10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

This is a very good thing; it means they publish a lot of books about birds (probably more at this point than U.S. This is a hefty book, 560 pages long and dimensions of 6.3 The book’s organization reflects the authors’ goal of making this a guide accessible to birders of all levels and skill.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

So, yes, there’s plenty enough information about migration in the book to justify the subtitle. The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. Kaufman is a terrific writer and A Season on the Wind is a terrific book. by Kenn Kaufman.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

To wit, this is the place that has on the books (and threatens to enforce) a law forbidding more than three unrelated people from living together, a measure derided by off-campus Northwestern University students as the “ brothel law.”

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Laws Chicago Squirrels Birds 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

But I insisted he try the blood and violence guy, and he humored me, only to send me, later, a longish email, pointing out the flaws in my judgment and in the book and the author, and closing with this: “Since I didn’t care for any of his characters, I really didn’t care who killed whom.”. Fair enough.

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Humane 2018 Laws Science 132

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

There has been a lot written about Kirtland’s Warbler, it is one of the most studied birds in the world, but, as far as I know this is the first book that tells its many-faceted story as an adventure tale that can be enjoyed by all of us. And, this is a good book that I think 10,000 Birds readers will enjoy. photo by Lynn C.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

If anyone else had this book growing up you’d be well aware of how its pages were the equivalent of the unending scrolling on Facebook. But this book taught me about eagles, owls, storks and herons. Yes, you read that correctly – it was seemingly reversing the laws of gravity. I was blown away.

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Trinidad Laws Family Hunting 179

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

I don’t know which legislative branch to appeal to, but there ought to be a law that mandates life birds on a birder’s birthday. That’s a win in my book. Perhaps we should require lifers on anyone’s birthday. Sure beats cake! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2017

Global Big Day 2017 is in the books, with 15,954 participants submitting 40,698 checklists to eBird accounting for 6,068 species … so far. The rapid u-turn and speeding back to Shane’s position probably broke several laws but Corey didn’t care: he got his shearwater! What a weekend for birders all over the world.

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2017 Laws Birds Experience 101

Reddit Animals

AUGUST 15, 2023

I need help for my bachelor's thesis because I can't find much materials like books for my thesis. Summary and Conclusions: Provide a summary of research and analysis, draw conclusions regarding the treatment of animals during filming, and evaluate existing practices and laws. Animals in films then and now: ​ A.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

2019), and now this book. The progression could be said to echo that of an earlier book about an obsessive nature criminal, The Orchard Thief by Susan Orlean, which started out as an article in The New Yorker.). The book is structured cinematically. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. Author Joshua Hammer.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2013

In that light, I am looking at this debut novel from the guy who got his MA in Creative Writing in 2010 — yesterday, in terms of the slow grind involved in publishing a book — and seeing the future, perhaps. Reviews book review Fiction turtles' “A man” here means Nathan Lochmueller.

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Turtles Indiana New York Laws 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2016

The law of unintended consequences, etc.) In the meantime, you might want to book a trip to Hawaii to see ‘i’wi while you still can. Something of the same sort may be in the works for Hawaii, with scientists considering unprecedented measures for the best of reasons. island chain was mosquito-free until 1826. .”

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2024

Hannah is passionate about travel, tourism, and birding and hopes to inspire others through her podcasts: Hannah and Erik Go Birding, Women Birders (Happy Hour), and Bird Nerd Book Club. For myself and my husband, travel is flexible. eBird is a huge help with that. But one of the real treasures of Senegal lies near a town called Kaolack.

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Senegal South Dakota Gambia Birds 194

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Bird of Prey (not to be confused with the upcoming comic book film Birds of Prey ) tells the story of the Philippine Eagle in layers of time and place. A recent journal article by researchers affiliated with the PEF states that the country has the laws, but law enforcement officials don’t fully pursue or prosecute offenders. ³).

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2014

Fortunately, I found two willing accomplices, Donna Schulman, who you will recognize as the book-reviewer extraordinaire here on 10,000 Birds , and Steve Walter, who in addition to being a great bird photographer also has a penchant for finding rare birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to the book “Australian Bird Names” (Fraser/Gray), there are conflicting views on the origin of ‘dotterel’. ” That is a fairly non-ringing endorsement. The Black-fronted Dotterel is a cute small plover pretending to be a bandit. I am pretty sure I would not have liked him.

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Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2012

” This is Matthew’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: ENCOURAGING THE ARTIST WITHIN: A review of John Muir Law’s recently released “Laws Guide to Drawing Birds” Heyday, Berkeley, California At some point, I expect more than a few birders have tried (or at least considered) drawing their favorite bird.

