10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2017

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2017 this morning, 12 March, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, thus kicking off spring for myself over a week early. 2009 – 15 March. It’s also the earliest I’ve had over the last ten years. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things….

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!” ’ “Vegetation means wildlife,” Hamilton says, “If that’s destroyed, then their habitat is gone.” ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This refuge came up as #4 on a recent list of the top 25 National Wildlife Refuges that were featured in a great story here by 10000 Birds own Jason Crotty. While most major estuaries in Washington state have been filled, dredged, or developed, Nisqually River’s has been set aside for wildlife.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

In fact, prior to my visit to Florida in January for the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, I had never seen an Anhinga at all save one lousy look in Honduras back in 2009. In fact, he pointed out the exact same bird as the bird below.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

When the wolf is at the door, a wildlife rehabilitator will let him in. When my bird rehabbing memoir came out in 2009, HarperCollins sent me on a New England book tour. Her rented house is threatened with foreclosure, and she’s trying to figure out a way to turn it into a permanent home for Cape Ann Wildlife, Inc. And feed him.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Since 2009, International Bird Rescue has released over 1,100 California Brown Pelicans with blue bands from their wildlife hospitals! I follow my friend, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator for International Bird Rescue, Cheryl Reynolds to the release site where we document the event.

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Pelicans Bird Rescue Rescue Birds 192

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. The tour was organised by the Natural Greece ecotourism specialists from Athens, Greece, in collaboration with the Callisto wildlife charity which has done a lot of work on bears in this area.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

There is a cute, Halloween themed way to help the World Wildlife Fund via Twitter. Twick or Tweet originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 24, 2009. It’s called Twick or Tweet, and all it takes is sending a “tweet&# to your friends!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I am familiar with the shorebird banding program in Peru, as the programs is run by CORBIDI, a small non-government organization (NGO) dedicated to the study and conservation of birds, other wildlife, and their habitats. I am an associate with this NGO and follow the progress of the banding program.

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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. And I will continue my quest to see all of my Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding too. 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

AUGUST 4, 2015

I greatly enjoyed reading these articles on diverse topics such as suet, nyjer seed, the development of humming-bird feeders, rarities at feeders, wild bird feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean, and, importantly, “funding for birds and wildlife.” Fish and Wildlife Service. Margaret A.

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Critter News

JULY 12, 2009

From Wildlife Extra. Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. Leave it to the Japanese. Always classy. Four of the female whales were lactating, and 192 were pregnant at the time of death.

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Whales Whaling Killing Japan 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

The full story after the photo: SeaWorld Orlando Cares For Turtle Hatchlings – (August 24, 2009) – Aquarists at SeaWorld Orlando are providing round-the-clock care for three endangered loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings this week. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Loggerheads are listed as threatened by the U.

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Turtles Sea Turtles 2009 Transported 100

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.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Feeding birds is generally regarded as a harmless past-time, a wholesome way for people to share nature and enjoy wildlife with the family. Sometimes people find themselves the victims of ill-informed home owners associations that have a phobic view of wildlife. How do you know when you are a little too involved with feeding birds?

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Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 239

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. … This post was originally published on 15 March 2009, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives !

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Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2009

The national lion population has been falling by an average of 100 per year for the last seven years due to a combination of factors, particularly human-wildlife conflict, destruction of habitats, climate change, disease and increase in human population.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

JFK Airport was a major hub for the importation of wildlife for the pet trade, and it is likely that birds escaped from quarantine during this period. Reports in 2009 from Nassau County may put the total number of birds as high as 50. Mitred Parakeets are popular pets, commonly known as Mitred Conures. from South America.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

With help from the Environmental Protection Agency and Wildlife Preservation Society, a pair known simply as the Bilby Brothers are doing their best to help save an animal they call “graceful&# and “beautiful.&# originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 6, 2009. What a cute creature!

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Marsupials Australia 2009 Protection 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Among the forested islands and wildlife-rich floodplains of Botswana lies the highest concentration of baboons in Africa. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 5, 2009. The fun starts tonight with a show called “Swamp of the Baboons&# , which takes a look at the complex social network of baboons in Botswana.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Since 1984 it has been planted with native bush and pests were controlled, and is now used as a wildlife reserve.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The Fund was created in 2003 by the Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks and is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable foundation dedicated to supporting environmental and wildlife conservation initiatives. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 13, 2009. TAMPA, Fla. and around the world.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I was at the Blue Heron Wetlands in Titusville, Florida, during the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival hoping to connect with a Purple Gallinule that the field trip I co-led with Laura Erickson failed to find. It is also on the ABA list, which makes it countable in the ABA area. Why would I even think twice about counting it?

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Feral Florida Ducks Texas 176

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 27, 2009

National Geographic Channel’s Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey Anderson presents the unique story of one man who has dedicated himself to wildlife preservation and a daring approach to understanding grizzlies’ every move — living among them in extreme conditions, observing their behaviors and even tasting some of their favorite foods.

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Grizzly Bear Bears Compassion 2009 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Long before I moved in New Zealand, or visited or even knew much about the wildlife here, way back then I knew about the Poor Knights. 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.

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New Zealand Belize Vanuatu Fish 179

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JULY 12, 2012

Fish & Wildlife Service, where she wrote and became chief editor of all publications. Linda Lear (1998); Linda Lear: Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature (2009); Ada Govan: Wings at My Window (1940); Rachel Carson: Under the Sea-Wind (1941).

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Pennsylvania Massachusetts Sanctuary 2009 229

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The structures will be small so we don’t disturb the trees or our resident wildlife (raccoons, deer, owls, cottontail rabbits, etc.) Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on October 29, 2009. who feel comfortable enough to return to Rabbit Meadows each year to raise their young.

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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.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

But, as I have already shown in one of my two posts about visiting Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, that is exactly what the boat load of birders I was with got the chance to see way back at the beginning of March. This post was originally published on 12 May 2009. I hope to see some in the wild again someday!

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 17, 2009

All donations go to the National AAZK for distribution to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and the Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. Date: May 1, 2009. Time: 5:00pm-9:00pm. Location: Olympus Hills Bowling Alley. 4015 Wasatch Blvd.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2011

I was fortunate enough to spot the individual in this post at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where it was foraging in bushes and small trees between four and fifteen off of the ground. The shot below is of a first-fall female Cape May Warbler taken in Potter County, Pennsylvania, by Mike Bergin in September of 2009.

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Tigers United States Jamaica Pennsylvania 158

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2016

On Sunday, 5 June, word of Jay McGowan finding a Gargeney at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in western New York State hit the listservs. I’d only ever seen Garganey once before, way back in 2009 in Kazakhstan. Lots of birders got to see it that day, the next day, and all week long. What if we missed it?

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New York Bald Eagle New York City Kazakhstan 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of December 2009? Pearl Maple Mar 10th, 2011 at 3:35 pm that is a big patch of sky am lucky where i live to be surrounded by a lot of wildlife, this morning there were lots of bird calls with dawn Steffi Mar 10th, 2011 at 4:13 pm Very beautiful photo!Thank

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

No wildlife species, especially a migratory one shared in common by many nations, can withstand commercial hunting without end. Commercial hunting of wildlife was always a losing proposition on land. 9, 2009 The writer is vice president for government affairs, Marine Conservation Biology Institute. 9) has it right.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. 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).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

A 2009-10 survey of Monk Parakeet nests in the greater Chicago area found 42% of the nests were in trees and 58% were in man-made structures. Document WEC257 of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida / IFAS, [link]. ** Pruett-Jones, Stephen, et al. and Sam Logue. Urban Ecosystems , Sept.

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