10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2015

But I cannot notice the breeder #2! At first I was counting the vultures, but later, as more and more groups were flying away from the restaurant while the others were still flying there, I gave up the count when I reached 110 and estimated that I have seen more than 150 of them. It is somewhere in those willows.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

The Humane Society and other groups oppose it as a power grab by big agriculture to prevent another Proposition 2 (the initiative passed last year in California to improve standards for farm animal care.) Would such a bill lead to jurisdiction over puppy mill breeders as well? There may also be unintended consequences.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2011

The grasslands have been popping off with breeders for well over a month, but the snow is just now giving way to lush alpine meadows and rocky tundras. This is my time of year to explore thin air and look for unique Colorado breeders. Now, here in Colorado this is the season for the high-country birds.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

So, I anxiously followed the “Flock to Marion 2022” Facebook group in anticipation for open cabins to come up for sale. Well, cats are just as successful breeders as mice and soon there were thousands of cats that sought out prey bigger than mice and began to wipe out the native seabird population. I waited…and waited…and waited.

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Critter News

MARCH 13, 2009

Many groups and individuals are working very hard on this by trying to decrease the supply. A second strategy is limiting the number of breeders out there who simply keep adding to the supply for their own personal profit. What we need to do is reach an equilibrium where the supply for pets equals the demand.

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Animal Person

APRIL 12, 2009

They can say that the puppy was needing to be re-homed, therefore it's like adopting from a rescue group. But I didn't campaign for a presidential greyhound for exactly the same reason Obama's decision was disappointing: it glorifies pure breed dogs.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2011

They are the first of our migrant breeders to go, and they are gone by the beginning of August. Gone with them is the evening balcony routine of pointing out the groups of dashing black shapes to my toddler son, telling him about the “Mauersegler&# , the Wall Sailors as the Swifts are called in German. That is early.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Not only that, but a portion of the book profits are donate to a breed specific rescue group. We also love that they donate to the great work being done by rescue groups. In 2008, two-year-old Bill was released from a puppy mill breeder and put out to auction after spending the first two years of his life sitting in a cage.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2011

Back in 2006, Problogger Darren Rowse proposed a fun Group Writing Project challenging bloggers to put together a good “How To&# post. You may not realize it, but there is an excellent chance that some group in your area has a full slate of organized birding excursions open to non-members.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Many get their birds from breeders. When you see a falconer transporting their bird or walking with a group, the bird might be in a dark crate or hooded. It’s incredible to watch a Norther Goshawk or a group of Harris’s Hawks in action and up close. As Tracey Ullman said at the end of her show, “Go home!

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 1, 2010

The Shift: Instead of buying your new friend from a pet store or breeder, adopt one from a shelter. Shift-It Tip: If you’re set on a purebred dog or cat, buy one from a rescue association instead of getting a pedigree from a breeder. Contact The Humane Society of the United States to locate a nearby rescue group. Early Adopter.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Prions are an interesting little group of procellariid, distinct from the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels, and I’ll dedicate a post to the group at some point in the future. Fairy Prions ( Pachyptila turtur ) And then there were the “true petrels&# , insofar as that group has any taxonomic meaning anymore.

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

There were three other small groups staying there and after dinner we all drove 40 minutes to the cliffs. The group we were with mentioned that they had seen Minke Whales just off the coast of the fjords the day before, but we missed out on our drive back south. A great meal but I was eager to get to the bird cliffs.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I’m sure regular visitors to this area could tell you more about how the winds and tides affect the migrating birds and when the breeders start to nest. ” Meanwhile, a birder from Ohio was leading a small group down a nearby trail, looking down–“Hooded! Anahuac NWR–Skillern Tract. Another Hooded!

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

You need to reopen the law to change the fines," said a representative from an animal welfare group. Under Quebec law, the kennel owners could face a maximum penalty of only $1,200 if convicted of animal cruelty — a penalty that some animal rights advocates say is too lenient.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

Those Woodchat Shrikes that do turn up in Germany each year, and there might be a handful of records, must therefore now be regarded as very rare “migration overshoots” or – as tragic as it may sound for a (former) breeder to the country – as true vagrants. The starting area of my search.

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Cattle Germany Iran Breeders 117

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This map shows the association in space: On considering the possible relationships between these strategies, the authors then develop the following three hypotheses: (i) Brood parasites might selectively target cooperative breeders to maximize the care of their offspring. (ii) fledglings per group per season.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

They are often found roosting in small groups along the edges of lakes and riverine sandbars. It is also related to Wood Stork of the Americas and Milky Stork of Asia. This is another wetland species that nests in sometimes huge colonies atop trees bordering rivers and lakes.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 7:48 am @Corey, Is there also a Daisy involved in this Group Marriage? We are now up to 3 males and at least 4 females (I see there is a Kim in the group photo too). These group dynamics are always hard to track, but this group seems particularly complex. Any reason?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Borneo-endemic Chestnut-crested Yuhina is a cooperative breeder – the vast majority of breeding pairs (97%) in a study conducted here at Mount Kinabalu had helpers. This laughingthrush seems to have a different taste in color, opting for a pale blue eyering rather than the orange-yellow one of the previous one.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Well, they live in groups, something I would never survive. But then, I am not a cooperative breeder either (nor a non-cooperative one, should this term exist).

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China Birds Breeders Species 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. September 2017, Cerrado, Brazil. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 200

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I usually go through this phase for each species listed in phase 1, with more effort on the first two groups (endemic and target). Penduline T**s were impressively common, with more than 23 individuals recorded during the week, 14 of them in a single group in Centa fish farm (Vojvodina) S49396841. Stage 4 – Wrapping up.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls. You know, cavity breeders. Now, the origin clearly pertains to the mostly solitary, reclusive behaviour of our beloved nocturnal friends and their angry faces when spotted during the day. I’d like to point out though that “owly“ is a poor translation.

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Germany Birds Hunters Owls 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The consultant also suggested increasing readership by catering to highly specific niche interest groups. Somebody highly knowledgeable in the area of SEO (search engine optimization) strongly recommended that I should write more posts including Japanese T**s. I don’t think I will stoop that low.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 191

Animal Person

MARCH 26, 2009

One good acquaintance I could probably call a friend is an ethics professor who flies back and forth from Texas to China frequently argued in a group pertaining to bestiality. People who are breeders use racks to allow a male animal mounting the female without damage. He was the only one against it for religious reasons.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Common Moorhens are, like most birds, monogamous breeders, and may bond for a number of years in the same territory. They may breed as a group, but monogamy is the general rule. Not so the Dusky Moorhen, which is a pervert of the first order, and mostly (according to the HBW) breeds in groups, with all males mating with all females(!).

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Pythons Guinea Breeders Australia 165

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Common , Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers all breed here, but Red-breasted is the more northerly of the group. Now, Common Mergansers are common breeders here on the Front Range and Colorado mountain streams, so we are used to seeing them regularly. This is where they are truly effective and amazing hunters.

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Colorado Breeders United States Denver 157

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Apparently, this woodpecker has a somewhat unusual roosting behavior, with stable groups of three and four woodpeckers roosting individually in nearby cavities, with many more cavities at the roosting site than woodpeckers. And it also comes as a video and yet another video. And now for something completely different.

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