Pressing On
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2022
One of the reasons that I usually start each year’s species list with a visit to the wetlands of Lake Cuitzeo is that the site offers so many species that I can find nowhere else.
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AVMA News
APRIL 25, 2023
Nearly 120 veterinarians and veterinary students attended the 2023 AVMA annual legislative fly-in, held April 17-19 in Washington, D.C.
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AVMA News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
More than 140 veterinary professionals and veterinary students were on Capitol Hill as part of the AVMA’s annual legislative fly-in this February, pressing lawmakers to pass legislation concerning healthy dog importation and rural veterinary shortages.
AVMA News
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In response to demand for this option, the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) has developed a new fellowship program designed to advance veterinary expertise in fields of study that are narrower in scope than ACVIM specialties, as announced in a September 7 press release.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 6, 2012
I was first introduced to Pinhole Press during ALT this past January. Be sure to visit the Pinhole Press website to see the full line of products. There is just something really special about gifts that include something personal, and as pet lovers we love items that feature our furry friends!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Serge told me: The same publisher, Princeton University Press, is working on the new Costa Rica guide. While it may be the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central America, it is still big and uncomfortably hefty to carry around, and while illustrations are beautiful, the colours are somewhat washed out.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2024
In the picture below, it looks quite drowsy as it briefly blinked the split-second I pressed the shutter. I spent some time sitting on the lawn and watching an Eurasian Green Woodpecker forage around me.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
of Chicago Press, 2014). The book is listed in the University of Chicago Press as the first in an “Earth Day” series , described as a series of short books offering “twenty-four chapters, corresponding to twenty-four hour-long windows to witness the diversity of life.” I do wish he had included Fairywrens!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
copyright © 2022 by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin; copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press. There is even a new species of tortoise that was announced as the book was going to press, although it’s been identified from fossil remains and is apparently no longer with us. Press, Nov. 2022 Pages: 496; Size: 5.88
Critter News
MAY 20, 2010
In this article, they admit they underestimated the scope of the oil slick. This article talks about how BP skipped some testing of cement linings hours before the explosion occured. These cement linings were basically the well's seal. How did this decision contribute to the disaster?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2023
So, looking a Jerry Liguori’s newest publication, Hawks At A Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors (Princeton University Press, 2011), I ask myself, “Why? Both books are published by Princeton University Press, which means the binding and paper are of high, sturdy quality, and that the color photographs are well printed.
Critter News
MARCH 31, 2009
It seems like every 6 months or so, the Center for Consumer Freedom, a front group for the tobacco, alcohol and restaurant industries sends out a press release about how many animals PETA allegedly kills. You can read about these people here.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
It’s a big subject that has been embraced by biologists Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman in Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication, a largish, book recently published by Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The Bright Press is a British company. Press; May 2021.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2021
Corey had his hands full this weekend with more pressing concerns than adding Black Vulture to his county list for the year, so we’ll give him a consolation Rock Pigeon. I found the opportunity to chip away at my county list this weekend, filling an odd Blue-winged Teal -shaped hole while enjoying an array of snappy waterfowl.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2021
So many different factors contribute to the quality and quantity of a birding adventure that one would be hard-pressed to predict the very best time to watch birds in a particular area beyond a vague three or four week window.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2020
Corey has a head start on me down in NYC, so expect him to press the advantage by hitting coastal Queens. Weather conditions should be improving over the weekend, which means I’ll be up at the lake looking for my first local warblers of the year. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2022
That judgment identifies the charges and the plea and specificies the sentence, i.e. , the unsupervised probation ( i.e., an eagle management plan), financial penalties, and restitution. All of this had likely been negotiated before the case was filed. The docket, which is a list of the documents filed in the case, is here.).
