Critter News

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

This New York Times article doesn't have much new to report. We are protecting them,” said Babu Amani, a rebel spokesman. I did notice this though. Officials with Virunga National Park are urging the rebels and government troops to allow them to return to work. The rebels insist the gorillas are safe. “We In the meantime.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2018

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. So I sign petitions and write articles like this one. And yet, it has begun. Horned Lark. Golden Eagle. © The White House.

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MAY 2, 2023

I am attaching a news article below, but SeaQuest has locations across the country and documented issues at all of them. I already emailed Woodbridge and the NJ Department of Environmental Protection with my disappointment, but if you would like to join me here is their contact information: Mayor John E. You can Google it.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. From that year onward my work became dedicated to the protection of the area, as well as promotion of local ecotourism possibilities. My name is Nikos Gallios.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Election Results = PASSED with 68.91% voter support. American Oystercatcher. Photo by © Michael Todd. voter support.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

He then compared those habitats to protected areas, finding that much of the future habitat is currently unprotected. Thus, birds may be moving from protected areas to unprotected areas, creating a conservation mismatch. Expanded protected areas, buffer zones, and connectivity corridors may be needed to avoid local extinctions.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Palm oil plantations seem to cover most of the lowlands, with only a few protected areas offering more varied and undisturbed habitats. A depressing article in Birding Asia raises the question about the validity of field surveys when there are many more caged birds to be seen than wild ones.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2021

A 1931 daily newspaper article (likely from The Philadelphia Bulletin) reported that Bond “brought back thirty species of birds never before represented in the Academy’s collections. If the nuthatch is now extinct, we’ve lost a species that might have been saved with a greater effort to study and protect it.”.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. At all times and events, the company takes all the necessary measures to protect everyone. We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

The ABA’s mission statement is vague: “The American Birding Association inspires all people to enjoy and protect wild birds.” I have long been an ABA member and I have contributed several articles to Birding and other ABA publications, including the one above. Simply put, birding is fundamentally different than it was 50 years ago.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

There is also the usual article about the first sighting of the species at a new location. After this longish and completely irrelevant introduction, finally here is a photo of the first bird of September 30th, a Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike. If you want to pretend to combine learning Mandarin and learning about this species, watch this video.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

There are a pair of this year’s seedlings at the top of this article.). I now protect the lots Huizaches, which shelter self-sown fruiting plants such as Granjenos and Prickly Pears. It is now in its third year, has survived only one minor brush fire, and this year has grown taller than my 5-year oaks.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

His seminal article, “Bird-Window Collisions,” based on dissertation research finished in 1979, was not published in a peer-reviewed journal until 1989. I consulted Google Scholar to see how many scientific articles cited Klem’s article, which was published in The Wilson Bulletin , now the Wilson Journal of Ornithology. (I

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Standing” is a legal doctrine that requires a plaintiff to have a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy, as required by Article III of the Constitution. But before it reached the merits of those arguments, the court had to determine whether the plaintiffs had “ standing ” to maintain the lawsuit.

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Reddit Animals

JULY 18, 2023

In this article, we will explore the unbreakable bond between pets and humans and how it enriches our lives. From companionship and comfort to protection and security, pets offer a unique connection that is both profound and lasting. One of the primary reasons people keep pets is for companionship.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Although a few other North American birds are capable of controlled hypothermia, only the Pygmy Nuthatch links hypothermia with protected roost sites and communalism. Two articles report more than 150 individuals roosting in one tree 1.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2015

It can’t have escaped your notice lately that the blog has been overrun with articles about North America’s pseudo-warblers (or wood warblers, as some people, apparently unaware the name is taken by a proper European species, call them), and, even worse, no small amount of poetry.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2017

And there is only one certain way to protect the lower parts of the city from floods: let the river spread and flood some other area, before it reaches the city. In the last few years, its members have eBirded 205 bird species within the IBA borders, 136 of them within Beljarica and 108 of those strictly protected under Serbian legislation.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden. One article states that by the end of the 1960′s, over 16,000 Monk Parakeets a year were being imported into the U.S.**. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). Not sure why they spend time in Shanghai in winter when they could come here though, but then again, I usually do not understand most of the behavior of humans either.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 16, 2023

In this article, we'll explore the fascinating research on elephant self-awareness, how it's been tested, and what it tells us about their amazing minds. One of their most unique qualities is their self-awareness, which is a sign of higher cognitive abilities that are usually reserved for humans and a few other species.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf And it gave me a hope.

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Critter News

MARCH 23, 2010

According to this interview, he credits animal rights extremists for fueling the public backlash against animal protection. Discouraging article.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

It is a fascinating book that teaches while it entertains, that offers research-informed arguments for bird protection and conservation in the guise of vibrant design. I wish there were more links to research journal articles, but that may be an unrealistic expectation in a world of expensive databases.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2015

Mockingbirds will also defend their territories against dogs, cats, and people, and may even be able to recognize specific intruders before going at them, as this Guardian article demonstrates. Why not choose an iconic bird that could use a little extra protection? Maybe it was their fighting spirit that Floridians admired so much.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Read the rest of the article in the Courthouse News Service. The activists claim Lolita is being "kept in an inadequate tank, without companions of her own species or adequate protection from the sun.". Animal-rights activists claim an orca is being held in an "inadequate tank" in the Miami Seaquarium.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

By Corey • March 13, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share It is not every day that a local newspaper covers birding at all, so the fact that The Chapel Hill News ran an article on Nate ‘s Triangle Big Year is pretty cool. Wes Mar 14th, 2011 at 3:25 pm Neat article. Get yours today! 4 Responses to “Nate Makes the News!&#

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JUNE 26, 2013

And it’s the subject of a new article in National Geographic by author and birder Jonathan Franzen. There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

According to a New York Times article : In a monthlong trial here, the defendants never denied that they had occupied and held the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters for nearly six weeks, demanding that the federal government surrender the 188,000-acre property to local control.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book. Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

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APRIL 15, 2011

As is the rest: Although most of the forest ecosystems are government forest land and protected, they are still threatened, through fragmentation, disturbance, road building, poaching and forest fires. Well no kidding! And there are efforts underway to prepare an integrated management plan for the forest.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

He’s the author of The New Neotropical Companion (2017, originally published in 1997), a must-read for any birder preparing to travel to Central and South America, the Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior (2020), and a long list of other books and articles. Some finches, like Mangrove Finch, have become elusive.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

(Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.).

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection. The drongo perches above the flock, snatching insects that they disturb, and keeping an eye out for predators that might go unnoticed by its hunting flock-mates. Drongos feed more effectively when in such flocks, so the benefits go both ways.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

As such, I am delighted to see them receive protection. Ted Koch, the Nevada state supervisor for the USFWS, says it best in the linked article: “”It’s not the 11th hour for sage grouse here, but it is maybe the 10th hour… And that’s good news. Naturally, not everyone is equally delighted.

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