10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2020

Of course, we had to wait until I found a gin decorated with a bird, rather than, say, a portrait of Queen Victoria (as found on bottles of Bombay Sapphire) or one of those burly Beefeaters that guard the Crown Jewels. It’s not our first encounter with juniper at Birds and Booze, but this is our first gin, surprisingly.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

They are also early adopters with regard to their foraging – nowadays mostly following tractors rather than cattle. Similar to the rare human experiment, the results were generally acceptable, though of course that does not account for any potential psychological damage caused by the switch in parents.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Except, of course, for those who don’t yet know what a double-hyphenate is. Fortunately for me, my adoptive land of Mexico is rich in, precisely, double-hyphenates. Most birders love a good double-hyphenate. Common birds, you see, tend to have simple names, like House Sparrow, House Finch, or House Wren.

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Sparrows Mexico United States Groups 134

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Of course, only thirty minutes later I saw my second roadrunner, this time standing on a lawn adjacent to a busy street! Officially adopted as the state bird in 1949 , the Greater Roadrunner was once known as the “Chaparral Bird.” It was large, almost two feet long with a tan look that matched the meadow grasses.

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New Mexico Mexico Coyotes Rattlesnake 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

” It might be better to adopt a random male teenager right away. Of course, you might just refer to this bird as a bottom feeder, but that might lead to misunderstandings, as this term has another meaning, “someone who occupies or tries to advance from the lowest position in society, politics, business, etc.,

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Birds Australia Parrots Memphis 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

There probably wouldn’t be a need for all this attention if there wasn’t still so much hostility toward rosé, or – to adopt a more cynical stance – if there wasn’t so much of the stuff to sell to reluctant drinkers put off by its reputation as an overly sweet fad.

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2017 France Lifestyle Feral 115

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2020

Tamarind seems to have originated in Africa, though it’s now grown around the world in the tropics, and its soft, fleshy, sweet-and-sour fruit has been readily adopted by many cuisines. Or perhaps the brewery just let itself get blown wildly off-course by the sometimes hurricane-like forces of brewing innovation these days.

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India Squirrels North America America 167

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

is a great series of books about adopted/rescued dogs. Each book is breed specific, sharing stories of those who love the breed and have adopted dogs through rescue. Your story could be featured in an upcoming book, and could help inspire others to adopt too! Lost Souls: Found! Lost Souls: Found!

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Puppy Mills Boston Rescue Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2017

I myself picked up a tick while looking for warblers on Long Island during spring migration and had to do a course of antibiotics that played merry havoc with my digestive system, if you know what I mean. Of course, this is fiction. And I think you do. Especially those of you with an all-fish diet. It’s just for the summer.

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Bald Eagle Belize Iowa Eggs 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Now that we have returned to our adopted home of La Paz, Mexico, our bones are starting to thaw out from the trip to chilly Seattle. Of course there were lots of Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers as well. Last Saturday, I was walking around the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, on a cloudy, gray 28F morning.

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Mexico Sanctuary Seattle Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

And with no natural predators or resistant trees in their adopted territory, things have been looking pretty grim. If the course of the invasion runs as predicted, according to Flower and Whelan, then “ash is likely to go the way of elm trees that were largely eradicated from the landscape by Dutch elm disease.” Enter the woodpecker.

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Woodpeckers Illinois Science Chicago 273

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

But of course, you don’t care about all that stuff! The Black Swans were adopted to the trust’s coat of arms and breed here during the northern winter. More recently, it fell into disrepair and was restored by an American socialite the honourable Mrs Wilson Filmer who later became Olive, Lady Baillie. Where are the birds?”

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Collecting South America Blackbirds Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Talk about mega birding (and mega skills of course)! But what about Costa Rica, isn’t this post about a new Big Day record for my adopted, birdy country? Yep, those two guys identified 331 species in one small area, sans vehicle. Can you imagine even identifying more than 250 species while walking and using a canoe in one day?

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Animal Person

APRIL 16, 2009

Here's a great question I received via direct message on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/mary_martin ): "Do you think that even if Obama had adopted a shelter dog-it still may have caused a run on breeders? Perhaps if there were a heartfelt message followed by action that supported it, no matter what breed were rescued, adoptions would increase.

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Obama Greyhounds Rescue Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Of course, the Jewish calendar also has Nissan 1, the first day of the first month and the New Year for the purposes of numbering the reigns of kings (or big year listers?) Feeder birds and irruptives would show up just as the listing doldrums might otherwise set in.

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Psychology Livestock North America Adoptable 159

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Of course, on Chongming, the Chinese Pond Heron is very common. but on the one hand, this is not a sci-fi blog and I am not interested in science fiction (excluding of course Douglas Adams), and on the other hand, the answer from my side would be “no” anyway. Chinese Pond Herons also grow on trees.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2016

It was also in some ways an emotional quest for Audubon, who was freshly driven to complete his great work in the face of his first intimations, not only of his own mortality, but also of the idea that his beloved adopted continent was not inexhaustible and that its natural riches could be destroyed by constant exploitation.

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Emotional Fox Sparrows Washington 137

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2011

But the most talked about issue throughout was the ambelopoulia problem in Cyprus, with relevant presentations from the Game Fund, SBA Police, Terra Cypria and of course BirdLife Cyprus.&# Kingfisher on a limestick (Credit: Hüseyin Yorganc?) That’s welcome news.

