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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review

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isn’t “behavior” synonymous with “life” itself; isn’t the title of David Allen Sibley’s 2001 tome (also encyclopedic, also delightful), The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior, redundant? Other than purely physical things (e.g., feathers, nictating membranes, muscular cloacae, etc.), Maybe, maybe not. One or the other.

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We remember.

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A gorgeous tribute to the search and rescue dogs, people, and victims of the attacks on 9/11/2001. We remember. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 11, 2010.

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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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In Gaines’ first novel Carbon Dreams (2001) the science (there, geology) tended to overwhelm the story, but in Accidentals, she incorporates ornithology and microbiology skillfully into a well-woven whole. Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother.

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes a baby white rhinoceros!

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Kisiri, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. The birth brings the total white and black rhino population at the adventure park to eight.

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Help the Almagordo Chimpanzees

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Since 2001, chimpanzees have been housed at APF, where they cannot be used for research. Here's an action alert from Physicians for Social Responsibility.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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The chimps have been free from testing at the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base since 2001. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine. Animal welfare activists protested the transfer.

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Beneful Unleashed the 2014 Dream Dog Park!

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Introduced in 2001, Beneful is one of the most successful dog food brands in the Company’s history. Manufactured by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Beneful brand dog food offers a full line of wet and dry formulas that offer a perfect balance of taste and nutrition.

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Hamsters Celebrate 70 Years in the US

Critter News

Now, one million hamsters are kept as pets, an increase of 41 percent since 2001. Prior to the 1930s, hamsters were pretty much in the wild. Prior to the 1970s, virtually all were descended from one breeding pair. This includes the two sitting on the shelf in our house!)

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The Crocodile Safari (Botswana)

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It was January, 2001, and here in the southern hemisphere January is the hottest of summer months. Date: January 24th, 2001 (08:30-11:00h). Like a ritualized dance, it unfolds its wings, takes a peek, folds them and moves a few steps, then unfolds again…. I would not have minded having some shade myself.

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Birdwatching the Okavango Delta

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In 2001 I was offered the chance to joint-lead safaris with my good friend Brian Gibson, owner of Capture Africa Safaris , a long established and well-respected Botswana based safari company. I am a wildlife artist based in the UK, I have never had a real job!

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The Blue House Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

A New York Times story that ran in 2001 about a homeless dog wandering around a suburban part of New York City, struck a chord with me. Today we have a lovely guest post from author Deborah Blumenthal. He was, “part German Shepherd, part something else,” and he was smart enough to find food,and win the hearts of the locals.

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The Regal Western Kingbird Can Be Very Aggressive

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He or she doesn’t look very excited about being photographed… I’m not sure if it’s me or the rain… or maybe the bird is simply curious as to what I am doing? This final shot shows the white edges on the Western Kingbird’s black tail. References: 1 Sibley, D.A. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior.

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Exploring the relationship between flamingos and grebes: The wonderful birds

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But in 2001, Marcel van Tuinen and his colleagues published a DNA study of waterbirds that proposed a then-shocking sister relationship between flamingos and grebes, two groups “which otherwise show no resemblance,” the authors wrote at the time. The diving, piscivorous grebes were usually grouped with loons.

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Five Famous First Pets

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First Cat from 1993-2001): Socks was a black and white “tuxedo” American Shorthair cat belonging to Bill Clinton. Today is George Washington’s birthday! So in celebration, here is a fun list of Five Famous First Pets. Socks the cat. He often visited schools and hospitals.

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Cute of the day: Baby White Rhino!

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Mlelani, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. The birth brings the total white and black rhino population at the adventure park to 12.

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Can the Falcons Win the Super Bowl?

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The Baltimore Ravens crushed my beloved New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV (2001) to become football’s finest feathered franchise. In the previous 50 Super Bowl match-ups, only twice has a football team named for a bird emerged victorious.

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Smoking is (good) for the birds

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Oecologia September 1985, Volume 67, Issue 2, pp 169-176 Lufma, Lucile, Marcel M Lambrechts, and Michel Raymond 2001. Behavioural Processes, Volume 56, Issue 2, 1 November 2001, Pages 113–120. Aromatic plants in bird nests as a protection against blood-sucking flying insects?

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Travis the Chimp is the Victim

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The bizarre incident in April 2001 began when the trio of apes broke out of Mike and Connie Casey's compound, the Missouri Primate Foundation. She actually thought he was her son?? What is sad is that Travis' mother was also shot and killed for aggressive behavior. But see what kind of conditions SHE was in.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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Between 1991 and 2001, 143 bird strikes involving Masked Lapwings were reported to the ATSB. The Masked Lapwing has its own small brochure edited by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau as it apparently is a risk at airports – the species likes short grass and defends its territory aggressively, possibly even against large aircraft.

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No two scaups are equal

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At this point, let us travel in time, back to the last day of the year 2001, and down to the Lowveld National Botanical Garden in Nelspruit, in South Africa’s province of Mpumalanga. While scaups were present in Belgrade this whole winter, they somehow eluded me, so I got out to see them. And I saw them. I felt… I felt like a tourist.

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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. Signed on 2005-08-12.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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So, I was very excited when I heard that Rick Wright was writing a book about sparrows, the first treatment of North American sparrows since 2001, possibly the first book about sparrows of North America, depending on your definition of that geographic area.

