10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2016

This is a poor photo I took of this pair’s nest back in 2009. We have been assured by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) that they are watching this nest also. The new nest is still but a ghost of what the old nest looked like. They can be three to five feet across and from one to ten feet high!

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Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

Attendance dropped by 20,831 to 904,000 in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, said Wayne Reading, the zoo's chief financial officer. The zoo is projecting a $17 million budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, down $3 million from the current budget. Tags: zoos california san francisco tigers. million in corporate and individual donations.

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Critter News

JANUARY 5, 2009

It's a small mention in this Ag Week article about issues coming up in 2009 , but worth noting. The recent passing of a proposition in California to strictly manage how laying chickens are kept serves notice, he says. Another big issue gaining momentum is animal welfare. and other advocates.”

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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

Cookson were accused of participating in an “off the books” arrangement wherein Harmon and Cookson carried out unauthorized mass euthanasias at the Tulare County, California shelter – reportedly using nonstandard and painful methods – by falsifying records to cover their actions. Harmon, and Ron C.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Here is the full press release: During its first-ever National Justice for Animals Week, February 22 – 28, 2009, the national non-profit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is recognizing some of the top law enforcement professionals in the nation for getting real justice for animals who are victims of abuse.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 29, 2009

Edward Machtinger San Francisco, April 26, 2009 The writer is an associate professor of medicine and director of the Women’s H.I.V. Program, University of California, San Francisco. The meat industry is environmentally devastating, incredibly inhumane and now potentially the end to us all.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 13, 2009

6): I was disappointed that you dignified the “harvest” (a classic euphemism) with high-tech bows and arrows of tule elk in California on the front page with references to the “sport” and compliance with “an ethical code known as Fair Chase.” To the Editor: Re “ Bow Hunters’ Solitary Quest: Stalking an Elk and a Record ” (front page, Jan.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent. I know he's a conservationist, therefore I know he will advocate for "managing" the "resources" that are sentient nonhumans. And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., I was 4 or 5, and I cringed.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

22, 2009 The writer teaches philosophy at Southern Methodist University and is the author of the forthcoming “ Animalkind: What We Owe to Animals.” 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan. 22, 2009 To the Editor: Gary Steiner’s case for veganism founders on the facts. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov. Chris Taylor Lawrence, Kan.,

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Since 2003, Precious Paws has been rescuing unwanted companion cats and dogs in Southern California from both the streets and local shelters. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 5, 2009. About Precious Paws. 2 Passes to Universal Studios. * 2 Certificates for up to 4 Guests to the Magic Castle.

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Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

consider pointing out to a few of the biggest and most influential (food-wise) LGUs -- Iowa State, Cornell, University of California-Davis -- the harm they're doing globally by continuing to promote meat despite the known dangers to animals, people, and the environment. Thanks and best wishes!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2018

“The Purpose of Field Guides: Taxonomy vs. Utility,” co-authored with Brian Sullivan, Michael O’Brien, Chris Wood, Ian Lewington, and Richard Crossley ( Birding , November 2009) proposed a standard avian species order for field guides, apart from the ever-changing AOS taxonomic order.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2018

According to eBird , I have been entering checklists since December 23, 2009, and I find it an incredibly useful way to maintain my lists, plan birding travel, and keep up on my favorite hotspots. Alaska, however, is a tiny fraction of its relative size and is relegated to tiny space beneath California, next to Hawaii.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

There is also an effort to represent all geographic areas of North America, from Eastern Bluebird (below) to Greater Prairie-Chicken to California Scrub-Jay. This is seen nicely in the chickadee portrait, which shows a Black-capped Chickadee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, and Mountain Chickadee on the same branch, “inspecting everything.”

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But I did chase one back in 2009 that I dipped on. The first, back in 2009, was when I was in Honduras. I have looked for them in southern California in winter several times, I have looked for them in Washington in summer , and I have looked for them in Costa Rica this month. Otherwise, they will become true nemesis birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

I first met Robert Gallardo on my first trip to the neotropics, a wonderful experience at the first Mesoamerican Bird Festival in Honduras in 2009. Box 1166, Shasta Lake, California, 96019. Robert was briefly a Beat Writer on 10,000 Birds and he has also contributed a guest post. ………

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

About the Author Larry Larry Jordan was introduced to birding after moving to northern California where he was overwhelmed by the local wildlife, forcing him to buy his first field guide just to be able to identify all the species visiting his yard. Winter Hits New York City Desert Finch in Arkansas (!?!?!) Good luck to you this season!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama. The Index is much improved over the 2009 western book, with larger type and an expansion of how names are listed. This probably sounds nitpicky.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2013

I was lucky to see it as I had just gotten home from California that morning. Sooty Shearwater – There are a total of three records in eBird of this species in Queens, from 2006, 2009, and 2012. My shorebird list in Queens is now at thirty-eight species! (It It is pictured at the top of this post.). I will get one eventually.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum. California Towhee – Melozone crissalis. 28 Apr 2018. 28 Apr 2018.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum. California Towhee – Melozone crissalis. 28 Apr 2018. 28 Apr 2018.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum. California Towhee – Melozone crissalis. 28 Apr 2018. 28 Apr 2018.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

California Quail – Callipepla californica. California Gull – Larus californicus. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica. PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018. 12 Jan 2018.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

California Quail – Callipepla californica. California Gull – Larus californicus. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica. PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018. 12 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2020

There are newly determined species resulting from a decade of splits: Ridgway’s Rail, Sagebrush and Bell’s Sparrows, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and California Scrub-Jay, Scripps’s Murrelet, Cassia Crossbill, and Morrelet’s Seedeater. ” (November 2009; thank you again, Lisa White). any East/Central North American splits?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

California Quail – Callipepla californica. California Gull – Larus californicus. California Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica. California Gnatcatcher – Polioptila californica. California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum. California Towhee – Melozone crissalis. 26 Aug 2016.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

California Quail – Callipepla californica. California Gull – Larus californicus. California Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica. California Gnatcatcher – Polioptila californica. California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum. California Towhee – Melozone crissalis. 26 Aug 2016.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum. California Towhee – Melozone crissalis. 28 Apr 2018. 28 Apr 2018.

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