10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The lodge’s unique geotopographic positioning among the foothills that join the Caribbean lowlands to the cloud forests of Monteverde helps create important connectivity for the dispersal of several plant and animal species. This also makes the Arenal Observatory Lodge an ideal location for wildlife observation in Costa Rica.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2013

Much like Carrie’s recent experiences being hoodwinked by non-bird sources of birdy-sounding calls , I’ve had my share of animal encounters out in the field. All kinds of don’t-have-that-at-home animals popped up along our travels, too. Also new was a healthy sense of fear for some of the animals we encountered.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

Barnes, a native of South Africa, also wrote the companion book to this one, Animals of Kruger National Park (2016), and The Important Bird Areas of South Africa (1998). Wildlife of Ecuador: A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians is the all-in-one nature guide for the generalist nature traveler.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2013

It is built to reach out into the water when the dam is full and is reached along a raised walkway, screened from the mammals, reptiles and birds that may be roosting, resting, feeding, drinking or waiting in ambush close by. Mammals visit the dam as well as the birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. The largest reptile is the Indian Mugger Crocodile. Trips India Mammals' Indian Silverbill Lonchura malabarica.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I don’t mind that they share the world with other creatures, and I have even developed an appreciation for mammals, reptiles and amphibians – but only so long as watching them doesn’t collide with my finding birds. I am a birder, and I love birds. For Europe, only very few books exist that cover the topic at all.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Although the class focused “on birds, students also pick up some botany, geology, hydrology, forestry, fisheries, meteorology, and wildlife management,” students also learned “the names, habits, and importance of local animals and plants.” And many become birders. But his class was only one of two in the U.S.,

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Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

Meanwhile, "new speciesism" is the notion that within a paradigm where rights are included for nonhuman animals, some are more deserving of rights than others for any of a variety of reasons (e.g., intelligence, having a sense of past and future, having social ties, being a mammal or a bird).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Instead, the film focuses on the importance of the Rio Grande delta as a migratory corridor and the different ways in which ornithologists, biologists, bird surveyors, banders, sanctuary guides, hawk counters, and birders contribute to creating safe places for migrating and residential birds (and also insects, reptiles, and mammals).

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

One of those pooie reptiles: Green Iguana by Niklas Aronsson. Or a mammal. Or even those pooie reptiles. Working with the local jaguar conservancy, he learned that there are 10 or 11 different animals hunting peccaries and other prey at Selva Bananito.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

The first edition, A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics , was published in 1989. Reading between the lines, beyond the degrees and publications, his commitment to education, the birding community, and the birds (and mammals and reptiles and insects and plants, etc.)

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

It brings mammals, and frogs in profusion, and reptiles, and insects. It pays to ask ahead about how the tour will be run, and pick the smaller ones for your own enjoyment and the wellbeing of the animals involved. This can also be a curse, as I have spent many nights wandering around seeing precisely nothing. So many insects.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Take birds and other sensitive animals outdoors. If you have a bird, small mammal, or reptile in a terrarium, don’t leave them in their normal place while you paint or sand paint fumes and dust that are only a mild annoyance to you can make small pets (particularly birds) very sick, or even kill them. Secure your pet.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2013

The Channel Islands have all sorts of species and subspecies that are endemic to the islands, including mammals, reptiles, plants, and of course birds, many of which are nonmigratory. I can’t finish this post without mentioning marine mammals. Aside from birds, people really seem to like Island Foxes.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

But about two-thirds of the people speaking supported the new measure, including Dan Niziolek, director of Minneapolis Animal Care and Control. Cats are domesticated animals that are not indigenous wildlife in North America. … he said after the hearing, is that it’s a community problem being addressed by members of the community.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I’ll never forget my introduction to the mammals of Kruger National Park, South Africa. This is the thing—no matter how devoted you are to birds and birding, once you get to Africa, you can’t resist the mammals. This means you need to pack a mammal guide in addition to your bird guide. Believe me, I tried.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Not from an environmental perspective but from a “don’t you like animals?”

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2011

Dogs aside, I’ve tended to plenty of small mammals and reptiles in my years, and have seen some pretty interesting things. For I cannot believe that any man or animal has ever shown a stronger will to live than Fighter the Fighting Fish. The Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish. by Garth Stein.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

He had the habit of asking very similar question about the animals featured in his zoology lectures, including basic questions like how big they are, what limits physiology puts on their geographic range, etc. For instance, among animals, booby and noddy combined probably represents the majority of the biomass of the somewhat unusual St.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. And for rodents and reptiles as well. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. Smaller and larger animals (if there are any) are taken by other creatures. That was one of his cats.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Today I’m exploring a couple questions that have been bouncing in my head for a while…I’d love to hear your thoughts…I’m not calling into question animal rights, just the focus of the movement. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights. This makes perfect sense.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Add 315 bird species, 42 species of mammals – including Vulnerable Irrawaddy and Endangered Ganges River Dolphins , 61 amphibians and reptiles – including Estuarine Crocodile , at least 150 species of commercially important fish and 334 plant species to the picture.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

As anyone who follows this blog knows, outdoor cats are a veritable holocaust for wild birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and even insects. Almost every single outdoor pet cat, feral cat, or stray kills other animals , no matter how well fed the cat is through other sources.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

Of those traits, there are two kinds: The ones that are bird-like, but are not shared between birds and other animals because of a common ancestor having had the trait. These animals were small, had highly efficient respiratory systems, were feather-clad, and may have soared around a bit. Flight is an example.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

Cleverly illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings, it focuses on easily found birds, animals, reptiles, insects, and plants and encourages nature-supported activities as both outings and a way of life. It’s an excellent resource for family and child-learning adventures. © Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. Before leaving the safety of the car I heeded the park’s advice and checked for animal tracks belonging to any biting, gnawing, mauling, trampling, stabbing or disembowelling species. This is a small and very interesting park in northern Namibia.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2012

Near the town of Mareeba in the centre of the Tablelands, I didn’t visit it for birds, but instead to see a representative of that most Australian of animals, the kangaroo. There was even a Frilled Lizard on the road in, an iconic Australian reptile famous for its extendable frill around its neck. Female front, male behind.

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