Critter News

JUNE 14, 2009

A blog is a voracious beast (or critter!) That then raises the question of whether there's any value added (Ana does a much better job at that then I do, because she's more committed). Well, this is post number 1982, and I guess we're sort of suffering a crisis of confidence. Do we keep going or give it up?

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Suffering Raised 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Why tediously write blog posts when ChatGPT can do it for me? So, I asked ChatGPT: “Please write a 500-word blog post about birding in Shanghai in the style of Kai Pflug for the website 10,000 birds” This is the result: Greetings, fellow birding enthusiasts!

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China Endangered Species Sanctuary Protection 165

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2020

No, I haven’t lost track of the calendar — though that’s quickly becoming a more common experience in our new reality — but occasionally life gets in the way of blogging, which is what happened this week. I don’t have a proper post ready for you today, meaning there’s no customary Birds and Booze story and review for now.

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Collecting Connecticut New York Industry 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2019

Better, though, is finding a way to raise the quality of your bird sightings and enjoyment of them. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Those of us north of the Equator should be enjoying our summer weekends no matter how boring the birding might be. How about you?

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2019 Birds California Raised 121

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

Seeing as it is near the midway point of the year I thought it would be nice to check in on how the blogging Big Year birders are doing thus far in 2012. Anthony also has a brand new blog ! Not only that, but they are doing their big year to raise money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy.

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South Dakota Houston Mammals Birds 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2018

Encountering exotics raises all manner of questions in birders, the toughest of which rarely center on identification. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Following me here? We may know these birds well, but should we love them? How about you?

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2018 Zoos Birds Raised 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2014

So raise a glass to the hope that 2014 will further your search for the Holy Quail and that Nature will continue to amaze and delight us. Blogging Inspiration Happy New Year' May you be happy, healthy and successful. Bottoms Up!

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South Africa 2014 Africa Raised 151

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

He posts photos and descriptions of the birds he finds on his blog, Birderlife. I raised my binoculars and was happy to see it was the osprey. Adam Cairns is a photographer, writer and poet. He is returning to the UK after a four year spell in Qatar, in the Middle East. This is Adam’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds.

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Qatar Farming Sanctuary Raised 183

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 26, 2014

This weekend I went to a blogging conference. I also love his cover of Royals: So, what does this have to do with blogging? I also love his cover of Royals: So, what does this have to do with blogging? We run fund raising for causes that help rescue animals and donate part of our ad revenues to the animal causes we support.

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Raised Shelters Pets Rescue 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2020

The message she relayed made me blurt out a string of words that cannot be repeated on this blog – let’s just say that my priorities immediately shifted. Hopefully they found a suitable place nearby to raise the next generation! Just over a week ago I received an urgent phone call from a long-time friend and fellow birder.

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Trinidad Birds Squirrels 2012 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. There are countless field guides and other birding books, websites, blogs, tour companies, and podcasts. If anything, birders confront too much information rather than not enough.

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2019 Legislation 2017 2018 283

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

Priority in all of these blog posts will go to those keeping a blog about their big year, simply because it is easier to track what they are doing. Also, big year blogs are one of my favorite types of blog to read. No blog, but you can check out this post on the New Jersey eBird portal.

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2013 New Jersey Los Angeles North Carolina 197

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2013

I raise this perennial issue because I found myself twitching a rare ABA bird this weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. One question every self-described birder must grapple with is to twitch or not to twitch. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Oakland 2013 ALA Birds 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This blog was written by Sherry Turner Teas, a rehabber in Chattanooga, Tennessee: It started out as a normal day for a wildlife rehabilitator here in Tennessee – giving medicine, cleaning cages, and feeding baby birds. In a soft release, you let the bird you’ve raised go but continue to provide food until they choose to be independent.)

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Tennessee Raised Wildlife 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2021

DNA fingerprinting has been used to show that, within broods, there is often mixed paternity, although the female is always the true mother of the nestlings raised within her nest. The male looks much more interesting, but that does not help this blog post much. In turn, males seek matings with all the females.

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China Birds Sheep Monkeys 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2012

In my previous blog Bird Photography Equipment Lens and filters I compared two telephotos which I use regularly, the 300 f/4 IS USM which is an excellent prime lens, and the 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 I had read that this was not possible since the 2X raised the f stop by two-stops making it a 300 f/8. I also tried the Canon Extender EF 1.4X

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Pro-Test Raised Birds Rights 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Laysan albatrosses are ocean-dwelling seabirds who have 6-foot wingspans, weigh 7-8 pounds, occasionally sleep while flying, and rarely land except to raise their chicks. The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. They are docile and devoted parents who will not leave their nests.

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Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2018

This has been reported extensively in my favorite neighborhood blog, E.V. And to ‘raise awareness’ is such a nebulous thing. Christo, like a sensible Darwinian creature, has been trying it out with a number of other candidates to put eggs in his nest. Cue scandal!

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New York City New York Pennsylvania Rats 103

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 26, 2011

Here’s all you need to include in your post: The Write a Post, Help a Dog program is aimed at raising awareness and food for the more than four million dogs that wind up in shelters and breed rescues each year. This year the Foundation has already raised more than $376,570 against its goal of $1.5 Ryan Rice at Houston Dog Blog.

