4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 21, 2012

To celebrate National Dog Day 2012, Best Friends Pet Care will be giving away free doggy ice cream treats to every dog who visits any Best Friends facility across the U.S. It honors dogs of all breeds — from working dogs to family pets — and encourage pet owners to do something special for their dog. on Saturday, August 25.

Dogs 100

Dogs Oklahoma Maryland North Carolina 100

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The maps, which are positioned to the left of the text, are small and indicate primary seasonal status–whether and where the bird is a resident breeding species, seasonal breeding migrant, seasonal nonbreeding migrant, or transient migrant. I love the writing here.

Costa Rica 212

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 212

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MAY 28, 2017

At least one birder will now likely grab his war hammer and check flight availabilities from New York to Frankfurt as well as average prison sentences in Germany for first degree murder. Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. Yes, some birders may frown at this statement.

Germany 100

Germany Woodpeckers Luxembourg North America 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The story of the cahow, a “Lazurus species” that was thought to be extinct for over 300 years and then discovered to be breeding on a tiny remote island in Bermuda, is part of modern birding legend. But, it’s a new story to me, one that reads like a fairy tale. photo of Elizabeth Gehrman: Ingrid Skousgard, 2012.

Birds 167

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Cone crops are good to excellent (poor on white pine) in central Ontario and Laurentian Mountains in southern Quebec with heavy crops extending east through the Adirondack Mountains of New York and northern New England States. Birch, alder and mountain-ash berry crops are good to excellent across the boreal forest.

2013 161

2013 2014 Alaska Canada 161

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Unlike most field guides, the maps are large and specific, indicating permanent, winter, and summer ranges by color swatch; summer, winter, and all seasons dispersal routes by colored lines, and irregular breeding sites by shape and color. by Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton (HMH, 2012). Abieticola).”

North America 190

North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Check out this graph adapted from eBird that shows the frequency of sightings in the United States in 2012 – Red-breasted Nuthatches are showing up on birders’ checklists just over sixteen percent of the time! Remember that friend of mine that saw 17 breeding pairs of Snowy Owls in a single valley? Thank a pine cone.

United States 265

United States Owls Atlanta New York 265

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Several years ago, I read about the enormous colonies of breeding birds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and I did some research to satisfy my curiosity. ( Google Scholar is an excellent resource and free full-text PDFs can be located for many papers, particularly when research is taxpayer-funded. It is helpful to have a sample paper.

Transported 113

Transported 2011 Research 2012 113

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MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. They reach breeding maturity at four to seven years of age, produce only one chick per nesting season, and only one in three offspring survive to fledging age. Additionally, sandhill cranes reproduce very slowly.

2011 245

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

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MAY 20, 2012

Yet if you roasted this weekend like we did in western New York, you’re probably a little scared of what July and August will look like! Here in the U.S., we’re still on the more temperate side of Memorial Day, after which summer unofficially begins and one may wear white shoes with impunity.

2012 158

2012 New York Fish Birds 158