10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2022

For some reason that I do not quite understand myself – given that I really rather dislike children and am not too positive about the rest of humanity either – I recently put up a little display of bird photos inside my Shanghai compound, which I share (as the only foreigner) with about 1700 Chinese. Some Birds of Shanghai.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

I asked a group of wildlife rehabilitators: “What are some of the Worst Bird Myths? Bats just love to fly into human hair!” Two: Humans are diurnal, which means they are normally active during the day. Three: Why would anyone , no matter what their species, want to become tangled in human hair? Feel free to vent!”.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

It’s that time of the year again when the humans start sniffling and sneezing! If you have ever wondered if your dog can get a cold, the answer is yes ! Not just dogs though, pet birds, ferrets, and even pet rats are all able to catch a cold from a person.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2022

Harris’s are also, according to Cowan, smarter than other hawks; they hunt in packs and, for that reason, may welcome humans as hunting partners more so than other raptors. As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. We serve them.”.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2024

I would be fascinating to know how many species of birds it was pointed at during its time with me, but it must have been well over 1,000. I’ve never quite understood why so many people wrap their scopes up in little jackets, (but nor do I understand why it’s so popular to dress dogs up in coats, too, as they are already wrapped in fur.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

There is bird version of this in the Everglades. For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2015

I routinely vow to put an emotional wall between the birds I care for and me, to keep in mind that a good percentage of them will not make it, and to realize my heart is already in pieces so I should protect myself from further damage. The job of consoling me fell mostly to my dog. Tiny nestlings were safe around him.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2019

Today`s post is a continuation of last week`s – an introduction to Shanghai`s 20 most commonly seen birds. Start with Eurasian Tree Sparrow , an unlikely high-ranked target for anybody watching birds in Shanghai. The Little Grebe is the default bird on Shanghai`s many ponds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2016

There’s something for everyone in this week’s bird news—gotta get ’em all! First off, does your injured bird need a blood transfusion? Apparently humans aren’t the only creatures that engage in booty calls—the prospect of getting some on the side leads Field Sparrows to sing for mates at nigh t. Snail Kites photo by Corey.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2015

Florida is one of America’s great avian hot spots, renowned for its impressive bird diversity. The official Florida checklist counts over 500 species, and thus Florida citizens had a wealth of State Bird candidates to choose from when they named the Florida state bird in 1927. Think as a human you are immune?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

But, sometimes an appreciation of birds and birding requires more than a reference book with images of birds and facts about their identifying field marks. There are large avian handbooks and small ‘how-to bird’ guides, and quite a few excellent books of both types have been published.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. People brought us a Brewer’s Blackbird nestling they’d fed hot dogs and spaghetti,” wrote Veronica Bowers. “He I mean, how could he know it was a merlin, but not know it didn’t eat bird seed?”.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2022

Pied Oystercatchers do live a very long time and local metal leg band and engraved flag marking on several birds has shown that many are over twenty years old. Pied Oystercatchers around Broome always lead you away from their nest sites or their chicks whether you are human or a dog. Pied Oystercatcher nest on rocks.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2012

The water this Northern Pintail is in has human poo in it, which completely ruins the experience of seeing this bird. The majority of diehard birders do not care where they get their birds. There is a caste of birders, however, that do not subscribe to this way of birding…no. Oh wait, it doesn’t.

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Reddit Animals

JULY 13, 2023

I've noticed that self destructive actions in other animals like cats, dogs, horses, birds, etc. seems to mostly if not only occur when they're with humans as a pet or being captive. So what are some examples of self destructive tendencies of other animals in the wild?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

She’s a lover of all things geek and is happiest when cuddling with her dogs and catching up on the latest Marvel movies. This is Liz’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. However, drones operate at an altitude of 500 feet or below — meaning they’re in the flight zone of most non-migrating birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

One of the primary reasons that these hawks make such excellent falconry birds is because they are one of only two raptor species (the other is the Galapagos Hawk ) that hunt cooperatively. Consider the following quote, &# Falconry involves the use of birds of prey to kill other birds and animals for sport.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

You (or your child/friend/etc) have just found a seemingly parentless baby bird. Here with the answer(s) is Maureen Eiger, a bird rehabilitator in Roanoke, VA: . Wild bird rehabilitators want bird parents to feed their own babies. Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2013

For instance, one could have to cope with many different screaming mammals, living in many different habitats, making many different noises, all of which sound enough like bird noises that maybe, just maybe, you should check. Montana has four species of chipmunk and six species of ground squirrel.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2019

