10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

According to eBird , I have been an eBirder since December 23, 2009, so today is my 10th eBird anniversary. In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. During the decade, I submitted 1,219 checklists and observed 555 bird species, all in the U.S. and Canada.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. The Accounts utilize the “user-friendly” field guide sequence proposed in “The Purpose of Field Guides: Taxonomy vs. Utility” by Howell and five other notable birding authors ( Birding , 2009^).

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Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2010

They include reports on 16 incidences of fractures received by primates and one swine during handling between 2007 and 2009. Technicians’ lack of experience with primates and excessive workloads are some of the risk factors for incidences suggested by the anonymous employee.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

This special place has also garnered attention for other reasons, not the least of which includes being rebuilt after having been destroyed by a hefty 6 plus earthquake in 2009. Watch birds however you please… but seriously, you gotta experience the Cafe Colibri! Before the earthquake. I hope to see you there.

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Costa Rica Cooking Birds Chickens 208

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Ever since I met Julie in Honduras back in 2009 I have wanted to get out birding with her again. I currently have 164 species on my Florida life list, which has been built entirely upon my two previous experiences at Space Coast. Spend time in the field with the Zickefoose-Thompson clan. It hasn’t happened.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 7, 2010

4 on Forbes’ list of 2009 “Best Branded Mobile Applications” after its 2009 launch as an iPhone application, now provides pet owners an even more engaging mobile experience through location-based utility, entertaining content featuring videos and photos, and relevant pet information. petcentric,” ranked No.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 8, 2011

We think this is a great idea from a company that we have had great experiences with. 1] American Pet Products Manufacturers Association – 2009 US Pet Population. [2] 2] 2009 Association for Pet Obesity Prevention – Pet Obesity Study. Manufacturer’s suggested retail price is $44.99 for Small Breed sizes and $59.99

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Hamburgers United States Pets Pet Population 100

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2009

A bit more about FlexPet: Thanks to the wonders of CM8™, animals suffering with joint diseases such as arthritis, bursitis, osteochondrosis (OCD), hip dysplasia and other degenerative problems with the shoulders, elbows and stifle joint can experience long-term relief without drugs. Would you like a chance to win?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

We encounter a family participating in a hawk watch count at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park; birder and activist Madeleine Sandefur, who introduces us to Sabal Palms Sanctuary in Brownsville, on the south side of a border wall built in 2009; and birders who are actually birding, identifying an oriole (Altamira rather than Hooded).

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information, and reach for some universal or deeper meaning in personal experiences. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 9, 2009

Together Purina and the Kroger family of stores will donate $150,000 to animal welfare organizations in 2009 and will recognize six exceptional pet lovers’ tales via a national television special this fall. The pet tales submitted by August 31, 2009 will be considered for inclusion in this fall’s TV special.

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Pets Animal Welfare Welfare Atlanta 100

Critter News

JUNE 20, 2010

Instead, it brought a new bat species into the exact place in the year 2009 — twenty-five of those creatures also passed away. There were also reports that the zoo may have concentrated too hard on enhanced visitor experiences without being sure that exhibits were up to par — something that could have led to many of the deaths.

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Zoos Animal Abuse Bats Goats 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

In 2009 they laid two clutches of two eggs, but they were all predated. Here are some of the experiences of the Pied Oystercatcher chick on Cable Beach in the last 4 weeks. No eggs were laid in 2007, but in 2008 they laid their first two eggs and after three days they did not seem at all interested in sitting on them.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

She has grown up in the reserve and has no experience of the environment of which tourists would not be a permanent, however boring part of. In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 246

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2011

A wonderful Audubon magazine article on birds’ bills (“ Pecking Order “) notes that individual Great Tits in England experience a change in bill shape between summer and winter as their primary food sources shift.

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2003 Sparrows Family South America 213

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2011

The shot below is of a first-fall female Cape May Warbler taken in Potter County, Pennsylvania, by Mike Bergin in September of 2009. Read about them here but also get out and experience them. Enjoy these shots and be glad you are not a Spruce Budworm ! You won’t regret it! ———————————————————————————————————————————————— a.

