Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. .

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MAY 8, 2013

Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. The California Condor has a story well-known by anyone with an interest in birds.

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JUNE 15, 2011

But the sleekest of the sulids may be found in the family Sulidae. Blue-footed Booby by Toni Darton One may find Blue-footed Boobies at various locations along the eastern Pacific Coast from California south to Peru. Anyone who has observed gannets or boobies in action can attest to how impressive their acrobatics can be.

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MARCH 11, 2011

A Fascinating Blog Post Three Brave Boys Save Secretary Bird Black-backed Woodpecker to Get Protection in California? Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Hat-tip to Mike McDowell.

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JANUARY 2, 2012

Sure, I didn’t leave the United States but my first trip to the Pacific Northwest allowed me to see lots of new birds and spending the beginning of the year in southern California didn’t hurt the ol’ year list either. Vermilion Flycatcher in California. The Tufted Puffins at Protection Island in Washington State.

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2011 Puffins United States New York 168

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JULY 24, 2016

The following pictures were taken at Hannover Zoo recently, showing just that – feeding and preening, for a family-friendly birding experience. People who enjoy California Condors will also enjoy baby moorhens. Beware of Crocodiles. City slicker needs no reeds. But hey, I ain’t no moorhen, so what do I know?

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MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ), Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. And, the birds are awesome.

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JULY 30, 2014

In California I smelt the breath a Blue Whale as it passed feet beneath my boat. Ugandan Mangabeys were part of my family once. There is no feeling in the world like knowing your helping something you care about, whether its sharks or puffins, protecting forests or reefs, advancing science or communities.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

Thanks to better protection from hunting, this fancy bird is tame and easy to see at many sites in Costa Rica. This former aberrant wood-warbler is so weird, it has been given its own family. No turkeys up in here, just a big wild and crazy Cracid! In some spots, this amazing bird even visits feeders. Buff-fronted Quail-Dove.

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MARCH 16, 2011

In spite of this New Zealand does have an iconic family of birds that has served as an emblem for the country for over a century, the kiwi. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. They would all be wrong, as New Zealand has no official National Bird.

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JUNE 17, 2015

The Service also proposes expanding hunting and sport fishing on the following refuges: California. Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge : Open to sport fishing.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. Protection Island and Mt.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

It accepts completely the hype concerning a California ballot initiative that among other things bans gestation stalls for pregnant sows. And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Though these decoys are erected in hopes of warding off all birds, it’s protection from corvids in particular that’s invoked by the scarecrow. The crow’s reputation as a formidable agricultural pest is embodied across farm country in the scarecrow. Good birding and happy drinking! Dancing Crow Vineyards Zinfandel (2017).

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Wouldn't you want to know if a violent or repeat animal abuser were living next door to you and your family? Today, California Senator Dean Florez has announced that he will be sponsoring abuser registry legislation this session-a bill that he's developed in close collaboration with ALDF experts. I think it's a great idea.

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MARCH 17, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Great Great Blue Heron Finding and Identifying a California Gnatcatcher Orange-headed Thrush Pectoral Sandpiper at Jones Beach Guan-emala About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. The proposal from U.S.

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MARCH 21, 2011

. … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! • Explore These Related Posts The other southern woodpecker Birding the East End of Long Island Another California Bird? The proposal from U.S.

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 185

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JUNE 22, 2011

It is a smell, however, that I am barely able to smell anymore, as three years of working breeding seasons on seabird islands of the Farallones in California have apparently dulled my ability to do so. And it isn’t just on the ground or an occasional accidental hazard. It’s a hot sunny day.

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JULY 26, 2019

By 1595, protective mercantilist policies ordered by the Crown banned the creation of new vineyards in Peru, along with a later prohibition on exports of Peruvian wines to other Spanish colonies. The bottle I chose in the shop – solely on account of the condor on it – was the Pisco Puro Muscatel, one of several styles made by Cepas de Loro.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

My own encounters with the Western Gull were in the same location that Dawson met them, the Farallon Islands in California. Or, if no precipice is available, or even no threat, chicks will wander off the territory protected by their parents, whereupon the same attacks that we endure with hard hats are endured by tiny defenseless chicks.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

I never have been able to figure out what it is that this California Scrub Jay has, but it make for a nice photo. There is a small Federal Reserve, set aside on the white sandy beach near San Jose Del Cabo, in order to protect the nesting Least Terns. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I did taking them!

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JANUARY 1, 2019

I birded parks, landfills, fields, backyards, skies, oceans, lakes, ponds, and roads in 15 states–some familiar haunts and patches, some as part of family visits, some while passing through, some adventures with friends (three trips with N.J. In the meantime, it’s a good topic for holiday family gatherings.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

But what I have long wanted to do is get out on a boat in California, the fabled land of albatrosses, murrelets, and auklets. California: if you can make it here well, that’s actually not that impressive because if you can’t make it as a birder in California you must really suck. This one did too.

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