10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

One was “Superdad,” one of the few successful breeding whooping cranes in the entire eastern population. A hunting season on sandhill cranes vastly increases the chance that collateral kill of endangered whooping cranes will occur. Could Ohio lose its entire pioneer breeding population? We’ve only got 400 on the planet.

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

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. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. These are some of the many species that breed on Marion and Prince Edward Islands which are targeted by the mice population.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. Let’s hope it can find some relatively unfragmented habitat for breeding – studies show that the failure rate of nests is much higher in fragmented habitats. This can lead to birds being poisoned. If that sounds stupid, that is because it is. ” ( source ) .

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Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Marabous have also learnt another trick, and that is to follow vultures and scavenge off the remains of Lion and other large predator kills. They have even been known to kill children who have been incautious enough to approach too closely. They are often found roosting in small groups along the edges of lakes and riverine sandbars.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 239

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

Being technically outside the summer tourism season, one can enjoy the somewhat less expensive travel and hotel costs, less crowded venues, great weather and nearly endless daylight—and of course many birds migrating and beginning the breeding/nesting season! There you will find more breeding terns, gulls and dozens of Graylag Geese.

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Iceland Puffins Europe Birds 187

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Most birds will follow a set group of behaviours, building a nest a certain way, courting a certain way, eating a certain set of food. That said there is nothing to suggest that the Black-footed Albatross actually killed the Laysan, there was no shortage of already dead chicks around. And the hole looks fairly fresh.

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Albatross Hawaii Seals Parrots 179

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

I knew a guy who studied depression in a group of people living in the Andes, where periods of depression appeared to come on when the humans detected infrasound caused by distant thunderstorms. That means crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking, according to the research. Ifrasound waves are cool.

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Science Iraq Research Birds 151

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Try Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow , one of the group of seabirds called gadfly petrels. The story of the cahow, a “Lazurus species” that was thought to be extinct for over 300 years and then discovered to be breeding on a tiny remote island in Bermuda, is part of modern birding legend. It isn’t in your book of seabirds? (It

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

The Cherokee nation called them “Peace Eagles” owing to the fact that they never killed a living thing – and also that they tended to show up in numbers after battled when peace treaties were being signed, though admittedly that may have been for a slightly more macabre reason. millions years ago. New World Vultures.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 180

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 11, 2009

Sadly there are 4 million healthy adoptable companion animals killed in shelters each year due to overcrowding. Our website makes it easy for anyone with an internet connection to find profiles and pictures of adoptable animals by location, breed, gender, age, size, and color. Merchandise can be found at www.muttslikeme.com.

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Adoptable Obama Shelters Hamsters 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

But something happened, and it happened many times: Something has been killing our Blackbirds. We interrupt this blog post for an important message: This is the kind of Blackbird I am talking about, the Eurasian thrush that is Turdus merula, and not the American group of iconic Icterids you might have had in mind.

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Blackbirds Germany Shelters Rodents 154

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2009

Suppose that tomorrow a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth, beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals. Would they have the right to treat you as you treat animals you breed, keep, and kill for food?

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Morals Vegetarian Killing Humane 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 207

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work. But that's now what happened.

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Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Yellow-Legged Gull These gulls breed around the Mediterranean and have yellow, rather than flesh-coloured legs. at Gloucester Harbor Birding The San Jacinto Valley.Or

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Here are just a few facts drawn from the column: Drug-resistant infections killed more than 65,000 people in the U.S. last year—28 million pounds—went to pigs, chickens, and cows, which in turn creates a perfect breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant super germs. last year—more than prostate and breast cancer combined.

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Meat Meat Industry Farm Animal Farmed Animals 40

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

If it did, the licking often prompts it to vomit up some of that kill for the other members of the pack to share. 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. Foxes that slunk back in fear and snapped their teeth didn’t get to breed.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. 192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

In 1856 Wahlberg was killed by an Elephant near Lake Ngami in Botswana without ever publishing an account of his travels, but fellow Swede Carl Sundevall catalogued his collection at the Stockholm Museum and described the birds Wahlberg collected. Woodward’s Barbet belongs to a group of barbets known as Green Barbets.