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Birding With Alligators

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throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s, but alligators killed 12 people from 2001 to 2007. Since 1948, there have been more than 275 unprovoked attacks on humans in Florida, of which at least 17 resulted in death. There were only nine fatal attacks in the U.S. In May 2006, alligators killed three Floridians in less than a week.

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Birds of Ecuador by Juan Freile & Robin Restall

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You may find it bulky or not, whatever the case, compared with its predecessor, a two-volume Birds of Ecuador by Ridgely (2001), it is as compact as can be. The objective answer to the weight question is 2.6 Yes, you can always opt for an eBook, but to me, the only book is the real book.).

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Australian Painted Snipe

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The Painted Snipe Project was established in 2001 to address the lack of knowledge on the species. They have very cryptic camouflage and easily hide in the mud. They can drop into dips and keep one of their highly positioned eyes on their surroundings.

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Red-crowned Parrots at Irvine Regional Park, Orange County, California

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Red-crowned Parrots have been present in southern California since at least 1963 but weren’t added to the California checklist until 2001. No, this post is about the awesomeness that is Red-crowned Parrots on the loose in Irvine Regional Park.

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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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The scale of massacres is such that in 2001 the Italian customs found 120,702 dead birds from Serbia in just one lorry. Then comes summer and the birds start migrating. And on their way south, they reach the killing fields of northern Serbia ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ).

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“The Birder’s Guide to Africa” by Michael Mills

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Starting in the mid-1990s, there was a “where to watch birds in…” series of five site guides written by Nigel Wheatley and covering South America (1994), Africa (1995), Asia (1996), Europe & Russia (2000) and Central America & the Caribbean (2001). I was always curious, but never had a chance to study any of them.

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The Cutting Edge: Bird Feeder Patents

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The ‘707 patent bears the uninspired title “Bird Feeder,” and it issued in July 2001. Patent lawyers refer to patents by the last three numbers, so Patent No. 6,253,707 is called the “707 patent.”.

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Greater Rheas: Germany’s new Big Bird

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On the contrary, the birds were quite satisfied with their new-found freedom and realms, and started breeding immediately after their escape in the spring of 2001, much to everyone’s surprise. Turns out, it wasn’t. This may not be Argentina, but it’s apparently close enough.

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The Last Few Rays Before Extinction

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Tice (July 2001). There’s reason to believe, a few, maybe just a very few, reinforced the memory by their rare and haunting appearance. Online Sources: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M.

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Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

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The Cornell team is no doubt having a fantastic day of birding up there in beautiful spring Colorado while they identify Cassin’s Sparrow, Prairie Falcon, Lazuli Bunting , and other western birds in some of the same places I surveyed in 1997 and 2001.

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International Bird Rescue Believes “Every Bird Matters”

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This 12,000 square-foot facility, completed in February 2001, is one of the two primary oiled bird facilities built by the Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN) in California.

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North Cave Wetlands

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At that time it was not a nature reserve at all and the forty hectare piece of land was only acquired in 2001. We visited North Cave Wetlands on October 22nd this year while we were in the UK and it is across the River Humber from my parent’s home and close to where we worked when we lived there in 1987.

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First Outbreak of Usutu Virus in Germany

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The first detection outside Africa occurred in Vienna/Austria between 2001 and 2006. , and species breeding in cavities are less affected. The Usutu Virus has spread considerably in central Europe over the last 10 years. It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009).

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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In fact, the bird is the fifth recorded in the history of the state,* and the first spotted in the Empire State since 2001. Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. Third of all, the bird that was first seen on 30 October is, as of this blog posting, STILL THERE!

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The New “Birds of Thailand”

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Since Craig Robson’s “Birds of Thailand” (2002) is taxonomically outdated, the choice was Robson’s “Birds of South-East Asia” (the updated second, 2014 edition of the 2001 classic). Now, which field guide to pack?

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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His books since have included regional editions of his guide, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior (2001), Sibley’s Birding Basics (2002), and the Sibley Guide to Trees (2009). His art is beloved (if you have owned a Sibley calendar at least once in your life, raise your hand) and his bird expertise is widely respected.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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I worked as a guide and on macaw projects in Tambopata in 2001 and 2002 and the diversity is simply astounding. All the best, CK Pat ODonnell Mar 9th, 2011 at 10:03 am If you are a birder with the time to volunteer for this, apply for one of those scholarships!

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Manfred Kuehn on Kant's Cosmopolitanism

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Manfred Kuehn, Kant: A Biography [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001], 384-5) Note from KBJ: I no more think of myself as a citizen of the world than I think of myself as a citizen of North America or of the Northern Hemisphere. I'm a citizen of the United States (as well as some of its subdivisions, such as Texas and Fort Worth).

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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Field guides offer little information on birds’ reproductive lives unless there is an identification component, but handbooks such as The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior (2001) talk extensively about courting and breeding behavior.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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In 2001, Trevor Worthy described a set of bones from Fiji as a new species of very large, flightless pigeon: the Viti Levu Giant Pigeon ( Natunaornis gigoura ). Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G. Viti Levu Giant Pigeon ( Natunaornis gigoura ). The bird’s skeleton bears similarities to New Guinea’s much smaller (!)

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Guide to the Birds of Honduras: A Book Review

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Gallardo has been a professional bird guide in Honduras since 2001 and first came to the country as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1993 (his “Chronology of Field Work in Honduras” is a chapter in the book). Wrens I by Michael DiGiorgio.