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Collective Arts Brewing: Jam Up Passion Fruit & Peach

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Jam Up Passion Fruit & Peach is a dry-hopped sour ale with peach and passionfruit from Collective Arts Brewing of Hamilton, Ontario. And this isn’t the first Collective Arts beer to feature Slothman’s playful avian art. Collective Arts Brewing: Jam Up Passion Fruit & Peach. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Collective Arts Brewing: All Together IPA

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But I figured I’d atone for my current dereliction by briefly highlighting a new bird-themed beer made by Collective Arts Brewing of Hamilton, Ontario to support the hospitality industry during the worldwide public health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The beer is a New England-style IPA at 6.6%

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Collective Arts: Stranger than Fiction

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Truth be told, I picked up this week’s beer long before we embarked on this surreal “three-hour tour” we are now collectively enduring. Collective Arts: Stranger than Fiction. The post Collective Arts: Stranger than Fiction appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Good birding and happy drinking — and be well, everyone.

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Collective Arts Brewing: Life in the Clouds

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Anytime I’m shopping in a good local beer shop, I’m always sure to look for any offerings from Collective Arts Brewing. Not only does the Hamilton, Ontario brewery make some great beer, but – as the name suggests – Collective Arts is an enthusiastic supporter of creativity outside of the brewing arts – namely music and visual arts.

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Kings County Brewing Collective: Penguins in Space

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Such is the case with this week’s beer, Penguins in Space by the Kings County Brewers Collective of Brooklyn, New York. Kings County Brewing Collective: Penguins in Space. The post Kings County Brewing Collective: Penguins in Space appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Love Can Be: A Literary Collection About Our Animals

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When we were offered a chance to read the new book “Love Can Be: A Literary Collection About Our Animals” we couldn’t wait to dive into it. Not only does it celebrate the love we share with animals, proceeds go … Continue reading →

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In defence of museum collections

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To quote from their Facebook post: It is my sad duty to report to you that the ULM administration has decided to divest the research collections in the Museum of Natural History. This includes the 6 million fish specimens in the Neil Douglas fish collection and the nearly 500,000 plant specimens in the R. Dale Thomas plant collection.

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Kings County Brewers Collective: Safe Flight IPA

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I immediately noticed the shop was selling Safe Flight IPA by Kings County Brewers Collective, a beer I desperately wanted to review for Birds and Booze last year but couldn’t find for sale anywhere in Albany. Kings County Brewers Collective: Safe Flight IPA. Good birding and happy drinking! Five out of five feathers (Outstanding).

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COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply

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After my post about collecting two weeks ago I received a bit of feedback, some positive, some negative, and I’ve been mulling it over with the intention of writing about some of the issues that could be considered the root cause of the disagreement. You see, the bird was collected for scientific study.

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Cute baby animals collection

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Collective Arts Brewing: Stranger Than Fiction

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Stranger Than Fiction comes to us from Collective Arts Brewing of Hamilton, Ontario, and features what appears to be a portrait of a Eurasian Eagle-Owl on its can art, painted with a boldly textured vibrancy by Waterloo artist Jeff Dillon. Collective Arts Brewing: Stranger Than Fiction. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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The Moustached Kingfisher was known by only three samples– one female “collected” in the 1920’s, the other two females “collected” in the 1950’s, according to an Audubon Magazine article. The justification was ridiculously laughable: in order to further study the species. Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song?

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Honeybee Tongue Hair Linked to Nectar-?Collection Efficiency

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The Pleasures of Collective Nouns and Murder — a Review

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A final thought: whether you think collective nouns are fascinating or idiotic , the more fundamental question is, why do they exist at all or, rather, how did they come to be? In short, the Birder Murders are getting better and better as they come off the presses, with A Shimmer of Hummingbirds the most dazzling of all — so far.

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“Dog Days and Poisons” – Collective Arts Brewing: Mash Up the Jam

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In that deviant spirit, this week’s beer is Mash Up the Jam, a new dry-hopped sour beer by Collective Arts Brewing of Hamilton, Ontario. I’m glad that Collective Arts Brewing agrees. Collective Arts Brewing: Mash Up the Jam. Your move, Budweiser.). So drink up. Good birding and happy drinking!

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RSPCA Collects 68,000 Signatures Supporting an End to Animal Research

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The RSPCA collected these signatures leading up to the the 7th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences in Rome. How many of them actually see these animals in the labs? That's why so many people don't want to talk about these issues. It upsets them. But their silence and cluelessness is essentially their consent.

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Gun collection sells for $613,000 to aid no-kill animal shelter in Ontario

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Rare Collection Of Photos Showing A Pride Of Lions Posing For A Family Photo;

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A collection of some of the wonderful animals I saw at the Wildlife Park

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BOBS for Dogs & Best Friends Animal Society

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BOBS from Skechers has created five styles of a limited collection to benefit Best Friends Animal Society. This is fun news!BOBS

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Seeking the Bahama Nuthatch

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He noted that this new bird had longer bills and “darker loral and auricular regions” than the mainland Brown-headed Nuthatch, and collected two of them for science. That makes the two study skins that Bond collected even more significant, Weckstein says. Courtesy of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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Next is the already noted “Illustrated Glossary” is a unique collection of photographs and drawings illustrating scientific terms for parts of the mouth and beak; bones of the leg, feet, and wings; feather tracts; feather development; as well as the standard bird topography diagrams.

