10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2020

All Together IPA is a collective project initiated by Other Half Brewing Company of Brooklyn, New York to raise proceeds for bar and restaurant workers who are living without their usual income due to the widespread shutdown of the food and drink business in response to the pandemic.

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APRIL 5, 2019

Despite their foreign origin, introduced gamebirds in North America seem to enjoy a better reputation among birders than other nonnative birds. And because of the resemblance they bear to their New World cousins in the family Phasianidae , they even look the part of an “authentic” wild bird in North America.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

Encountering this stunner, one of the largest passerines in South America, raises a number of questions. Birds Colombia cotinga fruitcrows South America' Of course I got great looks at the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (as well as the Cauca Guan) right at the lodge.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2012

Residents of the Americas may find this hard to believe, but the ubiquitous, adaptable House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) is declining in its native lands. World Sparrow Day is celebrated annually on March 20th to raise awareness across the globe about the decline of the House Sparrow and how it impacts all of us.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This particular species is not native to New Zealand (similar to its status in North America). A European Starling in New Zealand made the news this week. The woman in the video found it as a chick at a few days old and hand reared it. The bird is now bonded to humans and an ambassador to her class and the bird has quite the vocabular y.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The 1st edition from 1999 was a complete revolution in just about everything, but predominantly the quality and realism of illustrations, showing what a field guide could be and seriously raising the threshold for other publishers. That made everyone happy (with the possible exception of other publishers).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2017

The Great Crested Grebe can be seen across much of the world, but not the Americas, which is a shame because you guys would love this bird. The post is also dotted with photos from another visit as today’s pictures did not capture quite how much the Americas should rue the fact that they don’t get to see this bird.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2013

Most birds have finished up raising young, but a few are in the thick of it like American Goldfinches. I’m fascinated how some birds stretch our their stay in North America for breeding and some like orioles are in and out relatively quickly. This is such a weird time of year at bird feeders. Didn’t they just arrive?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2011

They occur mainly in western and southern portions of North America, breeding inland in colonies on remote islands and wintering along warm southern coasts 1. They begin feeding by dipping that huge bill into the water and scooping prey into their pouch, water flowing out of the pouch as they raise it back up to horizontal.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2015

With its red, white, and blue plumage, it is also clearly the most “patriotic” bird in America. Both species are notoriously aggressive, and out-competed bluebirds for the nesting cavities they needed to raise their young. It’s true, there was some push-back when naming the bluebird.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Mentioning New Jersey often raises a snicker or a run down of all the drama and negative stereotypes that swirl around the Garden State, most of which are typified by the MTV hit show, “Jersey Shore.” ” While certain New Jersey decisions may be dubious, their state bird, the American Goldfinch, is a beautiful choice.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. .

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One exception is Magdalena Heinroth, a German ornithologist who, with her husband Oscar, raised and studied thousands of birds in her apartment in pre-World War II Berlin. There are two subjects which I think could have been explored more thoroughly–women in ornithological history and colonialism.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

It was great fun watching them raise their young that summer. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. Both of these species show gregarious flocking behavior except when nesting. I was lucky enough a few years ago to spot a Lesser Goldfinch building a nest in a nearby tree while checking my Bluebird boxes.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

In North America, at least in the eastern part of it, we celebrate the return of the Baltimore Oriole to parks and farms this time of year. Troupials raise their own chicks, generally 3 to 4 per clutch, they just steal the nest in which they raise them.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Rough-legged Hawks (or Buzzards ) don’t seem to generate much excitement here in northern North America. And yet they do not. They are magnanimous lords of the winter fields, and don’t care at all about our folly in preferring flashy Snowy Owls or the mere rumors of Gyrfalcons , or even silly little snack-sized finches.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

will walk to raise money to save the lives of shelter dogs. additional pack walks will take place nationwide September 23–30, with the help of the Animal League of North America. This year’s National Family Pack Walk will prove, once again, that it’s not your average walk in the park. Sign up and donate: [link].