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Laws Birds California Nevada 211

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Had I known the law better I would have said, “Excuse me, but this trap is not worth over $250 nor have I damaged it with explosives, so in the State of New York you cannot legally charge me with Malicious Mischief.” I have a book about injured wildlife coming out soon, and I couldn’t buy better publicity.”. Instead I said, “Go ahead.

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

This book has so many great quotes that I'm going to have to write a couple of posts about them. Still, with regard to human victims, the law doesn't accept the victimizer's enculturation as justification. law is even more speciesist than the U.S. Tags: Books Ethics Language.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

How to get yourself out of bed on cold, dark, pre-dawn winter mornings, where to find the nearest landfill, how to convince officers of the law that you aren’t doing anything more than watching birds. Don’t go and start the drinking or socializing or reading a book. Which field guides to use, digital, paper, or both?

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Costa Rica Birds Feral Laws 161

Critter News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

HSUS’ latest public relations gimmick is part of a larger attempt by the very animal control officers responsible for this neglect and abuse to reform their image from one of “dog catcher” to “humane law enforcement.” Nathan Winograd is an advocate for no-kill shelters (and is the author of several books on the subject).

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Shelters HSUS No Kill Shelter Neglecting 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). Now you know.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

…a City Council committee voted 5-0 to recommend a new law that in essence licenses the care and feeding of free-roaming cats as part of a larger effort to reduce their numbers. And she has a North American bird book that has so far taught her how to recognize a sparrow. She said she has a cat that stays indoors — unwillingly.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2013

Anyway, on to this book. Before we begin, I should note that despite my post last week, life is not always sunshine and big fish for the Osprey of Missoula. I have to admit, I normally have a twinge when I see the phrase “backyard birds.” But you will never see any of these in the standard guide to backyard birds.

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Atlanta Ohio Birds Montana 133

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. Tags: books guest post. Today we have a great guest post from author Susan Wilson. It already has me drawn in!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2011

We didn’t take the night walk (because we hadn’t booked soon enough), but the day walk was delightful too. Although the kauri are now protected by law, as well as several parks created for their protection, they face a new danger. A New Zealand Fantail refusing to fan its tail.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

But prejudices die hard, all the more so when, as in the present case, they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. Might does not make right; might does make law. The animal rights movement is not for the faint of heart.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Additional issues include a shortage of law enforcement officials, as well as invasive species problems on 2.5 With already over $3 billion worth of incomplete projects, deeper funding cuts to National Wildlife Refuges could have catastrophic results. There is an operations and maintenance backlog of $3.3 million acres of Refuge lands.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

This is a roundabout way of introducing Australia’s most dangerous bird, because of course a country where an agonizing death lurk in every lake, river or law has a bird that can you kill you too. The whole effect made for one of those birds that are far more impressive in life that you ever expected from books and the TV.

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Sharks Birds Australia Boars 222

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

[If you are looking for my first-Tuesday-of-the-month book review, it will be in this spot next week. I’m sure there is a law that White-headed Woodpeckers are always on the other side of the tree. For now, I present a story of an excellent day''s birding on a visit to Los Angeles last week.]. ” So much for sandwiches.

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Los Angeles Woodpeckers California Birds 171

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

” Compassionate conservation describes an emerging field of interest which Bekoff describes in his book Rewilding Our Hearts : “Compassionate conservation has become a popular new phrase and mind-set over the past few years, one that has increasingly informed global efforts to conserve species and restore ecosystems.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 238

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go. According to the observation book on the tower, even wolves are a – very remote – possibility. From the tower, there should be a few interesting raptors around, and vagrant raptor species are always a possibility during migration periods.

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Germany Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? About the Author Rick Rick Wright studied French, German, philosophy, and biology at the University of Nebraska. at Princeton University in 1990.

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Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. Spring is the perfect season to take this book for a spin! • Explore These Related Posts Cow Birds Half Hardy I Am Heron, Hear Me Roar Good Gully: A Birder’s Oddity The Magenta’s Petrels.Or at Princeton University in 1990.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In law, there is often a similar approach, memorably articulated by Justice Louis Brandeis , who said “in most matters it is more important that the applicable rule of law be settled than that it be settled right.”. But in 2020, perhaps the app example is more relevant than the book or museum examples.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 4, 2008

For example, Charles Patterson wrote in Eternal Treblinka —a book specifically endorsed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals—that "the road to Auschwitz begins at the slaughterhouse." Addendum 3: When I was a law student at Wayne State University in the early 1980s, I took a graduate philosophy course in ethics with Bruce Russell.

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Rights Animal Rights Movement Morals Ethical Treatment 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2021

My first experience birding was as a teenager back in the 70s, when birding meant a pair of binoculars, a couple of bird feeders, and a smallish field guide (book). This Mexican Violetear decided to prove this law: Colorful. … to where I once belonged. It is a little known fact that Mexican Violetears love flamenco dancing.

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