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Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 186

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

It looked like a family of parrots were trying to kill each other” The Black-backed Puffback has what eBird describes as “a fiery red eye” eBird also explains the name: “When excited, males can raise fluffy white feathers on the rump to resemble a puffball.”

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

This bird was in serious trouble by the mid-19th century due to the adults being killed for food and young being taken for pets. In fact, Juan Gundlach collected a number of birds from the a flock that regularly came to feed in a group of trees at the town of Zarabanda just outside the modern day boundaries of Cienaga de Zapata National Park.

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Cuba Parrots Collecting Columbus 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

But you can take solace in the results at the end of the breeding year, when loafing around the intertidal are a shiny new cohort of finely plumage grey youngsters, all ready to carry on Western Gull line into the future. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 262

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

But when you think about it, climate change might be more important to the people who read 10,000 Birds than a lot of other groups of people. Migratory birds are at particular risk, requiring multiple and specialized habitats to breed, raise their young, migrate and overwinter. We should be expecting sea level rise.

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Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 220

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

They are rock stars in their family (or group of families, depending on what taxonomists have been smoking lately), a family that includes Scarlet Macaws , Crimson Shining-parrots , Golden Parakeets and Rainbow Lorikeets , and that is no mean feat. And then I had to leave so the next group could stare at the thing.

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New Zealand Parrots Sanctuary Family 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Yes, Germans were a particularly supersticious breed in the days of old, and would not dare to use the word devil even when cursing. You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls. Oh, cheeky me left out another alternative for both cases, which brings us right to the origin of these sayings: the devil.

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Germany Birds Hunters Owls 180

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In the Hummingbird chapter, for example, descriptions are given for four out of fourteen genera, describing the structural, plumage, and behavioral characteristics that define the group. This is where the photograph appears, a representative member of the family. If I was puzzling over a junco identification, this is the book I would consult.

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North America America Birds Family 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. They reach breeding maturity at four to seven years of age, produce only one chick per nesting season, and only one in three offspring survive to fledging age.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys. The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2014

Animals in the tri-state area are euthanized daily, rescue groups are unable to save as many lives as they wish, and animals spend years in boarding kennels while awaiting adopters to fall in love with them. As a foster parent, you can set certain guidelines with the rescue group as to what type of animal you prefer. Consider adopting.

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Shelters Adoptable Rescue Pets 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Nonprofit organizations, science, and the best intentions in the world came to the rescue with a captive breeding program, and we now have over 400 Pink Pigeons living in Mauritius, the nearby island of Ile aux Aigrettes, and the zoos hosting the breeding program, including the Bronx Zoo. We know what those large flocks were like.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Those that are out to kill this species for their own pleasure. Thank you for your efforts.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As the sky darkened and a chill set in, large groups of birds took off in the opposite direction for the interior of the preserve, where they would safely roost for the night. The sun began to set as literally thousands of the birds gathered to rest, feed, and socialize.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Penguins are also bellweathers of climate change; dwellers of remote areas you’ve (probably) never heard of; creatures who have developed unique, innovative ways of adapting to the harsh environments where they breed and rear chicks and the water environments in which they feed and swim. Northern Rockhopper, Gough Island (p.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 197

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June. In this spirit, Taiwanese researchers studied Red Collared Doves and found that in larger groups, these birds spend less time scanning for danger when in larger groups (and correspondingly had more time for feeding). Not going for the obvious either.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 184

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Hopefully, the winter time in Shanghai gives the Black-faced Buntings some time to relax from the challenges of the breeding season. As it is critically endangered (there are only about 100 left), I think it can be forgiven for killing the occasional Pale Thrush (which is listed as Least Concern).

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