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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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Having warned to her theme she introduces her villain of the piece, the AMNH researcher Chris Filardi, who collected a kingfisher. Throughout his professional career, Chris has maintained a commitment to bridging his research interests with grassroots conservation. How it raised its chicks? Or how gracefully it flew?

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Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Birds 160

10,000 Birds

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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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p. That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India!

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Once a body of research was established and the bird was declared endangered, it took many more years of experimentation, political maneuvering, conflicts with the National Guard, and some tragic fires to establish what is now acclaimed as a model conservation project. Now there are volunteer guides, tours and a local festival.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 229

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

The newest bird on the brink to capture her fertile imagination is the California Condor, on which she graciously shares her research and ruminations: Sometimes as a writer you recognize there’s been something overlooked in your midst—something quietly abiding. My first view of them was at a distance. Their size doesn’t escape you.

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California Condor California Idaho North America 208

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

It was not a kitty cat, even though all of its relatives in the Americas were. The majority of wildcats live today in Africa, and virtually none of them have provided the DNA from which supposed histories of domestication have been constructed by researchers. But they don’t live in North America. Unless we put them there.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 255

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. Again, Cade led with solid evidence acquired through his own research. He came for the hawks. This was the world of Tom Cade early in the last century.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 179

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

What are the best field guides for birds in North America? Birders often play a vital role in monitoring bird populations, contributing data to scientific research, and participating in citizen science initiatives that help track bird distributions, migration patterns, and breeding behaviors. Analysis : Good summary.

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United States North America Birds America 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

They would pause over them and just gaze, sometimes even raising the book towards their eyes in the vain hope that this action would allow them to see more.—more And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. more than there really was to see!” (p.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 267

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. His employers were magnanimous in granting him time to research what was to be his magnum opus, published over the course of 20 years – the four-part Birds of the Belgian Congo.

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Congo Africa South Africa Kenya 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. His art is beloved (if you have owned a Sibley calendar at least once in your life, raise your hand) and his bird expertise is widely respected.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

It is not in dispute that, in modern factory farms, animals are raised in massively overcrowded, unnatural warehouses. For more detailed descriptions of the conditions in which farm animals are raised, see here , here , and here. Premise (4) is widely acknowledged. Running time: 12 Minutes. Trivial or insignificant reasons won’t do.

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Vegetarian Meat Lacto-Ovo Ethics 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Between staying warm/cool, finding food, avoiding predators, migrating thousands of miles every year, finding mates, raising chicks and doing all this at the mercy of the elements, it makes sense that they have more brainpower than just simple instinct to run on. crossing the Carribean and winding up in South America?

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 205

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Scientists all over the world are sounding the alarm about ecological disruptions already in motion, and birders in North America are already seeing changes in the distribution of species, from the 61 percent of bird species wintering farther north to expanding ranges of birds like Mississippi Kite and Great-tailed Grackle.

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Species Science Los Angeles 2000 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

from University of Miami in 1966 and has written over 75 scientific and popular papers and books, including Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide. Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 233

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Still, I can’t help thinking that there is some parallel between the mass slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon in 19th-century North America and the mass slaughter of songbirds in southern European countries today. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Several recent studies have found that tinamous are embedded within the ratites, which means that either they regained the ability to fly or (as many researchers feel is more likely) that flightlessness and large body size arose multiple times within the paleognaths, a topic discussed in detail at Tetrapod Zoology. Jarvis et al.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Any dedicated birder visiting Panama City should first consider the Canopy Tower , one of the most important and beloved birding lodges in the Americas. Most hotels in Panama are at least a little run-down, but research suggested that the Radisson Summit Hotel and Golf Panama offered everything a family could want at a surprisingly low cost.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. to have and raise children. Should we see a parallel between the alpine accentor and traditional populations of the highest mountains in the world? I’d do anything !!

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Take a look at this little Blue Tit and admit that you have never seen a more pathetic picture of a bird that combines the colours blue, yellow, green, white, and black in the most marvellous way you have ever seen: Recent research has shown that Leonardo da Vinci showed a Blue Tit to his model while he painted the smile on “Mona Lisa&#.

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive. If you want to signal to your environment that you a.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2013

03–19 Interesting research on microevolution in swallows was reported , suggesting that swallows in one area may be adapting to problems unique to living near, and hanging out on the surface of, a highway. Researchers] found skin impressions on parts of the mummified body. Birds Bird evolution research' So, look for that.

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Science 2013 Elephants Birds 188

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

I just flew nonstop from Canada to South America and boy, are my arms tired.” Severe weather can stress birds and even influence the coloration of their feathers , new research finds. Indiana teacher raises the bar for newbie birders everywhere by finding the state’s first record of a Black-tailed Godwit. No, you didn’t.

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Malta Barn Owls Cyprus Fowl 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2011

Researching this single hybrid revealed that teals are as liberal with their love as mallards! The American Green-winged Teal ( Anas crecca carolinensis ), found just about anywhere in North America, and the Eurasian Green-winged Teal ( Anas crecca crecca ), also known as the Common Teal but only common in the Old World.

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Ducks North America Denmark America 229

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Born in Gambia, raised and living in Sweden , Larsson illustrated three major guides before this one, all authored by Klaus Malling Olsen: Terns of Europe and North America (PUP, rev. 1997), and Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America (Helm, 2004). 1995), Skuas and Jaegers (Yale Univ. 8) and seabird homes like South Georgia.

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Albatross Penguins Groups Family 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

At least in the northeastern United States, their rate of so doing is high, according to research I summarized here. This of course raises questions of what happens when all of the inland nesting grounds of all the loons becomes covered with glacial ice during ice ages, then later, the ice melts and the lakes return.

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day. You should try it too.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2020

It’s a book about ornithological research yet reads almost like a novel. Kroodsma identifies specific birdsong puzzles about which no researcher yet has answers, including problems where diligent amateurs can make discoveries. That’s the point, and the charm, of Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist: Your Guide to Listening.

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