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Tigers United States Jamaica Pennsylvania 158

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

One of their more noticeable achievements is lowering accidental bear mortality several times, from 9 in 2009 when the new motorway was constructed – through changing 130 km of inadequate fences with higher bear-proof ones and erection of 6,000 wildlife reflectors, plus two dozen warning signs for drivers – to 2 in 2015 and zero in this year.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 269

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

The bee footage is actually of Rettig in Gamboa in 2009, but I am going to assume that he had a similar, unfilmed experience in the Philippines. Newborn in Laboratory, photo by Eric Liner. I appreciate the fact that the filmmakers labeled the film insert, though you have to be quick to read it. Tampos, G., & Salvador, D.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

It’s been my experience that for every 1 person I know who thinks a certain way, at least 12 others in my circle agree. One of the biggest and more recent face palm incidents with law enforcement and the outdoors happened in Colorado in 2009 when a large marijuana farm was found growing in Pike National Forest.

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Laws Colorado America Kazakhstan 235

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Data collection for the Second Breeding Bird Atlas Project of Pennsylvania took place from 2004 through 2009, roughly twenty years after the first official atlas project, 1983 through 1989. And, if you are part of an ongoing atlas project in your state, tell us about your experiences.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2015

Bird species that live in both Costa Rica and South America but might be separate species : White Hawk : Since the 2009 paper by Amaral, Sheldon, et al. If it eventually gets its name changed, I hope that the new name still includes “Common” because it is far from rare. A Common Chlorospingus from Costa Rica. Condor 115:316-329. SHELDON, A.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Pet lovers will be seeing stars November 5 – 15 at the Celebrity Experience and Entertainment Memorabilia Auction , launched online to support Precious Paws , a non-profit animal rescue organization based in Encino, Calif. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 5, 2009. About Precious Paws. . *

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

And, given the unstable political situation (slightly improved since the unified government of 2009), paucity of fuel, high crime-rate and dire poverty, it is probably last on the list of many traveling birders. I can speak from experience that this place should only be accessed by a 4 x 4 vehicle.

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Zimbabwe Buffalo Mozambique Birds 195

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. I looked up most of Kricher’s biography on the Internet because his bio on the back book cover is very brief and I wanted to know a bit more about the education and experience he brought to this uncommon book. is remarkable.

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South America Ecuador Reptiles America 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Horowitz and other scientists are now running experiments to determine what a behavior, like a kiss, really means. Horowitz wondered if they behave this way because they truly recognize they’ve done something wrong, so she devised an experiment. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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Animal Person

JUNE 27, 2009

They grill the chickens, and trust me when I say it's all presented as a peak spiritual experience. If you dare, check out this small chart and these diagrams , and also please let me know if you know of any from 2008 or 2009. If there's a lesson in Food Inc.,

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Licking Clay’ Text and Photographs copyright T.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. (2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 196

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The world record 734 Long-eared Owls were counted here in December 2009, in the pines and spruces, lime, chestnut and nettle trees lining the central square by the orthodox church in Kikinda. Actually, the numbers are even higher. The best decorated single tree had 145 owls in its crown. Still, irresistibly adorable, nevertheless.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

Originally enlisted to co-author a book about birds of paradise and bowerbirds with Ian Burrows in 1998, life and work intervened and then Burrows died in 2009; a change in publishing house and editor and more interruptions and the book was finally finished.). Phil Gregory brings years of field experience to this project.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 263

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Journal of the American Dietetics Association 109(7), July 2009: 1266-1282.] I started experimenting with tofu scrambles till I found how to make ones that I like, and these are every bit as tasty as scrambled eggs and are far less likely to cause salmonella poisoning. I replaced cow's milk with soy milk. That's right, free!

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Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Or was I, like so many birders, doomed to eternal restlessness, always investing somewhere else with the glamor of new birds and new experiences? In honor of fall, and of the Chipping Sparrow that just smacked itself (thankfully not too hard) against my balcony window, here’s a blast from the past: Oct. Dawn is getting later and later.

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San Diego Sparrows Breeders 2009 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2012

Nassau County, New York, March 2009 After having fully explored the trail around the West Pond at Jamaica Bay , we four bird bloggers agreed to load up Patrick’s car and head over to Jones Beach to see what kind of birds we could find there and some other locations in Nassau County. ……… a.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

His books since have included regional editions of his guide, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior (2001), Sibley’s Birding Basics (2002), and the Sibley Guide to Trees (2009). His art is beloved (if you have owned a Sibley calendar at least once in your life, raise your hand) and his bird expertise is widely respected.

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