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Pedigree Dogs San Francisco Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

This time around I will only be reporting on big years with a blog component because that is where the interest is. If you are doing a big year why wouldn’t you blog it? By the way, where current numbers were readily available on the blogs big year birders use I took numbers from there.

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2013 New Jersey North Carolina Canada 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. For example, when a RATS supporter wrote to Motomco/Bell Labs raising concerns about “Hawk,” this is the response she got (verbatim): “When we first started to make products for the Ag market we introduced ‘Tomcat’ with the idea that a cat is nature’s domestic mouser.

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 261

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2017

The second way to win a copy of Good Birders Still Don’t Wear White was to share this blog post on Facebook while using the hashtag #GoodBirders. Cliff was raised in the Central Valley of California and discovered a love of birds at 14 when he found a male Vermilion Flycatcher in his yard.

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Alabama Sacramento Florida California 108

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 16, 2011

DogTipper.com features articles and tips covering all aspects of life with your dog, from selecting a dog to raising and training your canine. The site also offers a Celebrity Canines blog featuring red carpet canines, a Dog Tip of the Day, Dog News, Dog Travel, Dog of the Day, Recipes, and dog-centric festivals.

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Stray Fur Dogs Rescue 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

Editor’s Note : Though he is a very nice guy and a great blogger Clare Kines, the author of this blog post, might have lived in the far north for too long. Apparently the lack of birds and the abundance of cold has led to him thinking that writing a blog post about bunnies is an acceptable topic for Bird Love Week.

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Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 209

Critter News

JUNE 3, 2010

That is the issue raised by this blog post. A CBS News crew was threatened with arrest when it tried to photograph the spill, and a BP representative in Louisiana told a Mother Jones reporter that she couldn’t visit the Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge without a BP escort. TP has the story in this repost.

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Animal Louisiana 2010 New York 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2016

Tomtits are not a species I have ever talked much about on this blog. This isn’t because I don’t like them, on the contrary, they rate as one of New Zealand’s cutest birds, and I’m a big fan of cute. No, it’s simply a case of not seeing them very often. So let’s hear it for Tomtits! Yay for Tomtits!

New Zealand 112

New Zealand Sanctuary Rescue Raised 112

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2009

The fund raising Web site also offers exclusive content for cat and dog owners which includes information on pet care and safety, information on animal shelters, as well blogs, groups and open forums. The site’s primary purpose is to raise money to help shelters care for homeless pets. About Bring Pets Home.

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Pets Homelessness Shelters Homeless Animals 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2014

Well, the blog is back just in time for me to post a story… which is annoying as it would be nice to have a week off without having to fabricate a story for Mike and Corey to cover my bone idle nature. Sadly, the downtime means that the usual post crafting process got slightly short-circuited this week.

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Singapore Uganda Malaysia Seals 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

This post is picture-heavy because I think it is helpful to see everything, but the blog only supports small images, so larger versions (and even more photos) are on Flickr. If I have missed something or if the photos here or in the Flickr album raise additional issues, please let me know in the comments.

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Portland Oregon Laws Experience 191

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

For a heart-stopping second he lost altitude, then he raised his wings and rocketed up toward the far trees. Cindy wrote on her blog that from now on whenever she sees a hawk in flight, she’ll wonder if it’s Ty’s. The pastor said a prayer, the cherry picker rose, Lisa opened the crate, and the redtail barreled out.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rescue Killing 2012 161

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

And of course, what you see in the background of these two photos is a Bronze Mannikin , giving me what is perhaps one of the best links in the personal history of my bird blog writing (low standards, admittedly). It is one of the largest flying birds in the world and seems to be capable of social learning ( source ).

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

“The Fabulous Animal Rescue Project&# is a global artistic effort to raise funds and awareness to the needless suffering of animals. To learn more about the project and how to take part, visit The Fabulous Animal Rescue Project blog. If you are an artist, you might want to consider donating an image to the project.

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Rescue Animal Suffering Raised 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Competitions like these can also be powerful drivers of habitat and species conservation, which raises the stakes for a Big Day or Big Sit even more. Most bird races I’m familiar with depend on teams directly raising money from supporters, usually on a dollar per bird species basis.

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Texas United States Houston Birds 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2018

On my return, I realised that they are reasonably common birds and was thrilled to be able to see them and blog about them for 6 years until, as the world gets smaller, the route is again lost as a destination. Ribera Norte is to the north of the city and right on the shoreline.

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Argentina Tigers Raised Woodpeckers 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 1, 2010

Every April, the ASPCA invites supporters across the country to “Go Orange for Animals” and raise awareness for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month. You’ll have the opportunity to exchange stories and photos, engage others and raise life-saving funds that support the vital work of the ASPCA. Original post on the ASPCA blog }.

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ASPCA Cruelty Animal Cruelty Raised 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2020

In this case it is you, the innocent reader who should thank me for not setting the title of this piece to “Just Like Paradise” Not that I have anything personal against David Lee Roth but this isn’t a blog post about something that can be likened to paradise. It is paradise.

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Trinidad Parrots Species Hunting 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. Most of the birders in the audience for this blog, and certainly those who record their year lists here , use the Gregorian calendar.

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Psychology Livestock North America Adoptable 159