Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8. In a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court rejected a broad challenge by animal protection advocates to the state’s rules on the care of farmed animals) but struck down regulations that regard husbandry practices as being “humane” merely because they are routine.

Farm Animal 100

Farm Animal Farmed Animals Farming Farm Bureau 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2019

The toughest thing for me, as a local birder, was to choose the most attractive birds because those that attract my attention are generally all too common in the northwest of Europe, from where most visiting birders are coming. In no particular order, here they are: Where to watch the top-20 birds of Belgrade.

Serbia 250

Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Breeding 250

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Never mind the slight over-exposure: look at this bird!

Germany 102

Germany Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 102

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

We found some very simple and nice cabañas outside of town and spent the night by a fireplace talking about birds to some local people. This was followed by a couple of trucks and motorcycles that drove past the cabañas from the town to their small farms to milk the cows.

Ecuador 180

Ecuador Farming Abandon Abandoning 180

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2019

Well, it’s happened again – my first bird of the year was a crow. All winter long, large mixed flocks of crows stream over my home on their way from their downtown roosts out to feed in the farm fields outside of the city. Old Crow is named not for the bird, but for Dr. James C. It’s all very inevitable, really. or “uh-huh!”

Mississippi 118

Mississippi Kentucky New York Tennessee 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Will Raup is a birder from upstate New York who helped Corey learn a lot about birds when Corey was first starting out as a birder. When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling.

Cattle 171

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 171

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

There are probably more identification guides about raptors than there are for any other bird group. This is a second edition that has been rewritten, updated, and re-invented, and it will doubtlessly become the hawk identification bible of our birding era. Yes, I saw the bird and it was incredible.)

North America 240

North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 240