10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs. It’s not always easy reading.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2011

For me there are few experiences more satisfying than releasing a fish that has put up a great fight. And every so often the experience is heightened by witnessing a challenging species doing something extraordinary, giving me a unique perspective into its shy life that is, for the most part, hidden from human eyes. It consumes me.

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Ecuador South Africa United States Hunting 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. This is a reference book with many layers, diverse uses and a distinct personality. Scope of Book. in German, and a Labrador Retriever named Gellert.

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North America Sparrows America United States 170

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2013

Over the following thirty-seven years there has never been a concerted effort to promote what is still called the “ Duck Stamp ” by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to anyone other than hunters and philatelists.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 259

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Theodore Roosevelt, both bird watcher and then President of the United States, said that in May 1907, when staying at the family’s cabin in Albemarle County, Virginia, he saw “what he believed to be a small flock of passenger pigeons, the first he’d seen in 25 years.”

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Pennsylvania Indiana California Condor 2013 216

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Led by professionals who have experience with organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States, the group is definitely not new to the issues surrounding animals worldwide. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management.

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Humane Society Of The United States Illegal Trafficking Animal Animal Sanctuary 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 24, 2011

NARSC is comprised of most of the national NGOs in the United States that provide emergency animal services and has agreed to collaborate and cooperate on how resources from the U.S. will be channeled into Japan. This will allow IFAW and NARSC colleagues to identify long-term animal relief projects in Japan.

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IFAW Japan International Fund For Animal Welfare Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way. Their first contribution to 10,000 Birds is here.

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San Diego South America Costa Rica America 206

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

I was also curious, as a birder of the northeast United States, to see what kind of avian changes have been going on in Pennsylvania. Data collection for the Second Breeding Bird Atlas Project of Pennsylvania took place from 2004 through 2009, roughly twenty years after the first official atlas project, 1983 through 1989.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 249

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

This mass avian exploitation, amazing and repugnant, ultimately met its end through separate campaigns in the United States and Great Britain, each led by women, mostly upper-middle class women. Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 124

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. Do not buy these books, unless you are collecting old bird books.

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 237

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. The only answer I can come up with is that they collect fees from those users and view them as their only source of revenue.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2022

With nine years of experience using it and birding with beginning birders, I would like to update that opinion. This is, in a way, no surprise since it was designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. This is a guide for all birders.

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United States North America Species 2013 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

This is more than a collection of species accounts. ” They conclude that many non-vocalizing Empidonax flycatchers can be identified in the field, but only “when several field characters are used in combination–and after one has gained experience in looking at these characters on singing/calling and captive birds (i.e.,

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Los Angeles North America America Species 241

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

I know from experience how accessible Dennis is, last year he helped me identify a damselfly I photographed in Costa Rica (Argia anceps, no common name). If you’ve birded the eastern United States, you’ve probably seen this dragonfly.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

And it is interesting to note that government does very little to subsidize the bird watching experience; state Departments of Natural Resources, for example, maintain plenty of trout fisheries to improve the angling experience, but not a single warbler aviary to add more diversity to spring migration!

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Ducks Hunters 2006 Wildlife 258

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

The videos and talks have wet our appetites for a book that promises to be visually exciting and fun to use, designed by birders who have used their own experiences in the field to determine what warbler seekers really need. The Warbler Guide covers 48 warblers commonly seen in the United States, arranged in alphabetical order.

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United States North America Species New York 262

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We are all suckers for an albatross, at least in the United States. This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. She is one of the best nature writers I’ve encountered in recent years, able to paint experiences with emotional immediacy.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Elizabeth spent two years in Australia, traveling there with John and her oldest son, then living with acquaintances and relatives in Tasmania, Sydney, and Yarrundi while John traipsed across the continent shooting birds, collecting skins. And I’m so happy I did. but not too large, and not overwhelmingly heavy.

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Australia Birds Europe Collecting 218

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I know how intense some birders can be), I can tell you from experience that there are some exquisite, stunning odonates flying around there. The following sections on identification, photography, and collection are brief but to the point. William Haber is from the United States, receiving his Ph.D.

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Costa Rica North America Family America 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. The authors pay far less attention to photographing and collecting adult dragonfly specimens. The section thus ties in nicely with WILDGuides identity as a conservation-minded publisher.

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Ireland France Breeding Eggs 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. In an experiment conducted by renowned ornithologists, they sent out applications for a position as a bird model. Yes, you do, trust me. You should try it too.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 212