10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

What do the eight birds above have in common? Eight more birds. Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Most people oppose large-scale, indiscriminate, hunting of birds but it still happens all over the world. Passenger Pigeon. Broad-billed Parrot.

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Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

He hypothesized that the bird Bloxam shot, which by this point was origin uncertain because no one was sure where Bloxam had shot it, might be a juvenile Striated Starling. ” And because he was the first to publish a scientific description of the bird with a name attached the name stuck. ” … Extinction is forever.

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Killing Rats Cooking Norway 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2018

I have written before of the intersection between the human need for entertainment and the bird need to live bird lives and make more birds: it partakes of both the compelling and the ridiculous at the best of times. So what does this mean for birds? And to ‘raise awareness’ is such a nebulous thing.

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New York City New York Pennsylvania Rats 104

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The purpose of the trip was nothing to do with birds, it was to get some badly needed rest and relaxation. Mt Bruce, since you ask, is the Department of Conservation’s premier endangered bird breeding centre. And on this visit, we were there in time to see feeding for the kiwi chicks the centre was raising.

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New Zealand Raised Endangered Species Rats 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2012

My apologies, 10,000 Birds folk, for missing my December post on the 18th. There’s been a bit of excitement around our house lately, because the UPS man rumbled up the driveway on Friday the 13th with a box containing two advance copies of my new book, The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds. The big new book.

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Raised Boston Rats Experience 220

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The lack of people does not mean we have any less extinct or threatened bird species than other countries. Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865.

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Species Australia Birds Parrots 176

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2018

While one farmer grows hops, another raises grain destined for the malthouse. While the city brewer might contend with urban vermin like rats and pigeons, the country vintner generally enjoys the company of more charismatic wildlife. Good birding and happy drinking! Of course, habitats of all sorts attract wildlife.

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2014 Milwaukee California Industry 113

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MAY 3, 2011

But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. The global population is now estimated at 15,000 birds and, even on islands where it is relatively common, its distribution remains severely fragmented. So he began to put out extra feed for the birds.

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Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 229

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

There is no excuse for putting a banner photo like this on a renowned birding site. So: we have bird identification shorthand, which is usually the bird’s North American Ornithological Society abbreviation, but which could be just one particular rehabber’s nickname for the species. We do real birds.”. You raptor people!”

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Turtles Turkey Wildlife 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I must admit that I was astonished as I had never considered Ghana a potential birding destination, nor knew of any birders who had ever been there. My clients insisted that they wanted to go to Ghana as they had heard that the birding was great. We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 196

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. A robot that feeds baby birds so I can take a nap,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. “A Birds wildlife rehabilitators wildlife rehabilitators wish list' Summer is high season. High Technology.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Long-time readers of this blog probably also know Tai Haku, the scuba-diving, tree-planting, bird photographing nature blogger at Earth, Wind, and Water. For a successful relocation, check out Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man who Brought it Back from Extinction.)

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Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

Compared to that of say the Collared Kingfisher , for example, it would hardly raise an eyebrow. A lot of the important recovery work on the Norfolk Parakeet, which was down to only 30 odd birds and around 4 females, was done prior to the split. The Orange-fronted Parakeet varies very little from that of the Yellow-crowned Parakeet.

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New Zealand Fiji Parrots Tonga 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. The post Collaborative List – November 2019 appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 141