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. Birds in Delaware Bay.

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JULY 15, 2016

Chimney Swifts are remarkable birds who are having a harder and harder time finding brick chimneys in which to nest and raise their families. They are among the most difficult birds for wildlife rehabilitators to raise, so if any fall down your chimney their best chance of survival is to put them back up there again.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 24, 2011

There are only about 35 aardvarks in zoos in North America. He will be raised in Jambo Junction – located in the Nairobi area of the park – and will become one of the park’s educational Animal Ambassadors. Busch Gardens’ animal care experts stepped in when they saw that the mother was not attentive.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

For 13 years, this organization has carried out a bird-a-thon to raise funds for such projects as reforestation in Ecuador and protecting nests of the Harpy Eagle in Brazil. How will you help Cerulean Warblers and other migrants flying to and from South America? Ernesto and his team in the field. How You Can Help.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2011

I always thought it was funny even before I really got what a stoagie was, because there’s something inherently joyful about the chittering, chattering Chimney Swifts that circle just about every neighborhood in eastern North America. And the next day they’re gone, coursing over the skies of South America.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

I have looked online to see if other Oystercatchers around the world have been so successful and indeed there was a pair of American Oystercatchers this year in America that were able to successfully raise three young.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

Ferret 492 — a black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes — raises her head from a black-tailed prairie dog’s burrow, sniffs the April night. The ferret raises her head again — up periscope — and hesitates. No coyotes in sight right now, the Great Horned Owls are off in the cottonwoods closer to the river.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I don’t know how many of you ever raised chickens but the old joke went something like this. v=fHSgyxRQXvg References: 1 Birds of North America Online _ Poop Week is a week of themed posts on 10,000 Birds that cover the intersection of poop and birding, a fertile precinct if there ever was one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHSgyxRQXvg

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

A few other remnants of the former collections might raise eyebrows in some circles. A Ringed Teal (more likely to be seen in South America than Kent) caused a stir when it followed the river downstream and showed up in Mote Park.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2011

I mention all of this because we in North America, especially the southern part of North America, have storks too. This begs the question, how did the Wood Stork end up in the Americas with relatives so far away? Mycteria as a genus dates from the Miocene, at minimum 5 to 7 million years ago.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Begun in 1996 by the Humane Society of America, National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week encourages everyone who loves animals to bring public awareness to all the important work shelters do throughout the year. If you are like us and shop online often, this is a great way to help animals by doing something you would be doing anyway!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. But, yes, there are photographs of dead birds and x-ray images of the damage done to individual birds and photographs of the annual FLAP display, as shown below. ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. According to R.D.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

This special place is also one of the last bastions of wild rainforest on the Pacific coast of Central America, hosts many endemic plants and animals, and as one may surmise, is pretty awesome for birds. This foot-shaped piece of land in southern Costa Rica is just about as far from San Jose as you can go without leaving the country.

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JULY 15, 2011

The song referred to is that of the Wood Thrush , one of the natural world’s most beautiful singers, and a familiar sound to anyone who has spent time in the forests of eastern North America in summer. Sadly, the thrushes that breed around my parents’ house are likely not very successful in raising young.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. Rosh Hashanah, the New Year of the Jewish calendar, has come relatively early season-wise this year.

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JULY 6, 2011

Note the raised crests as the female (on the left) turns to face the larger male (on the right). v=v1XAFo_uVgk References: 1 Audubon California ; 2 Birds of North America Online a. Like the breeding activity of many species this spring, the grebes were late, probably due to the unseasonable weather. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1XAFo_uVgk

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

It was not a kitty cat, even though all of its relatives in the Americas were. But they don’t live in North America. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. Unless we put them there. Have you ever seen the Dryfus Lion?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

In North America we only have three regularly occurring ibis, the aforementioned White Ibis and the two species of the genus Plegadis , White-faced Ibis and the far reaching Glossy Ibis , a species we share with every continent save Antarctica making it one of the world’s most cosmopolitan bird species.

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