10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2012

In June 2012, I had the great fortune to visit Trinidad and Tobago in a group that included birder and artist Matthew Dodder. If you are one of these birders, and even if you are not, take a look at the newly published “ The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds “, and find out why I believe it is a must-have book for artist-birders.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

First there’s a story about the Madison Audubon Society ending up in court because of an election to vote in new officers and one person recruited over a 100 new members and signed them up the night of the annual meeting and ousted out the expected election offices which of course was followed by a law suit.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2012

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals applauds the efforts of those district attorneys and animal control officers who are enforcing the law against those few chefs who continue to flout it. Foie gras is the diseased liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through pipes shoved down their throats.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

©2012 Donna L. Maybe it’s because he’s still focusing on the research that still needs to be done–a long list that he would like to see encompassing areas of economics, law, architecture, psychology, sociology, and recreation as well as biology, zoology, and ecology. It’s not a bad idea.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Additional issues include a shortage of law enforcement officials, as well as invasive species problems on 2.5 With already over $3 billion worth of incomplete projects, deeper funding cuts to National Wildlife Refuges could have catastrophic results. There is an operations and maintenance backlog of $3.3 million acres of Refuge lands.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Jackson, 2012. Charles Pease shot the bird in northeastern Ohio, and gave it to his father-in-law, Jared Kirtland, one of those 19th century men who was a master multitasker–physician, horticulturist, legislator, zoologist. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. photo by Lynn C. By William Rapai. Hardcover, $24.95

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

Since then, we have seen a marvellous recovery, with an estimate of 123 in 2012, 145 in 2013, 165 in 2014, 197 in 2015 and now in 2016, around 232 Great Bustards roam the wilds of Germany, nearly doubling their number within just a handful of years! This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And, there is A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia: Second Edition by Morten Strange (2012). The Conservation section is frustratingly brief, stating the expected—massive loss of forest due to logging and a plantation economy, weak enforcement of laws regulating hunting and trade, understaffing of reserves and parks.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Back in December I was in Orange County, California, enjoying the holidays with my in-laws. In 2012 I got my 500th bird in the ABA area when I twitched a Painted Redstart at Lacy Park in San Marino, California. Fortunately, a Painted Redstart was frequenting Irvine Lake, a mere fifteen minutes from my in-laws house, in December. (In

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2023

One of the unwritten laws of bird tours is that the leader shouldn’t take photographs as his (or her) job is to show the clients birds. Arguably the high point of my digiscoping career was in 2012, when I won the digiscoping class in the British Birds Bird Photographer of the Year awards.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Tom’s own list continues apace Those of us who have tried to do a big year know how tough it gets on the homeward stretch and will be rooting for him. The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Western Australia.

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