back down on Cable Beach having one of our regular walks. There was a huge flock of shorebirds roosting on high tide on 16th September around midday.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

On August 20th we entered the bird hide at about 10am and were noting the birds present and six crocodiles on the far bank when suddenly a large crocodile grabbed one of the Little Black Cormorants that was feeding in a small group in the middle of the billabong. Black-necked Stork observing the Magpie Goose being eaten.

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Pelicans Investigation Raised Fish 155

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2017

But this post will feature a Crested Serpent Eagle which presented itself irresistibly on a perch beside the road. The crest can appear as a black cap when seen from the front, but the edged crown feathers show best when slightly raised and viewed from the side.

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Eagles Malaysia Tail Banding Reptiles 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Not very subtle in their self-presentation, these birds. Not a bad look though – more attractive than the male breeding plumage, I think. Carrion Crows like to think of themselves as very modern birds. To enhance this image, they very much like to pose on power lines.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 178

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Next stops offered White-crowned Parrot and Barred Parakeets , Chestnut-sided and Canada Warblers , Collared Aracari , half a dozen Purple-throated Fruitcrows … I heard a strong double-nock of a huge Pale-billed Woodpecker , but the bird didn’t present itself to our eyes. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 237

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

2: There is a band of some renown, an indie rock band, called Shearwater, whose lead singer has written a book to be reviewed on this site presently. Odd and irrelevant but curious factoid no. Even more curiously, that book has, it appears, little or nothing to do with Shearwaters. Stay tuned.]

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West Virginia Rats Albatross Georgia 206

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Fortunately, the very abundant 2018 rains raised the water level to heights I had never seen, and so far, that seems to be making up for this year’s poor rains. In spite of the good number of species present, there weren’t many surprises for the day. The west half of the lake is never more than a few feet deep. All Wigeons.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2018

This year is the eighteenth year since we discovered our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in Broome and it didn’t take us long to realise that they are not at all successful at raising young due to egg and chick predation. He last raised a chick successfully in 2016 and has nested in this area since 2008.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Bottles of adult beverages can make nice presents, as well, to take to a festive yuletide party or New Years’ Eve bash. Wenfei Tong’s Bird Love: The Family Life of Birds addresses such topics as courtship, mating systems, raising chicks, sex role reversals, and others.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

Troupials raise their own chicks, generally 3 to 4 per clutch, they just steal the nest in which they raise them. It was one of my A-1 targets when I visited Aruba, and I was pleased to realize that I needn’t have worried too much about seeing it.

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Baltimore Broker North America Raised 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

One of the advantages of these narratives is that – unlike the tales of Ernest Thompson Seton or the images presented in museum dioramas – they can’t be scripted. Ozzie and Harriet with the 2013 brood. What happens happens, for our Ospreys.

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Montana Eggs Horses Morals 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2013

Of significance were the large number of White-necked Herons , which had taken to balancing on fence-lines, gates and any raised growth due to the flooded land. The raised lumps on the horizon are termite mounds! We counted over three hundred of these birds within easy view and no doubt there were many more.

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Falcons Ducks Raised Cattle 157

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As the Hooded Cranes know that I am a consultant, they sometimes ask me whether they should forage together with geese or preferably seek areas in which geese are not present. I am giving them the typical consultant answer: It depends. Seek geese in meadows and mudflats, but avoid them in paddy fields ( source ).

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Birds Geese Fish Industry 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

Of course, this factoid should be presented with a photo of a male, not a female rosefinch. That paper raises an interesting question: “When less attractive people accept less attractive dates, do they persuade themselves that the people they choose to date are more physically attractive than others perceive them to be?

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 198

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2018

We both immediately raised our binoculars to our eyes and realised it was a Crimson Chat actively feeding along the fence and nipping in and out as it fed. There were four Crimson Chats present on that date and they had in fact been added to the year list a few days earlier than the more common Yellow Chat.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2021

If presented with the opportunity, there’s other things that would eat a bird too. Focusing in on a flurry of activity from the other side of the water feature, I could make out a bird desperately flapping its wings as Clay-colored Thrushes and Scarlet-rumped Tanagers raised their voices in alarm.

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Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 258

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2016

Pheasant Coucals are also a member of the cuckoo family, but are unique because they do actually raise their own young. All other cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests and let them raise them. Pallid Cuckoo.

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