10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station in Toronto had an extremely rare and beautiful Townsend’s Warbler x Black-throated Gray Warbler which was banded in April. Burrowing Owl Tai Haku liked Mike’s choice of a chicken in our original post but decided to do him one better. Bruce Wilson was excited by a hybrid wood-warbler.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

In recent years, MRSA has been found in retail cuts of chicken, pork, beef and other meats—a particularly worrisome trend since MRSA can be contracted simply by handling infected cuts of meat. The nearly constant exposure to low levels of antibiotics creates a perfect breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant bacteria to emerge.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

And I didn’t properly research the ramifications of going to VLS, because if I had, I wouldn’t have been so shocked when I heard about my inevitable debt and low-paying job prospects. Meanwhile, their targets aren’t starving or ill creatures at all; they aim for the big, healthy creatures who might breed a new generation of hardy animals.

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Bears Vermont Laws Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. As Sibley tells us in the Preface, he originally intended to write a children’s book.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 262

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Though admittedly, I only show this photo to quote the line of a Gary Larson cartoon : “The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.” And for the last time this year: the Blue-and-white Flycatcher. And yes, sparrows in areas with polluted air are less healthy.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found in coveys or flocks except during breeding season. You can see that they forage much like chickens, eating seeds, leaves, and flowers from grasses, shrubs, and trees as well as insects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzb-2SrSgi8 The birds scatter, sometimes in different directions.

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California Eggs Gophers Rattlesnake 211

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2011

When I upped my goal to some insane stratospheric level in June, going back to find things like Lesser Prairie-Chicken (which I missed) became more problematic. Bicknell’s Thrush is a bird that is important to me because I grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, one of the places that it breeds.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

I also want people to know that our understanding of birds’ mating habits are constantly changing and evolving…there is still a lot of research to be done here, and we will be learning a lot more in the years to come. This is just a small slice of how birds get it done. Photo courtesy of Adam Riley.

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Albatross Birds Lifestyle Raised 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Plus, I mean, it’s a giant chicken-looking thing that’s actually related to ducks… with that kind of identity crisis going on, what’s not to love? Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! The Magnificent Frigatebird is the bird I would want to see.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Of course, the paper ends with the usual thinly disguised request for more research grants: “This sharing behavior could indicate a high level of social awareness and prosociality that should be further investigated. Surprisingly, they only stay on the breeding grounds for about 5 weeks.

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Finland Birds 2016 McDonalds 147