10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Families that are endemic to the continent include such strange birds as Shoebill , Secretarybird , Hamerkop , mousebirds and rockfowl ( picathartes ) and delightful groups including bushshrikes, sugarbirds, rockjumpers, woodhoopoes, turacos and hyliotas. What are the must do destinations and what must one see?

Papua New Guinea 211

Papua New Guinea Madagascar Africa Equatorial Guinea 211

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The male bird’s scarlet plumage and pert crest was reminiscent enough of a Roman Catholic cardinal’s colored robes to earn it, its family, and its genus the name they all share. The family Cardinalidae encompasses a plethora of New World passerines. The Northern Cardinal is literally the cardinal of cardinals.

St. Louis 176

St. Louis United States Belize Guatemala 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2011

’s landmark 2008 paper ) in the context of each other. The following points stood out to me: “Metaves,&# a collection of disparate and puzzling birds recently grouped by the position of a few molecules in one nuclear gene, is probably not an actual clade. Mayr names an assemblage of waterbirds Aequornithes.

Madagascar 163

Madagascar Birds Louisiana Groups 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

The refuge has an impressive visitor center that opened in 2008, so it is ADA compliant. My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. Thus, there is a good amount of online information for planning purposes. (I

Portland 182

Portland Oregon Laws Experience 182

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

It gets very confusing when I’m trying to look at subspecies descriptions in multiple field guides (“Slate-Colored Fox Sparrow” in Sibley West, for example, is “Western Slate-colored Group” in Stokes West). And, that falcons are about as far away from hawks as a bird family could get. This means that loons are no longer first!

North America 151

North America 2003 Birds America 151

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. The Dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon.

Solomon Islands 271

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 271

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. Those that crossed the road first are waiting for the rest of the group at the other side. The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. The others follow, some dozen animals in all.

Africa 185

Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 185

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd edition (2014) covers 923 species; The Stokes Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2010) 816; Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (2008) 544; Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2008) 528; and the Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America (2005) covers 392 species.

North America 177

North America America 2017 Birds 177

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching offers two types of information: Species Accounts–descriptions of 112 birds within 15 families as they appear over and on the water, and Where to Watch, brief descriptions of 47 sites on the North American eastern coast and interior recommended for seawatching. No rails or gallinules.

Ducks 224

Ducks Groups Species North America 224

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

First issued in a limited printing in 1972, then re-issued by Ammo Press in 2008 after Harper’s death in June 2007, it contains images that are iconic and familiar, striking and unique. Graphic artist Todd Oldham writes in the 2008 preface that this font is called “kismet”. I can’t find any kismet-titled fonts that are swirley.

Betty Crocker 170

Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Not only that, but a portion of the book profits are donate to a breed specific rescue group. We also love that they donate to the great work being done by rescue groups. In 2008, two-year-old Bill was released from a puppy mill breeder and put out to auction after spending the first two years of his life sitting in a cage.

Puppy Mills 100

Puppy Mills Boston Rescue Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Heck, our most notable feeder denizen, the southeastern specialty Brown-headed Nuthatch , is well-known for their exceptional attention to feeder equity, taking turns when a family group arrives. not in the mountains, where they’ve been known to nest sporadically in the past) in May of that year.

North Carolina 140

North Carolina Niger 2008 Canada 140

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. 3) What was the best guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago?

Trinidad 188

Trinidad Birds South America Research 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

But, within the frog group there is a tremendous range of diversity. For example, I was going to add “no tail” to the list of features above, what all frogs share, when I remembered that there are indeed a small family of Tailed frogs, four species in New Zealand and two in North America (though, the tails are quite tiny).

Reptiles 181

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. These strange birds are two species in their own family; White-necked or Yellow-headed, endemic to the Upper Guinea forests and Grey-necked or Red-headed, restricted to Lower Guinea forests. million hectares in 2007.

Ghana 187

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. The story of Duncraft is a good example. Scott’s was fined $12.5 The writers have created a good book.

America 221

America Industry Squirrels Birds 221

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Penguins was preceded by Albatross: Their World, Their Ways (2008), co-authored with Mark Jones and Julian Fritter; the Penguins book was conceived with Jones and Cornthwaite as a successor to Albatross. An interesting way of presenting images resulting from a group project; one that makes us think about the subject rather than the creator.

Penguins 191

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 191

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar. Browsing is facilitated by section titles at the top of each left-hand page and smaller group titles on the upper right-hand page. plus a chapter on “Vagrant landbirds from North America.”

Ireland 140

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

” The essays are arranged in thematic order grouped in six sections: “Spark Bird!” The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family. And, each essay tells a story. He received a B.A. in Ecology from Penn State University.

Birds 114

Birds North America Breeding America 114

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing. Decisions on how best to house farm animals should be left to the family farmers, like me, who care for their animals every day.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Gestation Farm Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. We filmed these particular birds in early 2008 and this was when my videographer, Aderman, was still getting to grips with bird filming.

Florida 182

Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 182

Animal Ethics

APRIL 8, 2008

Dogs form attachments to their families and thrive on consistency. Dog lovers who are unable to make a lifelong commitment to a pet can volunteer with animal shelters and rescue groups, and provide foster care in their home for an animal awaiting permanent adoption. A dog is a lifetime friend and companion—not a two-hour rental.

New York Times 40

New York Times Humane Society Of The United States New York The Humane Society 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

As nutritionists have repeatedly pointed out, the government can no longer even produce a “food pyramid” that makes any sense for fear of irritating some agricultural special-interest group. If we cannot separate government from economic special-interest groups, then we will continue down the same path we are on.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Lucky for us, world-traveler Tim Ryan of From the Faraway, Nearby was good enough to provide a profusely-illustrated account of his visit to Tambopata as a volunteer in 2008. By twos and fours they arrive and scatter in small groups among the canopy to their favorite perches in iron, cecropia and aguaje palm trees.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This is how, I think, the “Crossley technique” works best—coverage of specific bird families that pose identification challenges to birders at all levels of skill. And Hybrids: Waterfowl tend to hybridize to a greater degree than most other bird families, and the guide does an excellent job of covering hybrids.

Ducks 114

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 114

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 238

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

Spend more time with family and friends. Now that 2008 has arrived, I'd like once again to encourage new and old readers alike to make this the year that they stop supporting animal cruelty in all of its forms. Join me in resolving to do right by animals in 2008. Lose weight. Quit smoking. Exercise more. Eat right.

Rights 40

Rights Animal Cruelty Vegan Cruelty 40