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JUNE 12, 2011

Spector, DVM, DACVIM, offers the following tips to help you be prepared when a disaster, such as a hurricane or tornado, strikes your home: If you are ever instructed to leave your home during an emergency situation, ALWAYS take your pets with you. Keep your pets tags on them at all times because you never know when disaster may hit.

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MARCH 15, 2011

These Blasts From The Past American Seabirds Thrown a Lifeline Snipe Hunt in the Bird Blogosphere Breeding Site of Large-billed Reed-Warbler Found Queens Christmas Bird Count IATB #137 Deadline About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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Deer 2011 New York New York Times 124

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MARCH 16, 2011

The lower bird is almost certainly littoralis the general upperpart tone lighter olive grey; the more prominent supercilium; whiter median and greater covert tips as opposed to buff; white rather than dirty grey outer tail feathers and restricted flank smudging and streaking all point to this individual being a Scandinavian Rock Pipit.

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MARCH 6, 2011

Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: features , geese , manky , waterfowl • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

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MARCH 9, 2011

The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. I can see why you thought you had found a new breed with this one. Hat-tip to Stella. Get yours today!

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 170

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MARCH 3, 2011

Though breeding grounds for neotropical migrants get the bulk of attention in North America wintering grounds are just as critical, and any news about land being preserved as wintering habitat for the Cerulean Warbler is wonderful. Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right? Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

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MARCH 2, 2011

Being winter, this bird is in non-breeding plumage with more brown upper parts and lacking the white face it acquires in its aternate (breeding) plumage. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: california , West Coast , White-faced Ibis • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? It was foraging in breast deep water.

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Wildlife 2011 Sacramento Jordan 160

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MARCH 13, 2011

They breed across Canada and Alaska’s boreal forest near ponds and lakes, using nest holes made by woodpeckers, almost exclusively flickers. … Tags: diving ducks , ducks , flight • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Hat-tip to Stella. Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks.

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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. Wicked, right?

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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. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 234

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MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae) Black-and-white gannets breed on the cold, rocky coasts of the northern and southern oceans. Hat-tip to Stella. Boobies — more colorful and varied — are birds of warm, tropical seas.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Birders who have been to California might be familiar with the latter two, indeed we would be close to the Poor Knights Islands later in the day, the site of the only breeding colony of Buller’s Shearwaters in the whole world. Hat-tip to Stella. One birder from Australia even got his lifer Red-crowned Parakeet ! Get yours today!

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 184

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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. Hat-tip to Stella. A bit risqué, all of it, and something to think about next time you watch a thrasher, well, thrashing.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

I had a beautifull view on 5 horned grebe here (one in breeding plumage), in Ann Arbor Michigan, for the 3 seconds it lasted, until I heard a huge “CRRACK&# , and I fell through the ice. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right?

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MARCH 10, 2011

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: baltimore oriole , half hardy , Terminology • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right?

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

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MARCH 13, 2011

She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: australia , features , Reptiles , sea snakes , snakes • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today! She is actively involved in fieldwork and maintaining the database.

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Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 167

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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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MARCH 17, 2011

The variety of plumages that they show and the way different individuals molt at different times is interesting to me and I have stopped being surprised at seeing a small flock of ruddies with some nearly in full breeding, or alternate plumage, while others are still in their basic, or non-breeding plumage. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 152

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MARCH 2, 2011

Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: Asides Explore These Related PostsCarnival of the Blue XLVTerrifying [.] Everyone who sends a four-sentence paragraph to 10000birdsblogger AT gmail DOT com by the end date of the contest explaining what Brazilian bird they would most like to see and why will be entered into the drawing for the field guide.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 221

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MARCH 6, 2011

Outside of the breeding season a few birds may join together in a loose flock if the feeding is good. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: features , hong kong , orange-headed thrush , thrushes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer India New York 227

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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. The tips of their fingers is where the last fragment of their former Gothic self is maintained. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: features , gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Thanks, Wikipedia

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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! Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 233

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MARCH 12, 2011

Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! … Tags: brazil • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Hat-tip to Stella. The Magnificent Frigatebird is the bird I would want to see. See who won the contest here! Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 244

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MARCH 14, 2011

Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! 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. Wicked, right?

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 6, 2009

The Pet Loo comes in two sizes, the MINI-Wee for smaller breeds, which is 24.6 For tips on how to train a pet to use The Pet Loo visit www.thepetloo.com. Tags: good idea. This container can be. removed for easy disposal of contents. • No assembly required. Does The Pet Loo cater to animals of varying sizes? Price: $159.

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MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: cranes , poaching , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes , whooping cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! It has not. As always, thank you for caring, and for writing.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

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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. Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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2011 Australia Deer New York 158

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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! Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer Birds Costa Rica 140

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MARCH 19, 2011

Outside of the tropics, nesting would usually take place in the spring (in the southern hemisphere, spring and the height of the breeding season occurs before Christmas); these pictures were taken in March as the weather in Cape Town is beginning to cool. Hat-tip to Stella. Go check it out! Wicked, right?

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org ) has compiled some tips on how to keep pets happy and healthy in the cold months ahead. We think these are all great tips, and wanted to share them with you! A good rule of thumb is to feel the tips of your animal’s ears. Keep Them Close. Keep Them Close.

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International Fund For Animal Welfare Pets IFAW Fur 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Breeding behaviour and plumage was very apparent, but John Wise , an ex-pat Brit now resident in Orlando, told me that the birds’ activities had been held up for a couple of weeks during a cold snap that saw frosts in Florida. Mike Mar 5th, 2011 at 1:32 pm Those egrets in breeding plumage are absolutely exquisite! Wicked, right?

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