10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. Those whose actions result in additional costs should bear them. were funded by hunters and 95.1%

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2020

And it bears for more than half the year! Mine are mostly cutting-collected natives. Hummingbirds like the flowers, and fruit-eating birds like Thrashers and Mockingbirds like the fruit. Roses: For birds here, roses are… a good perch on your way to the birdbath. And nothing more. Salvias, salvias, salvias!

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Birds Woodpeckers Madagascar Nashville 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Curiously, in 1831, McCormick was appointed a surgeon on HMS Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy and he expected to put together a sizeable natural history collection.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 179

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2019

With Halloween just around the corner, there’s some harmless fun to be had in in indulging in a bit of playful superstition about some of our feathered friends, who – it bears repeating – are generally benign and not the least bit menacing.

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2015 Denmark California Fowl 111

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

In this instance, a team of crack experts assembled to move with precision timing in the face of bad weather, magnificently hostile terrain, and primitive facilities, all in order to give the collected eggs the absolute best chance to become healthy, breeding Spoon-billed Sandpipers in their own right. Also, there’s a bear!)

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Eggs Russia Research Breeding 163

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MAY 14, 2012

We were glued to the TV when Discovery Chanel was airing Frozen Planet, and we have been even more enthralled now that we have the entire collection on DVD (they also have it in Blu-Ray). We loved seeing penguins, whales, polar bears, and wolves.

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Polar Bears Penguins Wolves Whales 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

William Blake, the 18th and 19th century English poet, painter and engraver, is most remembered for his two linked collections of poems, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Yonder stands a lonely tree, There I live and mourn for thee; Morning drinks my silent tear, And evening winds my sorrow bear.

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Birds Bears Mammals Collecting 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Because of its large contiguous stand of bottomland hardwood forest, Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge was designated as critical habitat and serves as a corridor for the Louisiana black bear between Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge and Red River Wildlife Management Area. The refuge is already open to sport fishing.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 144

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2011

I scanned the frozen ocean, after all this is Polar Bear country. And while many people’s image of the bears have been softened by soft drink commercials and Disney films, they are an apex predator. I put my hand to my cheek too late, another patch of frost bite to add to the collection. Vigilance keeps one safe here.

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Polar Bears Bears Falcons Collecting 155

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

The Zapata Swamp, Ciénaga de Zapata , is of course known for the three birds that bear it’s name: the Zapata Rail, the Zapata Wren, and the Zapata Sparrow. There is one historical record in eBird, representing a specimen collected by Fermin Z. The Zapata Rail is a mystery wrapped in an enigma.

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Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Livingston, and on the dust jacket was a drawing of three Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator ) standing on a cone-bearing tree. Published in 1966, it is a collection of brief profiles and magnificent portraits of 56 of the region’s most characteristic birds. The title read “Birds of the Northern Forest”, paintings by J.F.

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Birds Woodpeckers Canada Collecting 227

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

So desirable was it, however, to find out what this flightless rail was like that he left collecting material with the late Rev. Wilkins, the naturalist on board the Quest, was unable to procure specimens of the “Island Hen” on Inaccessible Island. Immature is overall brownish in colour with dark eye.

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Science Transported Shelters South Africa 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

When placed correctly, these feeders are squirrel-free, though, as the Squirrel Buster brochure makes clear, they can still be attacked by raccoons and bears. I am very tempted to add the Plus feeder to my collection. The website also offers videos on how to disassemble and assemble each feeder.

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Squirrels Birds Factory Raccoons 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us Kokako and Kaka on Kapiti Guano Still Collected in Peru.Or

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Dunn starts in Alaska with the goal of seeing Rufous Hummingbird at the northern extreme of its migration (which he does with some effort and a few bear sightings) and ends in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, “the end of the world,” with the sighting of a Green-backed Firecrown feeding at a firetree in cold drizzly rain.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

When not climbing, he collected species, and thus a number of birds are named after him. So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor. Interestingly, the first description of a nest of Whitehead’s Spiderhunter was only published in 2015.

