10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

” are the big questions at the heart of Vagrancy in Birds by Alexander Lees and James Gilroy, an impressive, fascinating book about what ornithologists and wildlife biologists have found out about avian vagrancy so far and their theories explaining this phenomenon. ” and its companion question, “Why is this bird here?”

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

OK, that is extreme, but what’s really slicing my Twinkie right now is an article from the Ottawa Citizen about a report from the journal Wildlife Research which projects that 22 million birds die across Canada every year after flying into windows of residential homes and that yards with feeders seemed to have more collisions.

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Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

And, of course, the reputation of certain species of birds as troublemakers for humans is a problem in bird conservation, so this is worth watching. The virus is mainly found in the upper plains and midwest, including both the US and Canada. People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife.

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Mississippi Fowl Turkey Minnesota 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

OK, that is extreme, but what’s really slicing my Twinkie right now is an article from the Ottawa Citizen about a report from the journal Wildlife Research which projects that 22 million birds die across Canada every year after flying into windows of residential homes and that yards with feeders seemed to have more collisions.

Rabbits 113

Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 113

Critter News

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

From National Wildlife Federation. The majestic gray wolf once roamed the United States from coast to coast and from Mexico to Canada. However, persecution by humans and loss of prey virtually eliminated the wolf from its natural habitat. Amazing what these calendars can contain.

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United States Endangered Species Canada Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2012

The nest cam, in my mind, is the perfect compromise — minimally invasive to the bird, while offering even the most unadventureous or house-bound humans the opportunity to get to know a small slice of nature. Russell National Wildlife Refuge ? Hooray, in short, for nest cams. I’m planning a trip and seeking advice.

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Montana Geese Blackbirds Canada 173

Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

Reading Deb's post about the goslings at Poplar and getting Jenny 's request to sign a petition to save the Canada geese of Ballwin, Missouri from mass extermination reminded me how much I miss the wildlife at the neighborhood we lived in from 2002-early 2005. Not to be confused with Little Girl, of course.

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Geese Ducks Feral Cats Vermont 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

But it wasn’t until he studied falconry’s appeal to centuries-old cultures–the Persians, English, Dutch, French, Chinese, Russians, and people of the Middle East–that Cade realized the sport of kings was slowly dying and would disappear along with the age-old mystique of a raptor returning to the human who trained her.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. David Tipling, award-winning and widely published wildlife photographer, travelled the world during this period, photographing people interacting with birds, and sometimes, just birds.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. And birders!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 278

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it sometimes takes a “village” of rehabbers to save threatened wildlife. What turned out to be an epic journey began in Nova Scotia, one of Canada’s Atlantic provinces. As a result of human interference, four Chimney Swift nestlings had to be rescued.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Canada Wildlife South America 228

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Gray Jay : This drab but charismatic species demonstrates that the more a bird interacts with humans, the more colloquial names it will tend to pick up. Once known as the Canada Jay, but more interestingly by such tags as Camp Robber and Venison Hawk for its habit of hanging around humans and viewing them as a food source.

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Hunters Falcons Ducks Montana 204

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Canada Goose family. Canada Jays. Now it’s been returned to its original moniker – the Canada Jay. For a disturbing summation of the damage done to our national parks, monuments, and wildlife refuges in one short year, consider this infographic of political maneuvering by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke…. As the first U.S.

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Canada 2018 Birds Protection 183

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2013

Sure, they may lack the audacious colors of jays or the imposing attitudes of raptors, but it is wrens, with jaunty tails and brazen attitudes and ringing, rambling voices, that re on anyone’s short list of favorite garden birds for almost as long as humans have paid attention to birds.

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Jordan Birds North America Tenant 232

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Prior research has shown that the Loons that return in a given year to a given nest on a lake somewhere in Canada or the norther tier of US states are often the same ones that were there the previous year, though with some never returning because they did not survive the trials of migration. But now there is some research on that.

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Humane Eagles Investigation Research 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

There are also a number of Takahe , one of which, named Greg, has learnt that humans equal food, and will hang around the day visitors in the hope of a snack. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2016

During last month, beat lists have been shared from Mexico, Australia, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Russia, UK, Canada and USA. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 104

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Wildlife 151

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2011

Many a birding trip starts with a longish drive from the airport to the first birding site with these common roadside birds being the first taste you get of a country’s wildlife, and I feel that many bird trip reports, interested mostly in mega-rarities, gloss over the amazing experience this first drive can give.

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New Zealand Birds Thailand Falcons 195

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 145