10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Not likely, right? I brought my bins expecting nothing more interesting than a Bonaparte’s Gull , but was pleasantly astonished when a Purple Sandpiper flew right in front of me to forage the slush-scummed surface of the lake. Still, we each know what we like and focus our faculties accordingly.

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Polar Bears 2012 New York Geese 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Here’s hoping he does the right thing and chooses Green Heron as the Bird of the Year for 2012. And, if you want, use the comments to put forth your idea for the 2012 Bird of the Year (you had just better pick Green Heron ). Robert Mortensen has been named “Bird of the Year Coordinator” for the ABA.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Shouldn’t be too hard, considering how active many migrants are right now. The only way to enjoy October is to immerse yourself in it, especially during its warmer weekends. Following my own advice, I’m hoping to get in a autumn hike somewhere the birds are flying. How about you? Share your plans in the comments below.

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2012 Birds Wildlife Rights 164

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2012

But who cares, right? With superb American playoff football all weekend long, I hardly noticed the bitter arrival of authentic winter weather or the apparent absence of non-corvid avifauna in my immediate vicinity. As a Giant fan, I enjoyed my fill of meaningless entertainment this weekend. Oh, you’d rather talk about birds?

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2012 Birds Experience Experiments 164

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2011

I’m hoping to start the new year off right by scanning Lake Ontario for winter waterfowl. Too bad New Year’s Day has to directly follow New Year’s Eve… many a promising year of birding has to be postponed a day or two on account of mysterious headaches, nausea, and fatigue!

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2012 New York Birds Rights 164

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2012

Neither labor nor the rights of the American working class are all that popular these days, but the Labor Day Weekend maintains nearly unanimous support. I’m still unabashedly in favor of this three-day sendoff to the season of sun and sand, though I’d like it more if it didn’t mark the official end of summer.

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2012 New York Birds Rights 156

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2012

Maybe Kentucky has it right. Thus, I was surprised and a little saddened to learn from my Kentucky family that kids in the Bluegrass State go back to school next week. No kid should be stuck in school in early August! Then again, my position is based on my personal experience and preferences.

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Kentucky 2012 Michigan United States 159

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Right now, I’m working 24-7 to keep hackers from tearing down this blog! Also, many see their weekdays governed almost exclusively by their business calendars. But then again, many of us use all seven days in a week for both work and recreation. Does that count as work or play?

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New Zealand 2012 Emotional Birds 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Razorbills ( Alca torda ) have invaded the coastal waters of Florida on an unprecedented scale this December of 2012. To put this invasion into perspective, there were only 14 documented records of Razorbill for the entire state before December 2012.

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Florida Cuba 2012 Bahamas 215

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2012

My other expectation is that few birds of note can be found right now, but I am open to being surprised! No worries… another weekend will be just five days away. My expectation this weekend is to get out and enjoy one of the final weekends of summer.

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2012 Birds Rights 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2012

Nice, right? Eucalyptus deglupta is a psychedelic beauty, with stunning, striated bark that spans nearly every color of the rainbow. Take a moment to check out how trippy this tree is. When you’re done, come back and we’ll talk birds. What else is nice is the prospect of seeing brand new birds in beautiful habitat.

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Tanzania 2012 Branding New York 164

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2012

Butterflies have descended en masse on Western New York; I’m sure warblers are right behind them! . – Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time This weekend, I expect to further explore the emerging spring. Corey no doubt will do the same. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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2012 New York Birds Rights 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2012

Tropical Kingbird is likely to be one of the last birds I see in 2012 and first I see in 2013. At least I have a good chance at knocking out Jochen and Corey, which will bring huge gloating rights. At any rate, I’ll let you know what the 2012 magic number is when I am back stateside in 2013.

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Costa Rica 2012 2013 Family 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Sunrise at Kaikoura in New Zealand (If you visit at the right time, you might see what Duncan saw here: albatrosses !). Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend !

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New Zealand 2012 Singapore Japan 133

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2014

You are going, right? After all, you have to have goals, right? Blue-winged Teal like these at Meritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in 2012 certainly count as good birds. Black Rails failed me in 2012. That’s why you go to Space Coast, right? Here are mine… 5. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

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Wildlife Tampa Alligators 2012 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. “Nothing is more humbling,” he sighs, “than spending a few hours in a boat or on a riverbank, unsuccessfully trying to catch a fish, and then seeing an Osprey dive and catch one right in front of you” (p. Photographs, most by co-author Brian E.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2014

I also have a Grey-tailed Tattler that visits us and was marked with a plain white and an engraved blue flag “35″ in Taiwan in August 2012. I first observed it on 28th November 2012 and it left us and headed north to return to the exact same place to be observed on 19th November 2013.

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Japan 2012 2013 China 173

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Both my Howell’s A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America, published in 1995 and printed in 2012, and my constantly-updated Merlin App, show maps which suggest that I should not see this beautiful Hawk in my region. And, gee, I do hope I am right. So once again, my money is on a range extension.

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Mexico 2020 2012 Parrots 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

I’m feeling pretty good about 2012 so far. Ugh, right? Also be sure to share your First Bird of 2012 … in another day, nobody will want to hear about it! Happy New Year! How about you? My best bird of the year so far is selected from the plentiful waterfowl spotted at and around Montezuma NWR.

