10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Birding was tougher. There are no trees throughout the landscape, so it is either looking up for birds passing overhead or stomping through the scrub to flush hiding birds. While driving along and looking for flags, I noticed my lifer hyrax, a large, angry-looking groundhog-like mammal.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2011

And marmots, of course, are nothing but pretentious groundhogs, so the name Whistle Pig seems like an extremely fair appellation. If you liked this post and want to see more great images of mammals and other creatures make sure to check out 10,000 Clicks , our big (and growing) page of galleries here at 10,000 Birds. … a.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

As best as I can tell from my vantage point in the cosmos, we’re not stuck in some sort of repetitive Groundhog Day time loop, but who knows? I reviewed a Belgian-style witbier with an owl on the label last week, and I’ve got another one for you today. At least they didn’t go with a white plastic bag. That would have been cruel. __.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I've been having a difficult time blogging both here and at Animal Rights & AntiOppression lately because I feel like my thoughts are like " Groundhog Day." Our friend Miranda had her eye on Tina, the only bird distinctive enough to be named." Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and over again.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

I am a groundhog. That is, I was born on the oddest of holidays, Groundhog Day, which means that this weekend is my birthday weekend. And having a kind and loving family I was given a wonderful gift for my birthday, a full day’s birding! Wait, sparrows? Who goes out east looking for sparrows?

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