10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2024

Tegima was a key figure in establishing the Japanese pavilion at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago ( source ). He was wined and dined at the Chicago clubs and in the most exclusive homes.” I am sure some people will hate this photo of a Eurasian Hoopoe , framed as it is by human artifacts.

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Chicago Birds Asia China 153

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Hongbenghe is a very small village in Yunnan, right next to the border with Myanmar. A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Nevertheless, I was pleased to find myself at ornithological ground zero this past week, as the American Ornithologists’ Union and the Cooper Ornithological Society held a joint annual meeting in Chicago. Shout-out to Chicago Bird Collision Monitors !) ” Fascinating stuff, with real conservation implications.

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San Diego Ostriches Chicago Colorado 186

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Humanity Even for Nonhumans ,” by Nicholas D. If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster? Animals rescued from so-called humane farming establishments have been found in horrific condition.

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New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2011

We were walking through a field of dry grass in a Hamilton County park, looking for sparrows and pursuing three Bobolinks when we flushed a Yellow Rail , literally right at our feet. Susan Kailholz-Williams had raptors as her BBOTY: My best and thrilling bird of 2011: First confirmed nest of Mississippi Kites right here in Ohio.

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2011 Birds Ohio North Dakota 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2019

One of the advantages of Morelia as a birding/tourist destination is that we receive direct flights from Houston on United, Dallas/Fort Worth on American, and Los Angeles, Oakland, San Jose (California), and Chicago/Midway on the Mexican carrier Volaris. Jardín Botánico, Cerro de Punhuato (Botanical Garden, Punhuato Hill Natural Reserve).

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