10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In New Zealand I’d even dived the astonishing Milford Sound in Fiordlands National Park, but I didn’t make it to New Zealand’s most famous dive site until January of 2009. but also promised a great number of fish along the walls. The exposed location meant it can only be dived during calmer days. Click to enbiggen.

New Zealand 178

New Zealand Belize Vanuatu Fish 178

Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

The Calgary Zoo is again under scrutiny as details emerged Friday about how a capybara, a species of giant South American rodent, died after becoming caught in a hydraulic door last weekend as it was being moved from one area to another. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs.

Zoos 100

Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 15 March 2009 It was at about 1:30 AM on Saturday morning that I startled awake and found myself sitting in an empty subway car in an unfamiliar location. While it seems likely that at least some Fish Crows wintered over, we heard some calling today, another first for of the year for me.

New York 162

New York Honduras Jamaica Geese 162

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

The shape of the story will be governed by the tides and the seasonality, so individual species will be used to link the narrative flow. Other animals that have rarely been seen on film such as the Palm nut vulture, bush pigs, mongoose, monitor lizards and snakes feeding on fish and crabs found in the Mangroves.

Mongoose 100

Mongoose Pigs Fish 2009 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats. The Nisqually estuary was restored in 2009 by removing dikes and reconnecting 762 acres with the tides of Puget Sound. Over 200 species of birds can be found on the refuge, depending on the time of year.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 121

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

In late 2009 there was huge excitement in Broome when a Plover was observed at the famous Poo Ponds and was initially presumed to be a Ringed Plover , which is extremely rare, but not unheard of in Australia. We will never know which species it came with or which route, but this was a special bird.

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Australia Asia 2009 Fish 189

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. An incredible close encounter with this magical cat species. Just be prepared for well…almost anything.

Zimbabwe 189

Zimbabwe Buffalo Mozambique Birds 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Last week the media was eating up a story about a poor, little 80 year old woman who violated a 2009 No Trespass Order that prohibited her from visiting local parks in Massachusetts. Do neighbors refer to you as bird species + Lady or Guy? Another example would be the Eagle Lady in Alaska. Are you the local Goose Lady? Grackle Guy?

Bald Eagle 237

Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 237

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

In fact, in 2009, Wink et al. This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex. Genetic studies, however, indicate that it is closely related to Bubo (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990) and in fact is nested within the genus (Wink and Heidrich 1999). Banks et al.

Owls 168

Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2017

In early August this year, I saw 77 species here (69 on the lake, plus 8 more in the surrounding areas) but barely more than a thousand individuals. With EU funds, the restoration started in 2009 when embankments were built to create one large and six more small reservoirs. This year, we had about 65 dead pelicans. Eurasian Spoonbills.

Greece 179

Greece Killing Pelicans Eagles 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of November 2009? Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

Honduras 150

Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 150

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. Species are useful handles (p.

Birds 136

Birds North America 2012 America 136

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.

Endangered Species 183

Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 183

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The bluefin tuna needs an immediate respite from all fishing. No wildlife species, especially a migratory one shared in common by many nations, can withstand commercial hunting without end. All commercial hunting was banned, and those species were carefully managed for sport hunting only. It is now or never for the bluefin.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Sharks United States 40

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

March 2009 Contact: David Cantor, 215-886-7721 or RPA4all@aol.com Arriving at all 50 states’ governors’ offices in mid-March, a special request: Get our land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. . _ Press Release Governors: Stop Ecodestructive University Training!

Meat Industry 100

Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Out of just under 200 bird species I observed this year in SE Europe, there are 6 threatened species. point to just one problem source, one over-abundant and highly invasive species – Homo sapiens. point to just one problem source, one over-abundant and highly invasive species – Homo sapiens. 933,000 in 1992-1993.

Serbia 198

Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 198

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

Johnson is not a birder or a naturalist; he was fly fishing to get his mind off the stress of working on the List Project, an advocacy organization he founded to aid Iraqis who had helped the U.S. Are these flies actually used for fishing? In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum.

Collecting 102

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 102

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

2011 239

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

February 12 is Darwin Day , the birthday of the brilliant author of On The Origin of Species. We find reasons to praise Darwin on this blog all the time and explain why in this post, first published in 2009. 10,000 is the approximate number of bird species in the world but certainly not the actual number.

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Groups Branding Species 2009 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. Very interesting species. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Married to a Canon? That I understand! The proposal from U.S.

2011 176

2011 Deer India New York 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2012

The most common mating strategy in birds is social monogamy, found in roughly 92% of birds species in the world (Jenni 1974, Owens 2002). of all bird species, is polyandry. of all bird species, is polygynandry, where both males and females mate with multiple individuals. 1996, Nakamura 1998). 1996, Nakamura 1998).

2002 164

2002 North America 2000 2009 164

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Jodrey State Fish Pier. fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Florence South Jetty.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Alphabetic Taxonomic. Anse Boileau.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

They noted 598 species as a team, bringing the year total to 2118 and pushing the life list to 3555. fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Anse Boileau. 27 Jul 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

8 beats shared 126 checklists accounting for 704 species. Jodrey State Fish Pier. fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Uzdin fish farm (Private access, must have permission to enter). Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Florence South Jetty. 14 Feb 2018. Junkanoo Beach. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

In southern Africa, there are two species. Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. I too am fascinated by the name of this species. Frank Mar 22nd, 2011 at 8:02 pm Awesome images of a species that looks somewhat prehistoric.

2011 160

2011 Deer Africa Peru 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2012

This make sense in a certain way; a species of carnivores that over-concentrated in space would go extinct. A little bit of prudential restraint is good for the species as a whole, and thus it evolved. The eggs or chicks would not survive.

Eagles 173

Eagles Bald Eagle Coyotes Mississippi 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. 18 Feb 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus.

2016 101

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Orlando is so rich in roadside and overhead birds that I kept a list of species seen from the car which ran to 30+ on the first morning and included a Bald Eagle nonchalantly sitting on a street lamp by a Target store. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

2011 116

2011 Alligators Florida Deer 116