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Are Bird Blog Trip Reports Dead?

10,000 Birds

But if a blog post is an un-or-poorly illustrated, straightforward account of a birder’s visit to a local park that lacks amazing birds or scenery is there any reason to read it? So why the heck are blog posts about birding local patches the most common type of blog post that bird bloggers produce? Really boring.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Because Loons’ coastal wintering habitats can be severely impacted by oil spills and other human activities, this information has important implications for wildlife managers. Since you are reading this blog you are probably a bird expert, so you can [read the original OpenAccess paper]([link] yourself for all the details.

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Sentient: a book review

10,000 Birds

The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses , aptly sets forth her thesis – though the “wonder” it refers to could equally well be used to describe animal (not just human) senses, as she shows in fascinating detail.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of September 2020)

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Every weekend seems to be wild from the perspective of human history. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. To every bird, though, mid-September remains what it’s always been: a good time to feed, mass, and move ! Common, but rarely so tame, they were a joy to watch!

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Birding Shanghai in January 2024

10,000 Birds

It seems that like me, Oriental Storks are not that fond of humans. A study found that in areas with intense human activity, their nests were higher, while in safer environments, the nests were lower and closer to food resources, allowing parent storks to invest more in the nestlings. Well, they are birds, not humans.

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Amazing Holiday Giveaway (for the humans)

4 The Love Of Animals

This blog is not responsible for prize fulfillment or shipment. The post Amazing Holiday Giveaway (for the humans) appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals. Disclosure: I did not receive compensation for participating in this event. This giveaway is sponsored by the companies mentioned above. giveaways holidays'

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Why Humans Are the Only Ones with Rights

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Someone posted a question about why humans have human rights and whether they should considering that others do not. I'm reposting what I wrote as I rarely do any original writing for this blog anymore. In the matter of science, and there are varying levels of this viewpoint, the human is the most advanced of creatures.

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