10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

It was on the side of the road in a field at Blue Chip Farm, a large horse farm near the town of Wallkill. In 2004, in a long anticipated decision, the American Ornithologists’ Union decided that the tiniest types of the Canada Goose were actually a completely separate species – the Cackling Goose , Branta hutchinsii.

Geese 162

Geese Horse Farm Canada Farming 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures. The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched.

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs. And he details why.

Dogs 100

Dogs Pit Bulls Greyhounds Kennels 100