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Birds Indonesia Breeding Charlotte 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2022

As I only saw one loon at Fengxian (a Red-throated Loon ), I do not have to choose a collective noun anyway. Instead, this smallest member of the family Gaviidae breeds in small arctic and boreal lakes, bears relatively plain gray plumage … and utters a call during breeding that is generously described as cacophonous.”

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Birds China Pythons Breeding 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2021

The Banksia flowers are common in coastal environments in Australia and were among the first native plants collected in 1770 during Cook’s voyage up the Australian east coast. Sadly the swan is uncommon on the river that bears its name… Luckily it can be seen nearby though.

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Australia North America Cooking Fish 259

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Stumpy Duck is part of Trillium’s Small Bird Series, a collection of lighter, lower-alcohol beers brewed for summer, with each can sparingly decorated with a different bird in miniature.

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Ducks Houston Boston Fowl 104

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Photo Credit: © Argus Collection. Narrated by Queen Latifah, Arctic Tale is the coming of age story of a walrus pup and polar bear cub as they fight for survival in the Arctic wilderness. Penguin lovers rejoice! This weekend is Penguin Palooza on Nat Geo WILD!

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Penguins Polar Bears Walruses Bears 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The research is outlined as a three-step process, also utilized as the structure for the book: (1) Baptism by Ice: learning the techniques needed to locate the owls; (2) Fish Owls of the Sikhote-Alin: identifying a study population; (3) Captures: capturing fish owls, tagging them with radio transmitters, and collecting data.

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Owls Russia Fish Research 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The bird today is documented physically by only a single specimen (a second was lost), but where the specimens were collected — and therefore where this species actually lived before its extinction — is unknown. Specimens were collected in 1904, and the bird has not been recorded with certainty since.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2011

We stayed at the Yellow Bay Biological Research Station, a cozy collection of buildings located, logically enough, on a slope overlooking a bay lined with yellow sandstone on the eastern shore of the lake. Though the climate of the area is described as mild, this needs to be understood in Montana terms.

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ALA Bald Eagle Mules Turkey 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

I changed to a position further up the slope which allowed me to get a better angle on the top of the branch and bear out my supposition. The sequence was repeated, but on the second occasion. the sapsucker caught the warbler in the act and flew straight in to chase the sap robber away.

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San Francisco Maryland Jordan Lifestyle 180

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Achiever’s survey voyages took place from 2005 to 2008; the goal was to collect baseline data on sea mammals and marine birds. Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. And, this was badly needed.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer). To remedy this, I visited the Animal Diversity Web site at the University of Michigan.

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Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 178

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The IOC world birdlist recognizes 90 species that bear the name “weaver” or “malimbe” Not all of these are true weavers as we will discuss below. Anaplectes – Red-headed Weaver A male Red-headed Weaver collecting shoots for building his nest. Red-headed Malimbe is the most widespread species in the genus.

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Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 230

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

There had been works on falconry before Frederick’s time: treatises on falconry date back to the 10 th century in Europe, and King Harold of England (of Battle of Hastings fame) reputedly owned the largest collection of volumes devoted to the subject in all of Europe.

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2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 22, 2009

They are collecting sweaters to help dogs in shelters keep warm in the winter months. If you can sew, create a simple stuffed teddy bear for your pup. A few great ideas and links to help you and your pet enjoy the holiday season. We think this is awesome, and hope that they have great success with the project. Or go even more simple.

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Shelters Pets Dogs Cooking 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

White-chested Tinkerbird is one of Africa’s avian mysteries, known only from a single specimen collected in 1964 at Mayau in north-west Zambia, close to the borders of Angola and the DRC. Benson to collect birds. Its nickname of “Fruit-salad” bears witness to its rather random pattern of red, yellow, black and white.

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Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 238