Critter News

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

New Jersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. The bear hunt, set to take place from Dec. Tags: cull new jersey bears hunting. That really sucks. It's a cull to "control the population."

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

  Black Bear.   Enter Black Bear Crestfallen, I schlepped my sorry self from my minuscule apartment, across the Village Green toward the coffee shop. A group of law school students walked far out of their way to avoid the sight. If I could have shot the poor bear on the spot, I would have.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

while the rest of the group took a hike. While tracking brown bears in Greece some time ago, B. from London was part of my group. stood in a heraldic bear pose, on his hind legs, clawing the air and rrrroaring in his best Bearish. After a drink, they went to see the bears. Or, the bear paid no attention to people.

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Reddit Animals

JANUARY 30, 2024

These guys are sometimes called the Nick Jr animals, tho their group name will be called something else. Come on and meet the crew. These guys are all different species and genders, tho despite that, they still coexist with one another without killing each other somehow. Anyways, here are all their names and genders.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I would lay odds that we birders geek out to all manner of natural phenomena at a higher rate than almost any other group. The birding wasn’t very exciting but the hike was nice and allowed a nice view of Bear Mountain, the Bear Mountain Bridge, and the Hudson River. Did you see the supermoon eclipse last night?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2023

Most often encountered near to the village bearing the same name, this abundant grasshopper ultimately sprouts large wings and forms swarms which can decimate crops. The whole reason I was exploring this area can be traced to a report of multiple sightings of small groups of the migratory Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

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Reddit Animals

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Horses live in groups. The ones who would last until the very end would be lions , tigers bears, eagles and wolves. They are quite fast and can hide in places predators can't reach like Holes, pieces of debris etc. Horses have a good chance. The main strategy for horses is organisation. So they can look out for each other.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Watching this rhythmic group behavior was actually quite hypnotic. (I assume that this a form of bathing, as the action is too violent for drinking, or feeding — unless they are eating small fish Gannet -style.) My son has a special fondness for raptors, which I can certainly understand.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

This is common with life-threatening situations and expected; any ancient ancestors who would have not paid heed to close calls would have likely been quickly and savagely selected from the gene pool (just trying to pet the Short-faced Bear again…). The owner said that five had been there, chasing each other around (!).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Europeans must use these to come and bear away in the name of civilization all these dregs of the human race. And so it seems, given what he wrote: “Here you can penetrate anywhere, only not with the Gospels under your arm, but with money in your pocket, a carbine in one hand and a whip in the other.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2014

The tracks of two young Polar Bear skirt a crack in the sea ice in Admiralty Inlet. Wildlife concentrates at the Floe Edge, and although we just missed Narwhal as pack ice moved in just after we arrived, the place was littered with Polar Bear. Still, with that many bear you have to stay vigilant.

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Critter News

MARCH 4, 2010

We're talking about Knut the polar bear. He was the cute little polar bear whose birth at the Berlin Zoo was so controversial because his mother rejected him. She's here temporarily for companionship, but the group is concerned. Tags: zoos knut Germany polar bear PETA. He was raised by a trainer. How suggestive!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2013

The 15th is grouped in the Bucconidae family and appears similar to a Striolated Puffbird. They bear wonderful-sounding names like “ Can-can-da-campina. The new birds inhabit the southern portion of the Amazon, some only in Brazil but others in Bolivia and Peru as well. Of the bunch, 14 are passerines.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

Alongside 170 birds, in this park you stand a chance of spotting the Eurasian Lynx , Brown Bear and Grey Wolf ! Even among the protected areas of Serbia, Djerdap National Park stands out as better preserved than most. The Southwest. Paljuvi Dam. Uvac Griffon Vulture Sanctuary.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2017

Bear in mind, these areas do not smell like a rose garden, especially on a 100 degree Mexican summer day. Each of them holds a very nice group of birds year round, and an increased number during the winter migration. The amount of insects that are prevalent is, I am sure, a huge one.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In a recent study , a team of French researchers set out to test whether a drone’s color, speed, and angle of approach affected different groups of birds. While drones have the potential be a great tool in the world of wildlife conservation, they can also pose a serious problem for the animals they’re trying to protect.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

They had to cancel a big project that would have showcased polar bears and seals. Lanthier, a veterinarian and walrus researcher who took the helm in Calgary two years ago, says the cancellation of the polar bears exhibit might please some animal-rights extremists, but the reality is a blow to Canada's white bears.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2015

