10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As a child, poring through the pages of the Encyclopedia of Animal Life (I was gifted this 25 years before I appeared in Audubon magazine myself) birds gripped my attention. Not all the birds, of course, but many of the distinctive and conspicuous species. Very soon, the other members of this unique family were on my radar.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. What about being torn from your family?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

When buntings meet for a family reunion, I can imagine the Crested Bunting is the focal point of the attention – the one that got rich and popular compared to all the others. My suggestion would be to just do any animal studies at the zoo with the nicest weather. The Chestnut-capped Babbler looks vaguely monkish to me.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2019

But come spring, an even luckier few may even find a fellow survivor of their own kind with whom to start a family, unwittingly causing contentious debates among birders about the countability of established feral populations in the process.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Ipsen of Payson Family Pet Hospital in Payson, Utah, is our wildlife vet and very skilled at orthopedic surgeries. Thanks to his work, many people and animals have functioning limbs and can live productive lives. Our veterinarian, Dr. Jay D. He has been our vet for many years and sees many of our patients in need of surgery.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. They have been a crucial part of the culture of the islands and forests where they are found for the last 50,000 years, and were amongst the first animals of the East to make it back to Europe with the earliest Portugese and Spanish explorations.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 26, 2014

During the course of his concert he talked about how a blogger saved his life. He was struggling to make it as a musician, with a family to support, and then suddenly one of his videos hit it huge. Many of us share animals in need of homes on our sites, our Facebook pages and our Twitter. And for you too fellow animal lovers.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2017

Some birds are so familiar, even non-birders can’t help but know what they are, or at least what family they belong to. Go birding for the first time in the Dominican Republic and you might wonder if a Broad-billed Tody is a flycatcher, a really lazy hummingbird, or if some super cute stuffed animal came to life.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

We have recently come across several Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles families around Broome. They will often fly at both people and other animals in defense of their eggs and young. These birds are often present in Broome on the green areas, like the school sport’s fields, golf course and the local parks.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2012

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a vet that worked on farm animals? Of course, we have a clip to share with you to get you excited to tune in: With more than 19,000 patients, Dr. Pol has seen it all. Be sure to tune in tonight to The Incredible Dr. Pol which premiers at 10PM ET on NatGeo! SAT AUG 25 10PM ET.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

So here it is, the review of Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen. Of course this book does not aim at being an ID-guide for the tracks of 750+ bird species, which the author points out in the first sentence of the chapter. Next are the tracks of birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2011

The deer walked down the road, seemingly unconcerned with being so close to an open car window that revealed an excitedly babbling family and a clicking camera. Not that the species status of the Black-tailed Deer we saw really mattered because it was a really cool animal. We saw Black-tailed Deer walking through parking lots.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2011

Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. From what I read, birds are the class of Aves [feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying and vertebrate animals]. But how many families of birds are there?” No surprise: finding the number of bird families is no easy task. Who knew?].

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2015

Of course, I was young and stupid (and I have a phenomenal memory for absolutely awful, nauseating jokes, seriously, once I hear them I never forget them). Is it fair her life was destroyed because hers was public and mine was among family a decade ago? I’ve told jokes far far worse than the one Justince Sacco tweeted.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 20, 2010

Purina, Kroger, and animal lover Trista Sutter, from ABC’s “The Bachelorette,” have teamed up to launch the third-annual “ Tales for the Pet Lover’s Heart ” campaign, celebrating the unique bond between people and their pets, while donating funds to animal welfare organizations nationwide. Have a fun pet tale to tell?

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Grace, who writes about celebrity pets on DogTipper, also tweets about dogs/cats in need of a home, as animal rescue is a subject close to her heart. After all, she currently has four fur babies– all tuxedo cats (formerly strays) from the same family!

