Critter News
DECEMBER 29, 2011
New legislation in California increases the misdemeanor penalty for animal neglect and makes it a crime to sell a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, or carnival. California SB 917 Two new laws in Oregon and California prohibit the possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
For whatever reason, however, yesterday on my way to work my mind wasn’t with our upcoming spring, but with September’s in California. I saw a wagtail there once, which was exceptionally cool for California (I’m told). Under the surface we could sea Oceanic Sunfish and Blue Sharks. And there where whales.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 3, 2014
The list kinds crystalized during my first big trip, on which I knocked off my two big targets (the manta ray and whale shark) but since then beyond seeing an antelope (and then many other different kinds), it hasn’t budged much at all. California Condor. Hammerhead shark. Hammerhead shark by Barry Peters (CC).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2014
Many gringos make their way to Baja California Sur every year, although the majority are probably heading to Cabo San Lucas to party and test the human limit of tequila endurance. Destinations Baja California Sur I Am Birder Mexico' A male Belding’s Yellowthroat. Hecho en Mexico. Especially if you can fit in some birding?
Critter News
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. The one found in West Seattle was a California sea lion, protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Investigators say they do not know who is responsible.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2014
They’re also more vulnerable to attack from large cold-blooded predators like sharks. Guadalupe Murrelets ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ), which breed on islands in Baja California and are the southernmost living members of their family © David J. See Cairns et al.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
In Hawaii I stood on a beach as albatrosses fledged and Tiger Sharks prowled for the less successful ones. In California I smelt the breath a Blue Whale as it passed feet beneath my boat. In Uganda I would often cross paths with Chimpanzees as they went about their lives and I went about mine (which was living with a troop of monkeys).
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