10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Time to give away a wonderful book on 10,000 Birds! Because this field guide is so darn good ( read my review here ) AND signed by two of those responsible for bringing the book to completion, we need to make this giveaway a little more involved than usual. Birders Library Mar 3rd, 2011 at 8:30 pm Great book. It is that awesome!

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 2, 2010

We are excited to offer 2 lucky readers a copy of this great book! It’s no accident that dogs evolved this way, as humans have been selectively breeding them for around 14,000 years to serve our needs as laborer, companion, hunter, herder and warrior, as well as to suit our aesthetic fancy.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the next few days, the Alpine Accentors ( Prunella collaris ) will arrive on their high-Alpine breeding grounds – it is time to start singing, despite that the treeless Alpine landscape is still under metres of snow. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. Those are the final words of the book. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do. We can--and we must" (222).

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Similarly, choose a breed that doesn’t need much brushing and grooming. Are you an outdoors person, or do you prefer to curl up on the couch with a good book? If you don’t like to walk, don’t choose a herding breed. Instead, choose a breed that loves to cuddle up with you, and you’ll both be happy. How’s your budget?

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. The work of shelters and breed rescue organizations is vital. Tags: books guest post. Today we have a great guest post from author Susan Wilson. One Good Dog is the story of a man who is down on his luck, and a dog who is all out of chances.

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Animal Person

JUNE 29, 2009

(As you are likely aware, very few people can actually get through the film in one sitting, plus the first third, about "pets," sends the troublesome message that puppy mills are the problem, rather than breeding in general.) Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Film. I'm not saying it cannot or does not happen (e.g.,

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

This is an endemic breeding bird in North America and much is now being done by various federal and non-profit groups to ensure and foster its conservation. Piping plovers are always a treat to see, whether at their coastal or inland breeding grounds or whether at their southern wintering grounds. Get yours today!

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Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

It moves society closer to the view that all forms of speciesist exploitation--from dog breeding to commercial fishing--are morally wrong (151). Tags: Books Ethics Language animal rights Joan Dunayer speciesism. We must rethink what we were taught in school, on the playground and at home.

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Animal Person

JULY 10, 2009

Books are seeds, pamphlets are seeds, the horrifyingly dry gluten-free cookies I made last night would be seeds if I weren't about to throw them into the garbage (luckily I made only a dozen and can try to fix the remaining 2/3 of the batter). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. shoveling poop.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

The male Bar-tailed Godwit are the first to show us breeding plumage and then the Red Knot and Curlew Sandpipers have two beautiful reds-red wine rather than cranberry juice! Breeding colour becomes rather obvious! She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

They will feed up there and then head north to Siberia to breed. The shorebirds are starting to get their breeding plumage and the first to show some colour are the male Bar-tailed Godwit. She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. Get yours today!

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Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

However young and healthy, captives judged inappropriate for exhibition or breeding are considered 'excess' and usually are 'unloaded' or killed. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language. With equal validity, we could say that a human locked inside a room has 'freedom' from muggers" (75). Chance is so close! Please consider a gift.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! Jochen Mar 8th, 2011 at 6:53 pm Haaaaa! Thanks for visiting!

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

That leaves us with animal welfare, which I do think we are genuinely interested in, mostly because of the myriad videos, documentaries, books and websites that have made it tough to avoid over the past few years. People are talking. And acting. You didn't have to think too deeply about that one before you reached its fatal flaws.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Let us for once judge a book by its cover, and take a thorough look at a Black-headed Gull in breeding plumage. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! Tags: features , gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Thanks, Wikipedia ! Get yours today! But dark at the core.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

On the other hand, I quite enjoyed an array of Long-tailed Ducks at Irondequoit Bay, including one male in breeding plumage. Long-tailed Duck by Mike Bergin Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Additionally, sandhill cranes reproduce very slowly.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! I can imagine myself inside the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest (with the book in my bag), checking every movement, searching for this almost legendary creature and of course jumping in joy when finding it! Get yours today!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! Tags: australia , features , Reptiles , sea snakes , snakes • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Here’s hoping this bird makes it back to its home turf to breed and comes back to spend another winter in New York State! … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Shouldn’t you be reading a book instead?

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

“Everyone feels like an expert on their dog,&# says Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist at Barnard College and author of the new book Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know. The Russians began by breeding a group of foxes according to one simple rule: they would walk up to a cage and put a hand on the bars.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! There are 400 whooping cranes left in the wild, 100 of them in the eastern population.

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Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

Films, blogs, books, e-zines, sanctuaries, protests, promotion of adoption (of humans and nonhumans!). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights Blogging veganism writing. All we know for sure, just from speaking with other vegans, is that there are as many stories as there are individuals.

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