10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C.

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DC Washington Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. Here’s hoping the Liben Lark defies the odds and long graces the grassy plains of Ethiopia!

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. This many birds at the same site (out of 250 of the reserve checklist) have lightened our spirits, but still – no owlet! Rhesus Macaque © Marina Vukovic-Bhardwaj. It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. And it becomes a motionless observer once more.

India 256

India Owls Tigers Endangered Species 256

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

Underneath an arched branch, one familiar bird, a Common Blackbird female… but after a recent split in 2005 by Rasmussen and Anderton, it was elevated to a full species – Indian Blackbird ( Turdus simillimus ). It belongs to the same species as those in Europe, but a smaller subspecies ( Sus scrofa davidi ).

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Lions India Mammals Boars 225

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark.

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. Between 1974 and 2005, more than 7000 young Peregrines were hacked in the United States and Canada. He came for the hawks. And grow they did.

Falcons 178

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 178

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 22, 2007

In 2005, a survey commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare showed that the Chinese are similar to Americans in their concern for animals. In the long term, there is a glimmer of hope for China’s pigs.

New York Times 40

New York Times International Fund For Animal Welfare Wayne Pacelle Humane Society Of The United States 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2010

According to the most recent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s FoodNet Data, there have been no significant increases in food-borne illness since 2005, and there were significant declines before then. Furthermore, recent analysis by the Food Safety and Inspection Service for E. percent from 0.47

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Industry Oakland 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

The numbers are high and rising: From 1996 to 2005, MRSA-related hospitalizations increased nearly tenfold. Factory farms are concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) where animals are raised intensively and permanently confined in warehouses and sheds. All evidence points to factory farms.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

But, before Jerry Liguori’s wonderful photographic guides of Hawks at a Distance (2011) and Hawks from Every Angle (2005) and before Clark and Wheeler’s classic Field Guide to Hawks of North America (2nd ed., There are probably more identification guides about raptors than there are for any other bird group.

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North America Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 222

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. But one consequence that Mr.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

In December 2005 a 50-foot, 50-ton, female humpback whale got tangled in crab lines and was in danger of drowning. Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. A Grateful Whale. As we all know, dogs are “man’s best friend.”

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 14, 2011

Although this is Busch Gardens’ first cub-and-puppy combo, it is not uncommon in the zoological community for a single cheetah to be raised with a canine companion. Male cheetahs are social and often live together in coalitions,” said Tim Smith, one of Busch Gardens’ animal curators.

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Puppies White Rhinos Rhinos Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Another question this raises has to do with migration itself. In other words, many sorts of animals might benefit from migration, but those with powered flight might be able to develop a migratory behavior more easily than those stuck to the ground on hooves. Those two questions are not mutually exclusive. Why migrate? 2 PIERSMA, T.,

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Research Humane Compassion New York 192

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

3) The Jay You Came to See Florida Scrub-Jay , photo by Nate Swick Christmas Day, 2005. I raised my binoculars, confirmed the ID, and the bird bolted. I pulled up along the walkway and pished a little but, expecting the typical Palm Warblers and Eastern Towhees , when a stunning male Painted Bunting popped into view.

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Florida North Carolina Miami Family 130