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2011 2012 New York Birds 168

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

And there it sat until 2012 when the Florida Ornithological Society’s Records Committee reviewed the status of several introduced species in 2012.** Yeah, if he would count Muscovy Duck in Florida it must be alright, right? Muscovy Ducks swimming right at me – I was scared. And, sure enough, he did.

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Feral Florida Ducks Texas 178

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 23, 2012

Story background: On June 8, 2012, SeaWorld’s Animal Rescue team traveled to Sykes Creek in Merritt Island, Fla. She had severe injuries to her front right flipper caused by a crab pot line. After assessment, her front right flipper was amputated and bandaged. So far in 2012, SeaWorld Orlando has rescued 12 manatees.

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Rescue 2012 Transported Fish 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2017

Here’s a map showing all the Saltmarsh Sparrow nests counted between 2012 and 2015, right in this one spot, by a biologist working with this population. What makes it particularly egregious in this case is that the scar you can see in the video goes straight through what was a breeding habitat for Saltmarsh Sparrows.

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New York City New York Sparrows 2016 209

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 16, 2013

Among the 2012 estimates from the American Pet Products Association, food was by far the largest expense for pet parents. billion on veterinary care in 2012, an increase of almost 35% from five years ago. The association points out that spending on pet insurance is also increasing right along with veterinary care expenditures.

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Pets Cats Dogs ASPCA 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 29, 2011

New legislation in California increases the misdemeanor penalty for animal neglect and makes it a crime to sell a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, or carnival. 1, 2012, until Jan. From Hometown Station AM 1220. In addition, restaurants may possess and sell shark fins purchased before Jan.

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Laws California Sharks Animal Neglect 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2014

On the first trip in 2012 we used public transport to get there and the train conveniently gets you to Macarthur Square shopping centre and you can then get a bus that drops you right at the entrance to the park. We encountered one crossing the road in 2012, but with the cooler weather this year there was less turtle activity.

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Turtles Australia 2012 Litter 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2013

Back in October of 2012, the USFWS published a document pertaining to recommendations 17 and 18 of their vision document titled “ Hunting, Fishing, & Outdoor Recreation: National Wildlife Refuge System.” Philatelists, after seventy-nine years, are already tuned in to the advantages they enjoy from collecting the stamps.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 242

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

Since 2012, I was fortunate to spend a considerable amount of time birding through southern Borneo almost each year, and this new book meant that I now have four field guides for Borneo at my service. van Balen, N. Brickle & F. Rheindt (review here ). The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above.

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Brunei 2009 2016 2014 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

Chasing the mystery elaenia which showed up in Chicago in 2012—where my girls at? appreciating birding for more than just the bragging rights of one’s latest tick). That’s the question asked by this very detailed and thoughtful post to the ABA blog.

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Chicago Birds 2012 Experience 161

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

FixNation sterilizes more than 70 cats each day and will have successfully trapped, neutered and returned 80,000 cats by the summer of 2012. We know funds are tight for many right now, but if you have anything to donate to such a wonderful organization, please do. The group has more than 7,000 volunteers locally who do this.

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Trap Neuter Return Feral Cats Neutering Spay 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

There was only one that survived to fledge in 2010, two in 2011 and two in 2012. One of the surviving Pied Oystercatcher chicks in 2012 made itself famous right here. The Pied Oystercatcher adult sat down as the chick approached and it climbed up towards it and was subsequently pushed under the right wing into the shade.

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Critter News

JULY 28, 2010

The independence-minded region of Catalonia on Wednesday became the first on the Spanish mainland to outlaw bullfighting, a move some say is as much about nationalist politics as animal rights. The ban will take effect in the region, of which Barcelona is the capital, in 2012.

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Spain Emotional Cruelty 2012 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2012

The first bird we came across was the Brown Songlark and this was my 143rd bird for 2012. You are now familiar with our barbed wire in Australia and if you want to keep track on how we are all doing with our 2012 lists you can check us out on the right hand side of the web page-just scroll down a bit!

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Falcons Birds 2012 Eagles 160

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The premiere miniseries event airs Sunday, February 12, 2012, 8 p.m. – Be sure to watch the mini-series to find out just how right he was in saying this! Fishing With Alligator Snappers. Bobcat Prey. As Mark Twain once said, the Mississippi River is a “wonderful book with a new story to tell every day.”

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Mississippi Bald Eagle Alligators Wolves 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2015

They are choosing specific locations with willow trees located right by the water. The study was prepared in 2012, but no protection has been declared to date. The most important roosting site for Pygmy Cormorants is near the bridge on Ada.

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Serbia Protection Europe 2015 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

The Château de Colombe estate was purchased in 2012 by Henry Lathwaite, scion of the famed English wine merchant family and a trained winemaker in his own right.

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2017 France Lifestyle Feral 115

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2011

Will it come back in 2012? Right now great flocks of wood-warblers are making their way north from the southern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America to breed across the United States and Canada. Wood-Warbler Week is finally over for 2011. Below is the logo. What species is shown?

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United States South America 2011 2012 155

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2014

I feel like they never get their due as beautiful in their own right. By the way, all of the shots in this post were taken in New York this spring, with the exception of the Yellow-throated Warbler , which was digiscoped in 2012 in Florida. May, and flocks of wood-warblers, had better get here soon!

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New York United States New York City Breeding 221