10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It is a true rail ; and besides this there is nothing specifically like it known to science, although it may be that certain rails living on islands in the Pacific Ocean may have sprung from the same original stock. The bird will therefore now be known as. Atlantisia Rogersi. Adults show various degrees of white barring on flanks and belly.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 14, 2012

We loved seeing penguins, whales, polar bears, and wolves. Science at the Ends of the Earth – An examination of the remarkable scientific work being performed at the South Pole. Truly a series for any animal lover, but more than that, it’s an amazing look at our planet.

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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.&#

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2019

North American warblers, on the other hand, often bear names of, at best, marginal utility. For example, the legendary ornithologist Alexander Wilson happened upon in his broad travels a warbler previously undescribed by science. Consider some examples: NAMED FOR OTHER BIRDS.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Bearing Up ” (Op-Ed, Jan. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. Because polar bears are at the top of the marine food chain, their bodies accumulate persistent organic pollutants that disrupt their reproductive systems.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Hugh Powell is a science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 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. Come to Peru, they said.

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Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

Having misled us for so long about animals, science is initiating a revolution in our understanding. Mockingbirds bear a grudge against particular people (guardian.co.uk). Related articles by Zemanta Rooks can use tools 'just like chimps' (guardian.co.uk). Why can we talk? Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com).

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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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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2007

Here are three paragraphs from a recent essay by Roger Scruton : As I suggested, science provides authority for this weird morality only when clothed in moral doctrine. It’s more accurate to say that it’s an imposition—one that we willingly and happily bear for the sake of our companions.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The crowd of macaws is soon joined by parrots arriving as if on cue and bearing their colorfully named body parts: Yellow-crowned , Blue-headed , White-bellied , Orange-cheeked , and Mealy – followed by two species of parakeets – Dusky-headed and White-eyed. Volunteers are one of the most important aspects to the project.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump. How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? . But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

Lawrence, is the “Strangest Island in the World,” where, in a biotic reversal, introduced deer (who ate berries) chased away the bears, and where introduced frogs made the island, weirdly, a watery northern wilderness without many bugs. Anticosti, in the Gulf of St. And, yes, he discusses the pestilent starling, as well.).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now. Which sounds like a species name taken from a science fiction novel for children. A giant squirrel, actually. Attack of the giant squirrels from Mars. Or something like that.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

What’s not to like about citizen science, conservation, and transforming a day of slaughter into a day of enjoying being outside watching birds? Bear with me, keyboard commandos of the 101 Chairborn Patriot Squad. But maybe it needs a name change?

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

He can do so in one of two ways: either by heeding the advice of scientists calling for the polar bear to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act; or, at the very least, by delaying the lease sale while the complexities of the proposed listing are sorted out.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Endangered Species 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Well, the answer is that the moniker Red-headed Barbet was first given to the South American species that still bears and thus it had precedence to retain the name. He discovered numerous new species for science including this barbet and was the first person to confirm the existence of both Gorillas and Pygmies.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. This was not a very successful prank, especially since we had just encountered a large cinnamon-colored black bear which was much more interesting, even to a birder.

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