10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Alkborough Flats were only formed in 2006 when the River Humber burst its banks and flooded 450 hectares of farmland and it is now a haven for wildlife. Alkborough Flats is an excellent place to go birding and walking and is where the River Trent and River Ouse join to meet the River Humber. Alkborough Flats sign at top car-park.

Geese 140

Geese Australia 2006 Investigation 140

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. By Corey • March 18, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us.Or

Honduras 151

Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 151

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

There were an estimated 13,000 breeding pairs and roosting birds in 2016; additional islands have been created to support the increasing population and a raised (17-feet) walkway with observation platforms allows birders and photographers to enjoy them.

Houston 211

Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 211

Animal Person

JUNE 17, 2009

By encouraging people to bake with higher welfare eggs (as well as organic milk, butter and chocolate) vital funds will be raised to campaign against battery cages. But that was back in 2006. From the 6th -10th of July we are asking everyone to get their aprons on and bake with free-range or organic eggs.

Compassion In World Farming 100

Compassion In World Farming Compassion Battery Cages CIWF 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I buy pasture-raised meat, milk and eggs from local farmers who I know personally, because the animals are healthier than industrially raised animals, and I find that the quality is better. I hope everyone who prefers local and pasture-raised animals will speak up and protect the source of their food and health.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Pennsylvania United States 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

So, for example, the section on the flight patterns of Swainson’s Hawk is illustrated with a drawing of four Swainson’s Hawks flying head-on: wings raised in a dihedral, gliding with wings slightly arched, gliding with wings strongly arched. It is a good visual summary to the ½-paged detailed discussion.

North America 223

North America Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 223

Animal Person

APRIL 6, 2010

When I started blogging in May of 2006 I was very snarky. While other people might trade barbs or even turn to fisticuffs, I'd dig deep for the most hurtful thing I could say, in the fewest words, and deliver it without even raising my voice. Snark defined blogging back then. Not a great quality, but dreadfully effective.

Animal 100

Animal Pigs Human Animals Humane 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

Where there are conscientious carnivores, however, there is a motive to raise animals kindly. Roger Scruton, A Political Philosophy [London and New York: Continuum, 2006], 61-3 [italics in original]) Duty requires us, therefore, to eat our friends.

Meat 40

Meat Vegetarian Battery Fast Food 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

On November 7, 2006, Arizonans voted overwhelmingly, by 62 percent, in favor of Proposition 204, to ban the cruel and intensive confinement of veal calves and pregnant pigs on industrialized factory farms. September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. 503 ) was approved in the U.S.

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2011

Note: This is an account, originally published in June 2006, of my quest to remove a jinx bird from my bird-watching soul. I raised a bottle of beer in its honor, then headed for my hotel, satisfied that the day was mine. Here is my story about a quest for the Connecticut Warbler.–Bill –Bill Thompson III.

Connecticut 171

Connecticut North Dakota Ohio Owls 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

2011 242

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

For several weeks in 2006 shortly after my arrival a strange noise could often be heard emanating from the dry hillside forest behind my home – it was beginning to freak me out a little. There are any number of concerns one could raise. How ecologically similar are the two species? Isn’t this just another non-native introduction?

Puerto Rico 186

Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 186

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. 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. After a waterfall display the performer may sit on a rock, his eyes following the falling water.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

A large, extinct relative of the (barely) extant Tooth-billed Pigeon described above was described in 2006 from remains found in Tonga ( Steadman 2006 ). In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Tongan Tooth-billed Pigeon ( Didunculus placopedetes ).

Solomon Islands 276

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 276

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

Especially it is associated with dogs, which may raise kids of other species and even of scary and dangerous representatives of wildlife! In 2006, in Yalta private zoo (Ukraine) two white lions were left without mother’s care.

Badgers 100

Badgers Tigers Zoos Porcupines 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The beginning of each chapter begins with a stunning, full-page photograph of a gull on the left; each photo shows the gull with wings raised, facing right as if in expectation of wonderful things. And, then there is a Hybrid Gulls chapter, covering five well-documented hybrids.

North America 200

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4 Julie contributes three-minute natural history commentaries to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

2011 246

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

This certainly raises a question of ethics for any birder contemplating a visit; should you hurry to Ghana’s forests and witness the last of this diversity as it is being destroyed or is it better to simply stay away? The timber industry-led assault on this resource is building towards ecological catastrophe.

Ghana 192

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 192

Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

I was told by a Panamanian bank vice president, “Every multinational knows that if Honduras raises its hourly rate, the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean will have to follow. In throwing out Zelaya they are sending frightening messages to all the other presidents who are trying to raise the living standards of their people.”

Honduras 100

Honduras Los Angeles Obama 2009 100