10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Our first stop, at the reservoir surrounded by temperate thorn fores, a lone Least Grebe was present, as was a Belted Kingfisher whose presence I had predicted. The male Ruby-throated Hummingbird I had seen on my last visit is still present, but stayed in deep brush, denying me a photo. Migratory Lark Sparrows were everywhere.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2018

Just about any part of the world in which birds move in response to seasonal signals now bears witness to birds on the move. In any case, every weekend during migration can present a precious opportunity to catch favorite species for the first or last time this year.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2014

A flock of the ever-present Black-capped Chickadees netted be a hoped for Boreal Chickadee , smaller, browner, shyer and vacating its perch a fraction of a second before I could get a photo. As we headed down the trail, we were stopped from taking the long route by yellow tape and a sign warning of bears. What an incredible experience.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2021

On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. If presented with the opportunity, there’s other things that would eat a bird too. Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. The equation seems incredible.

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Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 256

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2015

Only freed from past burdens, can we take advantage of the present. 5) And finally, birds are not like bears, who can put on an extra hundred pounds and chill out for five months. And after five months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years. 2) Birds of prey ALL have bent beaks. Woolen booties.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Eagles Wildlife Bears 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2015

But bear with me for a second: this post presents a different context for a different squirrel. I still know my audience - this is primarily a blog read by birders in North America, who see the term “squirrel” as little more than a synonym for house sparrow, starling, pest and cholera.

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Squirrels North America Germany Europe 162

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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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 27, 2009

National Geographic Channel’s Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey Anderson presents the unique story of one man who has dedicated himself to wildlife preservation and a daring approach to understanding grizzlies’ every move — living among them in extreme conditions, observing their behaviors and even tasting some of their favorite foods.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2012

If you can bear to make space for one more book (perhaps by leaving out unnecessary items such as knickers and deodorant), may I suggest a small volume to help identify creatures that don’t present themselves in a perfect pose, but move about, skulk in the darkness or refuse to show their distinctive traits.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

They also warn that the product should not be directly applied to “water or to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark,” and that “runoff also may be hazardous to aquatic organism in water adjacent to treated areas.”

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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. It was one of my A-1 targets when I visited Aruba, and I was pleased to realize that I needn’t have worried too much about seeing it.

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Baltimore Broker North America Raised 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

The System also protects bison , bighorn sheep , panthers , elk , grizzly bears , manatees , and ocelots , among others. This is a mission that all birders can surely support. Thus, unlike other federal lands, which must balance competing uses, the Refuge System is dedicated to conservation. It’s not just for the birds.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

For now, I present a story of an excellent day''s birding on a visit to Los Angeles last week.]. Probably much more of a serious threat than the bear scat we occasionally spied or the threat of poodle-bush rash. [If you are looking for my first-Tuesday-of-the-month book review, it will be in this spot next week.

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Los Angeles Woodpeckers California Birds 171

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Barn Swallows were also present along with a few Banks. In the meantime, I hope to bear witness to the continued spectacle of fall migration right at the homestead and further afield. On Saturday, I had fun watching the constant Cliff Swallow parade from the new tower at Cerro Lodge. An abundance of shorebirds. It can and does work !

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Costa Rica South America Tennessee 2019 148

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

But the grasslands of eastern Montana bear a resemblance to their wildlife that goes beyond the mere evolutionary imperative of camoflauge. The steeper slopes have some of the same vitality as the pronghorn (still present, though their numbers are down dramatically after a hard, snowy winter two years ago.)

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Wildlife Ferrets Montana Prairie Dogs 183

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2019

North American warblers, on the other hand, often bear names of, at best, marginal utility. We here at 10,000 Birds have decided to right some wrongs and improve the birding world by renaming birds the way they should have been named from Linnaeus to the present. (Or, Consider some examples: NAMED FOR OTHER BIRDS. Well, no more!

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Rights Connecticut Tennessee Nashville 113

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. The only exception is the Conservation section, which presents keys for the conservation icons. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Having an ever-present dog or cat, for example, can help ease separation anxiety in children when mom and dad aren’t around. Many also learn responsibility, compassion, and empathy from having pets. The mere presence of pets at home can help provide a sense of security in children.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2018

non-birders) envision when they hear the word “bird” – but it bears a passing resemblance to the American Robin. I can’t claim that the playful bird image that accompanies this release is an obvious likeness of any particular species – it’s more of a generic songbird that most people (i.e.,

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

They didn’t say, when you hear owls calling from an Utcubamba roadside at noon, bear in mind that Rich Hoyer can produce a full range of geographically appropriate pygmy-owl vocalizations without so much as moving his lips. They didn’t say, you’ll be chasing along behind the best birders on the planet and trying in the 5 a.m.