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Cyprus illegal Game Birds 174

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

5K Run/Walk, Kid’s Fun Run and Adoption Celebration. This year, with the economic downturn and the huge numbers of animals inside the city shelters, we hope that more attendees will find it in their hearts to provide a new home for one of the rescue animals at the event, and adopt.”. 4th ANNUAL “RACE FOR THE RESCUES” FUNDRASIER.

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Rescue Los Angeles Unwanted Pets Stray Cat 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, injunctions were granted and lifted, granted and lifted, over the course of more than a decade; during one busy period in 1982, the official stance on killing the goats changed five times in two months. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces.

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Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 160

Animal Person

AUGUST 31, 2009

Include your greyhound’s name, tattoo numbers, adoption group and history of 150 words or less. Of course, I have hundreds of photos of Violet Rays and Charles Hobson Booger, III, few of which I've ever actually printed. Submission Rules: One photo entry per dog. Fourteen dogs will be selected, one to represent each month.

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Greyhounds Adoptable 2009 Rescue 100

Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2009

Each year, five million healthy, adoptable homeless pets are still being put down. Three days of action oriented training, inspiration and, of course, fun with Best Friends. Join Best Friends Animal Society for the annual No More Homeless Pets National Conference, October 23-25, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Homelessness Las Vegas Pets Animal Welfare 100

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2010

It was so fun to read about the adventures of a rescued fawn who was “adopted&# by a group of very special people. Of course reading about the “puppy express&# (based on the Pony Express), was a great testimonial to just how many kind hearted people there are in the world.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

For starters, the official national animal is the unicorn, a fairy-tale beast chosen by Scottish royalty in the Middle Ages for its reputation as the natural enemy of the lion, the adopted mascot of English kings.

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Eagles Lions Hunting Lamb 159

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

It will be interesting to see if the proposal is adopted and this guide becomes the first to employ the new official usage, or if it sparks other bird guide authors to revolt against the system. Green-striped Brush Finch, a Mexican endemic) to 14 pages (Song Sparrow, of course). Rick Wright agrees.

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North America Sparrows America United States 147

Animal Person

JANUARY 1, 2010

One of those is vet bills, which of course aren't deductible, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't know the total. But I frankly never thought of not helping individual cats and dogs (through adoption) as an option for me. I remember the first time I read an article by a prominent vegan--maybe it was David Cantor ?--who

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Each Rescues & Runways fashion show will feature models from each community walking the runway with the latest fall looks from maurices, along with a pet, of course, that is available for adoption. Our hope is to garner attention and support for the shelters.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. Of course, this is the military, so why should they be any better than humanity in general?) Quantico Military Base is really behaving cruelly when it comes to the feral cats on its base. They've prohibited feeding and want the animals trapped.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

Anyhow, so every now and again, Hannes sends me incredible photos from his adopted home in Australia (he is from Tirol originally) and we exchange ideas about how we can push digiscoping just a little further. But of course I also like taking images of other animals when the opportunity presents it self. Of all things, why digiscoping?

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Of course, that also rendered her defective and she was therefore immediately "discarded." She was adopted immediately, but returned almost as quickly because the people didn't realize how inconvenient diabetes can be. But now, of course, I want more. Violet was just under four-years old. We do what we must.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2011

Of course, we know that so much of what thrills and inspires us survives on a much longer timeline than we ourselves do. Perhaps it will rise like the proverbial phoenix, once again new and exciting as it leverages whatever format we will adopt next to aggregate outstanding content. All good things, it is said, must come to an end.

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Birds 2005 Phoenix Adoptable 175

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As for Project Treadstone, there have been three fatalities-by-automobile and one litter of three kittens, two of whom were caught and adopted fairly early. And of course, I will use the meetings as an opportunity for vegan outreach. My poor boy. Wish him luck!

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Project Treadstone Feral Cats Tnr Vet 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Newest Vet, after looking at Charles' hundred-page history, said, "My goal is to relieve his discomfort and straighten his back, hence his gait, but also to find out what started him on this course of year-long lameness." Lars was euthanized a mere six weeks later (on New Year's Eve), and Emme is still going strong! Viva la Emme!

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Greyhounds Vet Dogs Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Of course there are some that have been so miserable in captivity that I couldn’t wait for them to be gone.”. Biologists are trying to get them to adopt nest boxes, but no luck with the CA birds so far. I still think about and worry about so many of the animals I’ve worked with.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 220

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

And, of course, to read the introduction. Howell and colleagues propose a standard sequence of species for field guides based on eight groupings–swimming waterbirds that swim, flying waterbirds, walking waterbirds, upland gamebirds, raptors, miscellaneous larger landbirds, aerial landbirds, and songbirds.

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North America America Hawaii Birds 207

Animal Ethics

MARCH 12, 2009

That is, he not only conforms to the principles that he freely adopted but does so because they are principles that he freely and rationally adopted. He believed, of course, that one ought always to do one's duty and also that only acts motivated by respect for moral law have moral worth. I conclude with two brief comments.

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Humane Morals Adoptable Ethics 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

End result – precious birding time lost and 43 adopted African kids. The club has a golf course, billiards table, pub, well-manicured lawns and a swimming pool. Aberfoyle offers a glimpse into what life was like in colonial Rhodesia before Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980.

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