And yet, on the bridge the birds are relatively protected from the dogs, beach-goers, and predators that frequent their traditional habitats along dunes. As the summer progresses, I will continue to monitor the progress of these beautiful birds! For years, skimmers and terns have formed a large colony here.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

But the fact is nature has little to do with most problems facing native birds. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” To that person, the bird in trouble is real and not an anonymous blob of feathers.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2022

For those plugged into birding social media, it has been hard to miss the non-profit Birdability. The mission of Birdability is to “share the joys of birding with people who have disabilities, and to ensure that birding is accessible to everybody.”. Q: How has the birding community responded to Birdability?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2011

There are many tales of a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from humans to use as nest-lining material. Watching a titmouse take hairs from a human is something I have always longed to see but I never considered how cool it might be to see a titmouse take hair from another creature. … a.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

She previously wrote on 10,000 Birds about birding in the Washington DC cherry blossoms. Normally when someone says “wedding,” they don’t also think “birds.” was about all the southern birds I could cross off my list! Adding a bird to the life-list and I had only been in Florida for thirty minutes! Great Egret.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The current incarnation of this birdbath rests on a large pot, putting it out of reach of our curious small dog. It is deeper than the saucer shown above, so I have placed a handmade, curved roof tile in the middle for birds that prefer shallower water. The post My Mexican Birdbath appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2020

On the northern birding calendar, October is a time for sparrows, cool weather, and tired fall leaves. In Costa Rica, the tenth month is when birds pass through in droves. but there are other birds, many stopping to stay, many others moving to South America. In Costa Rica, a lot of those birds fly right overhead.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

One of the interesting things about web cams is that as they foster familiarity, they also favor the familiar human urge to impose narrative. There are many stories at Dunrovin – rescued horses, challenging dogs, miniature donkeys with flamboyant personalities – but two of the stars are a pair of Osprey s dubbed Ozzie and Harriet.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2016

It’s during these months when I cringe anytime there’s a dog on the beach (though usually dogs aren’t allowed at all), for fear it might go after a fuzzy chick or adult sitting on eggs. The magnificent, adorable, and dangerous breeding season for both shorebirds and seabirds along the Florida Panhandle.

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Reddit Animals

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I live with one dog and my elderly father. My dog is a livestock guardian breed so when she saw the mouse I just said to leave it and now it walks right past her too she ignores it like the spiders, I made sure she was well trained. I've got my dad and me and the dog to worry about and I keep a clean house.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2017

The dog days of July, when birders desperately seek out south-bound shorebirds, odd breeding records, or anything else to keep themselves from losing their minds in a lousy birding time in the northeastern United States, is not my favorite time of year to bird. Either way, life isn’t easy for a young bird.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2016

In some areas wooden docks and boardwalks provided the only evidence of nearby human habitation; in others, multi-colored, bay-front homes enjoyed short walks to the water. Here and there, spits of pale sand became playgrounds for families and dogs, or hunting areas for Great Blue Herons. A view of East Bay.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2017

Small, delicate, graceful, the Least Tern embodies all we love about birds and then some. Unfortunately, their preferred habitat is also preferred by their human counterparts, lost to development or full of sunbathers and swimmers. Have you seen their chicks? For me, that moment came last week.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2014

As I bird, walk the dog or run errands, puffs of white float down on the breeze. Humans have not helped. The result is a slow retreat of the cottonwoods, not readily noticed by a human with a human lifespan and attention-span unless we know what to look for.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

If we can all agree on one thing, it’s that chickadees and tits are terrific birds. Not for nothing did 10,000 Birds readers elect the chickadee as the Most Beloved Backyard Bird of 2008 ; if we had run elections in other years, chickadees would no doubt have been front-runners. It was still alive.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

It also has one of the highest human population densities in the state. Not surprisingly, this brings Burrowing Owls into close contact with humans across the county. Loss of habitat due to development, disturbance at burrows and negative interactions with humans are some of the threats facing this charismatic species.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2013

“The great thing about raising an education bird,” says Lisa, “is that you can do everything you’re never allowed to do with the wild ones.” Rehabbers have to grin and bear it during baby season; we raise incredibly cute wild birds behind masks, give them no human attention, and make sure they bond with each other and not us.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

And the morning before the Mkuze pack of Painted Wolves, or African Wild Dogs, had been very close to one of the park’s few Lions, as far as tracking collars had told. We hadn’t been on the road long before a shout went out that a dog had been seen, and we quickly turned back, and there was my first Painted Wolf in Mkuze.

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