10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

The family Picathartidae consists of two very unusual birds; White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes , endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa; and Gray-necked or Red-headed , restricted to Lower Guinea forests of Central Africa. White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes, Bonkro, Ghana.

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Sierra Leone Ghana Cameroon Equatorial Guinea 262

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2014

However, the vast majority of Java’s endemic bird species inhabit what is left of the island’s rain forests, and birders therefore tend to limit their visit to Java to a few selected national parks in mountainous regions – which is where the Brown Prinias are not to be found. A small brown bird. Yes, indeed.

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Burma Laos Birds Indonesia 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2011

This past Sunday was a hot sunny day in New York and the family and I took full advantage of it, exploring Rockefeller State Park Preserve, a pretty park in Westchester County, not too far north of the Bronx. Fortunately for me, there were birds around too! Make a visit – you won’t regret it! … a.

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Kentucky Agenda New York Wounded 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

After all, while I like to believe that I am a pretty good bird blogger I’ve never written anything like a field guide. The book I am writing is the New York edition in the new series of American Birding Association field guides. Yeah, I’m kind of surprised too. And the references I use!

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New York New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania 192

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2013

There are many wonderful things to see at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival , but the Florida Scrub-Jay is as close to a “must see bird” as you’re likely to find down here. Prior to the development boom in the state, the upland scrub favored by the birds stretched unbroken across much of the state.

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Sanctuary Florida Litter Wildlife 182

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 11, 2009

Katrina Warren and the experts at Animal Planet’s “ Housecat Housecall ”, presented by Purina Cat Chow, have put together some simple tips to help families conquer some common cat care issues. Here are some good tips for prospective cat owners: What should I do before bringing a new kitten into the family? Keep your kitten indoors.

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Cats Kittens Lifestyle Companion Animal 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Like other social animals, his family connections were keeping him alive, as his family was feeding him. Falakhe is still alive, as is the dominant male in his litter. He was struggling to keep up with the pack, his back legs were clearly still casuing him grief, and heas trailing behind a lot of the time.

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Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 187

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2022

The scimitar gave the name to a group of birds, the 17 species of scimitar babblers (claims that these birds were named after the Scottish naturalist Edgar Scimitar, 1755-1806, are plainly wrong). Scimitar babblers use these long downcurved bills to work through the leaf litter – they are rather terrestrial birds.

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Litter China Species Abandon 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2023

The tiny islands of the southern Caribbean are much more famous for sprawling white sand beaches and azure water as they are for birds; but there are several regional endemics that thoroughly stir the imagination. Some entire family groups are unique to the region, this holds true for the genus Cinclocerthia – tremblers.

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Madagascar Litter Species Groups 130

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals. Paul’s family noticed that whenever he was about to have an attack, Tinker would get agitated.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

It was a good birding year. Many sad and unfortunate things occurred in 2016, but the birding was good. I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey.

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2016 India Ducks Birds 107

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

According to the eBird description, it is everything I am not: a “neon-colored, noisy, highly social bird” Shudder to think (not the bird part though). Next, this post has a long section on babblers, a very ill-defined category of birds. But some of them look pretty interesting.

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Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2013

As I mentioned a few weeks ago , it was our time to go and find some new birds! Our actual first bird for Queensland was a Common Myna at the airport and we were surprised that they did not seem as prolific as in Sydney. There’s nothing quite like being woken up by a bird literally laughing at you! Pair of Tawny Frogmouth.

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Birds Cattle Litter 2012 150

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Everywhere on Facebook I see friends and acquaintance posting photos of Snowy Owls , and or status updates on how they’ve succeeded or failed in their search for reported birds. Now as most everyone knows Snowy Owls are birds of the Arctic. They are a bit of a nemesis bird for me, but only because I’m somewhat lazy.

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Owls Fox Oklahoma Soreing 225

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2018

Every single species, even the European Starlings above, count as one bird on the year’s checklist. So before the hangover kicked into overdrive I was out the door, leaving an apartment full of sleeping revelers, seeking out some good birds for my year list. Redheads , even the drab females, are always a fun bird to watch.

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Ducks Litter Feral 2017 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I come from a large family: five sisters, two brothers and almost everyone has kids. Most of my family lives in Indiana, but thanks to social media we can easily keep in touch. Case in point: some of my family members have become active with feral cat colony organizations. “They don’t want to be inside.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 176