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Peru Birds South America Owls 254

Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

Steve Best's verbal presentation of his ideas sometimes irks me. Mockingbirds bear a grudge against particular people (guardian.co.uk). It's over-the-top, for me, and I often resent the time I must spend working through the ranting. Related articles by Zemanta Rooks can use tools 'just like chimps' (guardian.co.uk). Why can we talk?

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 8, 2008

For, at least as both are usually construed, the only major difference between ethical egoism and act-utilitarianism is that the egoist is concerned with maximizing utility in his own case, so that only consequences which affect him bear upon the rightness and wrongness of his acts.

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Bears Ethics Animal Rights 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

However early March sees the passage of a vastly underrated migrant to British Shores, or should that be from British Shores as they have probably been present all winter? Or These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become A Bird Watcher #13: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! The Scandinavian Rock Pipit A.p. Join Mike in Jamaica!

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2011 Deer Fish New York 152

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 1, 2008

As omnivores, the population of human beings should, perhaps, be roughly twice that of bears, allowing for differences of size.

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Animal Liberation Morals Ethics Deer 40

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. As I flipped through the pages I was once again amazed by the quality and lifelikeness of the birds presented.

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Birds Woodpeckers Canada Collecting 215

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? The guide that flips open automatically to Semipalmated, Western, and Least Sandpipers, a testament to my continuing learning curve with peeps? ” Thank you, David Sibley!

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North America 2003 Birds America 160

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

Once one bears in mind that it is this comparative assessment that is required, then it seems to me there will be a strong case (1) for Humane Slaughter, and humane treatment prior to slaughter, and (2) insofar as really painless and comfortable animal-raising is not attained or attainable, giving vegetarianism a try, at least.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Crows, Ravens, Clark’s Nutcrackers, White-crowned Sparrows and assorted waterfowl were all still present, but that was about it. You know, the Bison, Elk, Bears and Wolves. We did not ever see a Grizzly Bear, but we did see a Black Bear , although it was way too far away for a picture.

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Wyoming Wolves Grizzly Bear Mountain Goats 105

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Stamper presents a compelling argument that the time between the 10th (1993) and 11th (2003) editions of the Collegiate was barely enough time to methodically wade through mountains of material in the English language to: (1) add new words, and (2) update all of the definitions of existing words. (In 1843, G & C Merriam Co.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2018

And, with all due apologies to those who have yet to acquire a taste for tartness, please bear with us and rest assured it won’t be long before we move into less summery fare. . For all its imposing reputation, German brewing has produced its fair share of forgotten relics.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Well, that doesn’t even bear thinking about. And if I dip again? I better not miss this bird again. Yet, here I am, back from Austria, minus one Black Woodpecker sighting.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here, Slaght presents his data analysis and his conservation plan for Blakiston’s Fish Owl. He has a wonderful website , where you can donate to these efforts through the WCS or link to some of his presentations, including this talk to NYC Linnaean this past October. ’ The last chapter is different, though.

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Owls Russia Fish Research 135

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2011

It appeals to my sense of efficiency and environmental responsibility and presents the chance to check out places that may be off the beaten birding path, not to mention that it saves my non-driving self from having to beg people for rides just to indulge my hobby. In short, as ways of birding go, it’s low-impact.

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ALA Bald Eagle Mules Turkey 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

I didn’t know much about Birds of Paradise either before 2013, when I accompanied a non-birding friend to a presentation at a local college, not really expecting much. It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family.

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Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. I had high hopes for the 5th Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit this past Saturday at Fort Tilden.

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2018 Bald Eagle Battery Birds 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2011

That’s all fascinating from a historical and biogeographical perspective, but how much bearing should our understanding of the past have on our taxonomic treatment of populations in the present? Let’s assume for a moment that there is currently extensive gene flow going on between Mexican Ducks and Mallards.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Black Woodpecker – This is a bird that has eluded me on two trips to Germany – both of which included exploring forests where they were supposed to be present – and a trip to a region of Hungary where they are supposed to be common. And if I dip again…well, that doesn’t even bear thinking about.

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