Back to the Uvac Dam where a large group of conference participants is leaving the shuttle bus as I stop the car… While I am carefully reversing through the scattered bunch, a lucky few saw the main prize landing at the hilltop vulture restaurant: the huge Cinereous Vulture (or Eurasian Black Vulture)!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Birding that starts with the largest eagle of the continent certainly bears promises… The next stop is the town park in Opovo, north of Belgrade, where local bird expert Ceda Vuckovic reported one, locally rare, Short-eared Owl. He will think twice before guarantying the GGS next time’ the British birder wrote.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. The Guardian recently published the latest population analysis by the IUCN’s Dhole Working Group that has revealed that the area of occupancy of this species has significantly declined – close to 50% since the previous assessment in 2008!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The icing on the cake has been getting to join this exceptional group of writers, and avian enthusiasts here on 10,000 Birds. 6 Wandering Tattler – Tringa incana On my first trip across the Baja to the Pacific Ocean side, I discovered a small group of these wonderful shorebirds. #5

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2011

Ringer Proposition 491, recently submitted to the American Ornithologists’ Union South American Classification Committee (SACC), bears the esoteric title “ Change linear sequence of orders for Falconiformes, Psittaciformes, and Cariamiformes.&# Some of this should sound familiar.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Both groups will be protesting the seal hunt using the Olympic torch ceremony as the backdrop. PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Does the product above strike you as black humor, only not funny? I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

Baltimore Orioles are surprisingly slight when you get a look at them, but troupials are about the size of a jay, and with the bearing to go with it. Take a look at this sucker. For starters, it’s massive. There is no doubt about it, this is a striking bird.

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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. The bird flies around our group, alights onto a bush and, just as I raise my camera, dives into the bush. I took a brief, wobbly, video of the process. The wren comes in!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. The System also protects bison , bighorn sheep , panthers , elk , grizzly bears , manatees , and ocelots , among others. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. It’s not just for the birds.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Probably much more of a serious threat than the bear scat we occasionally spied or the threat of poodle-bush rash. and, after spotting a Nashville Warbler at Chilao, pointed out a young Yellow-rumped Warbler , one of what turned out to be a group of Audubons, and then a MacGillivray’s Warbler.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

This diverse group of strong-billed seed-eaters, 42 species strong, includes the North American buntings ( Indigo , Painted , Lazuli , Varied , and others), the cardinal-grosbeaks (including Rose-breasted , Black-headed , and Crimson-collared ), saltators, and the delightful Dickcissel.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But unfortunately for lovers of descriptive bird names, a name was already assigned by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert, who must have been a devout Catholic to assign the name Protonotaria citrea , referring to the prothonotarii, a group of church notaries who famously (but not really that famously) wore yellow hoods.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Now, bear in mind, I just left Costa Rica, where seeing a trogon is really nice, but not all that uncommon, so I don’t believe I was as awed as the occasion called for. The Yellow-eyed Junco was in a small group of Dark-eyed Juncos , all feeding on the oak forest floor.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

Am I willing to give up the field guide which bears the mud and dirt of so many falls on so many birding trips? It gets very confusing when I’m trying to look at subspecies descriptions in multiple field guides (“Slate-Colored Fox Sparrow” in Sibley West, for example, is “Western Slate-colored Group” in Stokes West).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

It would be nice if people like David Sibley could take up more of the spotlight, but let’s face it…the miniscule percentage of birders that could wear the necessary public rockstar persona are not the ones leading tour groups or writing field guides. Who can bear the weight of the birding world on their shoulders?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

I never cared much for insects and my interest in plants never got beyond the veggy section of my supermarked – in spite of buying field guides and giving both groups a good try. This is very bad news for a group that is largely nocturnal and has adapted to a secretive lifestyle, and is thus best detected by its tracks and signs.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2013

For birders heading off the coast of the eastern United States and attempting to tackle the mess that is the Band-rumped Storm-Petrel complex, a group of up to four cryptic species, this is a very real possibility. It still does so with me, but bear with me here. And that’s where molt comes in. The four actions?

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 23, 2010

A group of drooling dogs were all ears as actor and dog lover Taye Diggs read excerpts from the newly released ALPO® “Real Dogs Eat Meat” Handbook at a first-of-its-kind book reading event in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District on May 19.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth.

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