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. 61: dissection showing upper mandible, lower mandible, and tongue, photo by Tim Birkhead, © Tim Birkhead; text © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. by Tim Birkhead.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Coverage & Organization Birds of Belize covers 540 or so species (I counted, the press release says “over 500”) regularly found in Belize, including the islands of the barrier reef and marine waters about 30 miles out, the range of a day trip. of Texas Press, 2004). © 2018, Princeton University Press D.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2023
The second, even more pressing area is female education. We are currently focusing on two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work again so that Afghanistan can get more value out of its rich resources, and thus create more jobs for the people.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
It’s part of a series published by Princeton University Press that includes Spiders of the World: A Natural History and Lizards of the World: A Guide to Every Family , each volume written by experts and all sharing a highly illustrative, visually professional design format. Press, 2009). Princeton University Press, Dec.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2019
Yet that is not the overall impression that I came away with while reading this solid and attractive new title from Indiana University Press. Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams – Indiana University Press, $29.00.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2022
As his publisher, Island Press explains, “Eye-opening, witty, and moving, Bird Brother is a love letter to the raptors and humans who transformed what Rodney thought his life could be. ” I encourage everyone to click here and order your copy!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The second, even more pressing area is female education. We are currently focusing on two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work again so that Afghanistan can get more value out of its rich resources, and thus create more jobs for the people.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2013
You can see a slide show of the winning photographs of these endangered birds on the Princeton University Press Blog. 10000 Birds will be reviewing the book, available from Princeton University Press in the United States, in the near future. photograph used courtesy of Princeton University Press. Asides photography rarities'
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
He talks about how he approaches bird illustration in an article on the Princeton University Press web site, and it’s worth reading to get a sense of how much work has gone into these images. I thought they were too light; I continually had the urge to press a computer key to darken the tone, as one does in Photoshop. x 9 inches.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2023
Princeton University Press (April 5, 2022) Paperback: ? Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide By Peter Adriaens, Mars Muusse, Philippe J. Dubois, and Frédéric Jiguet Publisher: ? 320 pages ISBN-10: ? 0691222835 ISBN-13: ? 978-0691222837
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2023
So, I was intrigued when I saw that Comstock Publishing, an arm of Cornell University Press, was publishing Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide by Linda Tuttle-Adams. Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, October 2022. And one more thing, readers of 10,000 Birds–A Happy, Health, Birdy New Year!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2024
The second, even more pressing area is female education. We are currently focusing on two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work again so that Afghanistan can get more value out of its rich resources, and thus create more jobs for the people.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Most of their animals get put down.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
After the 2020 election, the Biden Administration stated that it would revisit the issue, and, on June 22, 2021, FWS proposed a new rule to effectively undo the Trump Administration Rule.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2020
According to the winery, the grapes are hand-picked, chilled, and pressed, with the must undergoing a slow, natural fermentation. The grapes used in the Curator come from mostly old-vine plantings dating to the 1950s and ‘60s, with the 2016 edition comprising a blend of three parts Chenin Blanc and one part each of Chardonnay and Viognier.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2020
Accidentals is published by the ten-year old Torrey House Press, which has an impressive-looking roster of books, fiction and non-, about the outdoors and the American West, including The Plume Hunter, previously reviewed here. Torrey House Press, 342 pp., What an ugly sentence that is. Accidentals. By Susan M. March 10,2020.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Her editorship list includes Antarctica: Life on the Ice ( Travelers’ Tales, 2007 ), Solo: On her Own Adventure (Seal Press, 1996/revised 2005), and Two in the Wild (Vintage, 1999); she’s also written a memoir about her own kayak adventures, My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir (Cornell Univ. Press, 2011). Press, 2020, 304p.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2013
Crossley and Sullivan are the co-authors of The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors , published this week by Princeton University Press. Well, Princeton University Press has also been offering an ultimate Sweepstakes prize (enter NOW!), You may remember Mike’s post What is a Black Hawk? and this live happy hour web event.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Page 53, Illustration by Margaret La Farge, used by permission of Princeton University Press, [link]. Page 169, Illustration by Margaret La Farge, used by permission of Princeton University Press, [link]. Princeton University Press, 2019. The book is organized logically by seasonality. Author Roger F. Written by Roger F.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Videos illustrating some of the action seen from the “SEC” can be found on a special page on the University of Chicago Press website, linking to 14 examples of penguin and other Antarctic mammal behavior. Kooyman and Jim Mastro, with a Foreword by Jessica Ulrika Meir University of Chicago Press, Nov. And that may be o.k.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2013
Janice Dunlap, author of the Birder Murder Mysteries, wanted to make sure everyone knows that North Star Press is offering her first Birder Murder, The Boreal Owl Murder , as a FREE Kindle edition for the next 5 days. This might be as close as you get to a Boreal Owl this year, so move quickly!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2016
As researcher Nancy Chen (formerly of Cornell University and now with the University of California, Davis) put it in a press release, “It’s important to consider preserving small and even inbred populations … as they may play a vital role in preserving genetic diversity in larger and seemingly stable populations.”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2021
Before I had a clue what I was doing, I encompassed the Danube backwaters into the reserve borders that I drew on transparent paper pressed against a street map of the city. Fascinated with New York’s Jamaica Bay, I started dreaming about creating a similar wetland reserve on the Danube inside Belgrade, the very area I explored.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2011
Just in time for the end of nesting season will be Avian Architecture by Peter Goodfellow, which is being published by Princeton University Press in June. You can get a sneak peak at the Princeton University Press blog.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2020
With things being what they are in 2020, there’s been no shortage of pundits on cable news and social media, there to proffer opinions on politics, the pandemic, and other pressing topics of our age on the 24-hour news cycle. And, for whatever reason, there’s even a pundit on our featured bottle of wine this week – at least in name.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2011
And lo and behold, our friends at Princeton University Press are giving a copy away. All you have to do to enter is “ like ” Princeton University Press on facebook. All fans of the Facebook site are automatically entered into this drawing and all upcoming weekly giveaways. Good luck!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2016
In a press release, lead author Jocelyn Hudon from the Royal Alberta Museum commented, “At one point considered valuable wildlife habitat and widely disseminated, the naturalized Asian bush honeysuckles are now considered invasive and undesirable in many states.
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