10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. v=gJma0Szy8R8 References: 1 University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, June 2005. I wonder what that’s all about?

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2009

As humans tend to do, early ones looked around them and saw everything and everyone as resources for their use. Perhaps if we never used nonhumans and instead relied on our own ingenuity we would have created modes of transportation better than those we have today. Horses have done enough for us, and most of it against their will.

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Experience Experiments Horses Transported 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

So, essentially, the rail seems to be a habitat generalist on its small island, capable of exploiting a variety of food resources, and it is, generally, safe from predation.

Science 206

Science Transported Shelters South Africa 206

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The economic “impact” of a birding festival can be estimated by looking at expenditures of attendees ( e.g., hotel rooms, meals, souvenirs, transportation costs, etc.). For example, binoculars and field guides have a cost that can be measured in dollars.

Oregon 179

Oregon Washington Birds Chad 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

They’re resilient and brash, resourceful and intelligent. The group I was with gathered in Ahmedebad (one of India’s mid-sized cities with only 8 million residents) to be transported by bus out to the conference site in Kutch. The default starling of urban areas in this corner of India are these remarkable rosys.

India 156

India Stray Dog United States Stray 156

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

The eagle was so hypothermic I was reluctant to put her in a transport box. A State of WI Department of Natural Resources Warden rescued him and brought him to REGI. I put a blanket over her shoulders, as if she were an injured, elderly person, and carried her back to the truck. We put her on the clinic’s exam table.

Eagles 238

Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 238

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

It’s about packaging, marketing, distribution, transportation, and lobbying. Dun’s innovations included advertising in gardening magazines, growing mailing lists, and seasonal catalogs. These brief stories remind us that the bird feeding industry is made up of more than shelves of feeders and seed.

America 231

America Industry Squirrels Birds 231

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. For example , fallen figs do not seem to mind catching a ride with Oriental Pied Hornbills.

Rhinoceros 127

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 127

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded.

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2014

On our trip to New South Wales in June we took the opportunity to return to one of the picturesque bush walks that is not too far from the city and easily reached by public transport. The website gives you plenty of information, so you set off in the knowledge of how long it will take (they do allow for birding!),

Parrots 169

Parrots 2012 Transported Australia 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2013

Resourceful as ever the prospect of birding more locally or birding without a car seems to have inspired several and not one but three birding and listing ‘challenges’ all with a local theme have sprung up organically in the final days of 2012.

Birds 172

Birds Transported 2012 Mammals 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

(And even though transportation is so easy and inexpensive, prepare to walk a lot. The BirdForum thread for China (including Hong Kong & Macau) is a phenomenal resource, as are blogs written by HK birders like John Holmes. Do your research. As ever, the internet is your friend!

2014 216

2014 Eagles Asia Groups 216

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

Efficient use of the limited resource parrotbill nests, I guess. Hemoglobin is a key molecule in transporting oxygen from the lungs to the individual cells requiring it for their metabolism. Some Chinese researchers found one (1) nest of a Brown Parrotbill at Gaoligongshan and wrote a paper on it.

Pandas 205

Pandas Birds Eggs China 205

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2014

The most useful resource we have found for finding a trail to go birding along in the Sydney area is one called “wildwalks” and it is particularly good because it offers a wide range of walks of varying lengths and also using public transport.

Birds 145

Birds Australia Falcons Eagles 145