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2010

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul encourages you to enjoy the summer with friends, family, and of course, your pets! The winning photo will be featured on the Chicken Soup site, and of course, let’s not forget the photographer will win the brand new digital camera too! Tags: cute animal photos giveaways.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Although lip service was paid to the fact that lions are endangered and a lion was poached, the language of anger was the language of animals rights. I’ve written before at length about how conservation and animal rights , while often drawing on mutual a reverence of nature, are different beasts. Not at the moment, anyway.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2017

It’s entirely possible that I’ve just given some adventurous craft brewer a really bad idea, though it certainly wouldn’t be the first or even most questionable use of animal ingredients in brewing. But crows seem willing to eat everything, and I’ll drink just about anything, so who am to judge?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

This research suggests that the boom isn’t due to an influx of newcomers, but rather because more local birds are flourishing and successfully rearing families. “At some level what we confirm is that the ecological consequences of an invasion such as that of the EAB are complex and difficult to predict,” study coauthor Walter D.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2009

Keeping abuse in the family! And, of course, they are all "designer dogs." Tags: animal cruelty animal rescue puppy mills. One of my coworkers is heavily involved in puppy mill issues. She says that northwest Washington is a refuge for puppy mills because regulation up there is particularly lax.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

The conversations with family and friends have already begun about "Turkey Day." And of course if you correct someone and say "Dead Turkey Day," you're "buzzkill," or imposing your beliefs or being judgmental. Everyone clearly doesn't include the turkey and the other animals on the table. Not humans, not animals."

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). They would say they love animals. Of course, the world outside of our home tells a different story. Because it tastes good.

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Animal Person

JUNE 12, 2010

Bad guys treat humans the way they'd treat animals. Even the good guys sometimes treat people the way they'd treat animals. But more important is that the man has a family: a wife, a boy, a girl and. Of course the man's a good guy--he hasn't killed and eaten his dog. As long as there is a family with a dog, there is hope.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. Of course, there is nothing I like better than ending a post with the photo of an anonymous leaf warbler.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 7, 2009

One of the reasons I do this is to see what others are saying about veganism (both good and bad), vegan food, their vegan friends and family members, and of course, about going vegan (I've already seen a handful of #in2010 references to going vegan). I'll be using his inspirational story as an example for my own friends and family.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression and I welcome comments (and will respond to the current ones shortly). Of course, the name brings Deep Ecology to mind, which is a plus in my mind. This week I asked "Is this 'War'?" What do you think about Deep Vegan Outreach?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

It is technically correct, and recently fashionable, to insist that any living animal is a member of the larger group that contains it phylogenetically, i.e., ancestrally, with that group often named after the known animal that roots the tree. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. Whales are cows. And smaller.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2022

In a big city such as Shanghai, it is not always easy to see animals. This sometimes makes it difficult for wild animals to survive. The Black-crowned Night Heron is a member of the heron family. And I have added the English text and bird name after each illustration, a luxury I never have here. Some Birds of Shanghai.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The storytellers are (with two exceptions) people whose livelihoods came from using animals. And more important is that those storytellers include people who ran small, family operations that animal welfare advocates would not have a problem with. But that doesn't matter because it's the betrayal that I identify with.

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Animal Person

JUNE 2, 2009

Daniel Engber, senior editor at Slate , has posted the first of a five-part series about animals used for research. Pepper was a beloved family pet. The story, rich in details about people who steal, scoop up and trade or sell animals, is disturbing on many levels, but a worthwhile read for its historic significance.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I've been having a difficult time blogging both here and at Animal Rights & AntiOppression lately because I feel like my thoughts are like " Groundhog Day." There are few animal rights stories in the news. Feathers: animal. Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and over again. And acting.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Breast cancer is something that is near and dear to our family. So of course when we got this press release we were more than happy to share the word. It’s difficult to find anyone who hasn’t been personally affected by breast cancer, whether themselves, family, friends or co-workers,” said Amy Nichols, CEO and Founder of Dogtopia. “A

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Reddit Animals

AUGUST 18, 2023

My boyfriend's family has an in-ground pool in the backyard and it has basically become a pond after years of neglect. The other night I saw there was still one frog left in the pool and of course I decided to quickly capture it. Awhile back, I noticed there were bullfrogs living in it. They came back again and again.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Of course, the second explanation makes a lot more sense. While hoopoes are in their own family, DNA studies suggest that the hoopoe diverged from hornbills, and the wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills from the hoopoe. As usual at Kruger, there are a few animals that are irrelevant for birders.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2015

So there was more than simple lister anxiety coursing through my body when word of one sitting atop Grandfather Mountain came out, and birders began making plans to head west. For years it was a privately held nature museum and attraction, featuring animal enclosures, a fudge shop, and a “Mile-High” Swinging Bridge.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

Of course, this is not a formal “field guide,” but it is interesting to look at this alternative form or organization. Of course, habitat organization means that you need to know what kinds of habitats there are in Kruger N.P., It sounds simple, but I wonder how it works in practice.

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