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Rare Collection Of Photos Showing A Pride Of Lions Posing For A Family Photo

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Costa Rica on a relaxed birding pace

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It did go a bit slower than I was hoping for, however, I came to Costa Rica with 957, and started to collect my birds like an Acorn Woodpecker collects its nuts. Some 8 years ago my list was around 650 and then I made a 1000 my goal. More about it in the weeks to come. Cover photo : C.A.T.I.E.

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Purina Pro Plan #MyGreatCat campaign helps feed rescue cats in need!

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Pro Plan has also enlisted help from 19-year-old photographer Jessica Trinh for a new photography collection that explores what’s so great about cats. She chronicled their personal stories through a photo collection, which will be revealed Saturday, June 14 in San Francisco’s Union Square. You can see more details on this here: [link].

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National Wildlife Refuge Trivia:  What is PILT?  

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This federal tax immunity can deprive such governments of property tax revenues that would have been collected had the land been owned by any other entity. To mitigate the impact of a reduced tax base, the federal government makes payments in lieu of taxes ( PILT ) to affected local governments.

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The Things We Do For Birds

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Because one lucky birder got to collect the poop with the hope it can be used to get the bird’s DNA and that way we’ll know what we saw, provided we can find a lab that will do the work and hasn’t closed due to COVID. Oh, and I was the lucky birder who collected the poop. Fortunately, the bird pooped. Why was this fortunate?

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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In addition to offering updates on taxonomy and other research, profiles of the islands’ (nonhuman) inhabitants, readable explanations of the ecosystem, a brief and sometimes amusing history of the islands’ human habitation, and stunning photographic images, it also includes Kricher’s knowledgeable, witty, and affectionate account (..)

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2021)

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We’re sending a team to collect his recently revoked birder card posthaste. Still, I’d count the outing a success, despite not entirely avoiding the bad bugs. Mike, on the other hand, was too busy doing non-birder things to actually see any birds. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Great Bowerbird bower at Cygnet Park-Broome

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As usual there is a beautifully constructed bower made of sticks and a great collection of items to attract the female bird. What is surprising is that despite being surrounded by houses the birds have mostly collected natural items. The Great Bowerbirds like to collect both white and green. Parsley among the items.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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She seamlessly interweaves memories of her bryologist father (he collected mosses), statistics on building-killed birds and the Audubon volunteers who collect them, details of modern taxidermist techniques seen on a visit to a Pennsylvania taxidermist, and the sight of hundreds of bird study skins at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. .”

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Seeds

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All were started from collected seeds. My “tree nursery” is a collection of unsterilized, used plastic pots, filled with homemade compost (AKA aged kitchen and garden trash), placed in the dappled shade of my garden’s trees. But I want more! So here are some of this year’s seedlings.

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My first eLearning Blog Article

Hannah's Blog

Her old collecting she considered discovered. Sincerity collected happiness do is contented. Uneasy no settle whence nature narrow in afraid. At could merit by keeps child. While dried maids on he of linen in. So at parties he warrant oh staying. Square new horses and put better end. Sigh ever way now many.

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Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)

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This book is part of the Lynx Illustrated Checklists collection created from the wealth of data, illustrations and maps compiled for the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) series which has been distilled into handbooks that can be easily carried into the field. ., Christoph Schwitzer & Wes Sechrest Weight 0.4

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Hornbills of Yunnan

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On a positive note, it makes it easier for those male hornbills that do not like kids to focus on what they are good at (collecting fruit and handing them to the wife through a slit in the hole). Arriving at the nesting hole. Regurgitating fruit. Being clumsy while regurgitating fruit. Leaving the nesting hole.

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Wet Birds

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So, here’s a collection of wet birds. Recently, many people have been telling me that they are very tired of photos of dry birds. Naturally, being in the extended service industry (consulting), I want to help. A wet Grey-eyed Bulbul (Xishuangbanna, China). A wet African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa).

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Afforestation

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This oak was my first success with collected acorns. I have successfully started, from wild-collected seeds and cuttings, food sources for birds such as Coral Trees, Cassias, Chokecherries, and lots of Oaks. I’ve learned a lot since that first year.). There are a pair of this year’s seedlings at the top of this article.).

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2021)

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Not only have we completed Birding Tourism February , but we’ve also collectively made it through what is usually one of the least exciting birding months of the calendar year. Congratulations!

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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I came with 957, and started to collect my birds like an Acorn Woodpecker collects its nuts. And I was blessed with several superb sightings, totaling to 8% of their Costa Rican and 2% of their global population!! Coming to Costa Rica, I needed only a few dozen species to cross my first big threshold: a thousand species.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of May 2021)

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I collected not one, not two, but a shocking three county birds this weekend and feel grateful for the best looks I’ve had at Marbled Godwit , Piping Plover , and Cerulean Warbler in ages. In other words, wish me luck and light work this week!

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Great Bowerbirds collecting blue items

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They vary in construction and there is also a wide variation in the items that they collect. Traditionally the Great Bowerbirds collect mostly white and green items, but this varies by location. Around the township of Broome the Great Bowerbirds collect both white and green items , which are both natural and man-made.

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

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This book is part of the Lynx Illustrated Checklists collection created from the wealth of data, illustrations and maps compiled for the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series which has been distilled into portable books that can be easily carried into the field. cm Weight 0.4

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10,000 Birds in The Library of Congress?!

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Still, we were extremely surprised as well as pleased when we received the following electronic missive: The United States Library of Congress has selected your website for inclusion in the Library’s historic collection of Science Blogs. We consider your website to be an important part of this collection and the historical record.

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