10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Right: Robert McCormick, by Stephen Pearce. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection. (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). Finally – the Seabirds.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 171

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Great Flamingo tongues & heads: p.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 218

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

However, the lockdown forces me to go deeper and deeper into my photo collection, if I want to write anything at all. On a side note, the bird is also kind of ugly, so maybe the chicks never seeing their father has a certain protective function. And that seems to be the only vaguely satisfying thing left to do at the moment.

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2019

Instead, he led a life of leisure: playing billiards and golf (he competed in the 1904 Olympics as a golfer but somehow didn’t finish the course), traveling, and amassing a massive collection of dead birds, over 19,000 all told. He refused, saying, “I do not protect birds. I kill them.”*. Well, no more!

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Boston Killing Protection Collecting 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

Nitin hopes to enlarge his collection of photos of Tigers. In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low.

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Tigers Dogs India Snow Leopard 237

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2014

If you are considering a vehicle for the outback and birding it is useful to have a Roo Bar, which protects your radiator if you have a close encounter with a kangaroo. You will notice there are side steps on the vehicle and they are officially there to protect the paintwork from stone chips on unsealed roads.

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Birds Australia Kangaroos Protection 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

And asking yourself the right question is more than half the way towards the answer. Large windows and unobstructed views of the river are a criterion for the right observation point. Since the roosts of Pygmy Cormorants should receive official protection, how bright is the future?

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Serbia Protection Legislation Europe 192

Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Do whales deserve constitutional protection against slavery? Before the ruling, PETA’s attorney Jeffrey Kerr told HuffPost that the animal rights group’s argument was based on the belief that “slavery doesn’t depend upon the species of the slave, any more than it depends upon the race, gender or ethnicity of the slave.

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PETA San Diego Whales Whaling 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

In issuing its condemnation of established cultural practices, the rights view is not antibusiness, not antifreedom of the individual, not antiscience, not antihuman. It is simply projustice, insisting only that the scope of justice be seen to include respect for the rights of animals. Might does not make right; might does make law.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Los Angeles 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2018

Asking myself that question quarter of a century ago, I snooped through a collection of research papers in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade (before the Internet, I really had to go through papers) and found the “Ornithological Notes from the Pancevo Wetlands 1909-1917” by dr Jeno Nagy. Locations, dates, species and numbers, right?

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Beavers Serbia Eagles Hungary 119

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Considering the four main federal agencies, the combined state-owned lands, and the collective non profits falling in the category of land trusts, there are 1.038 billion acres of wildlife habitat under conservation management, of which about 4.9% were funded by hunters and 95.1% funded by the non-hunting public.”

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

A sometimes beekeeper and failed museum proprietor, devoted to collecting and preparing natural history specimens, the Texas State Historical Association recognizes him chiefly for his contributions to conservation. This last is particularly poignant, if not a bit eerie, for the modern conservationist.

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Chickens Texas Louisiana Wildlife 122

Critter News

JUNE 17, 2009

".prejudices die hard, all the more so when they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. To overcome the collective entropy of those forces against change will not be easy.

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Animal Rights Movement Laws Animal Rights Collecting 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Each title in the series is the collective noun for a bird species, which becomes a central theme of the story. For one example, a dispute over the old rights to a Motown dance act (of all things) is the cause of the murder at the heart of the book.). In A Dance of Cranes, dancing, both avian and human, is a leitmotif. (For

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Humane 2018 Laws Science 132

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2017

Although not federal “lands,” these federal marine protected areas— Channel Islands , Cordell Bank , Greater Farallones , Monterey Bay and Olympic Coast —provide critical foraging areas for seabirds. These sanctuaries include some of the most productive waters in the Pacific.

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Albatross Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico 138

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

The latest from his pen is Birds of Prey , a hybrid between an identification guide and an essay collection, a book of lore that provides a comprehensive overview of the raptors of North America. As far back as the late ’70s he’s been entertaining and enlightening birders with his essays and books on the hows and why of birding.

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North America Falcons America Eagles 102

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. I’d wish for respect for what we do.”.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. Collectively, these MBCF funds have purchased about 2.7 You would think they would look at these numbers and try to figure out a way to tap into that huge demographic right? The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. They haven’t, but we have.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunting Fish 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

There were the neocons, which despite their association with the authoritarian right wing government of George W Bush were wide eyed idealists who believed that you could make the world a better place, and there were the realists, who thought the world was essentially bricked and the best you could hope for was some stability.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 168

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

And New Zealand has a fairly aggressive programme of conservation measures in place to protect native wildlife by killing native species, again something I have defended on th is site. He isn’t arguing that the state should impose this, he’s arguing that we should act collectively.

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Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Juluri is referring to something specific: the Supreme Court's examination of First Amendment protection of acts of cruelty to animals. For generations in the past, the story of animals came from their collective wisdom and heritage, from what we might call their myths and legends. They certainly depict cruelty to animals, right?

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San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Both were led by strong, intelligent women who needed to develop new ways of making their points with the public and the government; both movements were lynchpins in developing today’s values of human rights and environmental conservation. and the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act of 1921 in Great Britain).

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 118

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here! At one occasion, during the hike Tsanakis collected wild mushrooms and in a restaurant, asked the chef to prepare those for us.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 269

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Browsing is facilitated by section titles at the top of each left-hand page and smaller group titles on the upper right-hand page. They can be found all over the book–some interspersed with resident and migratory species, some collected together in the back of the chapter, some in the last chapter on North American vagrant landbirds.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

My morning routine has already been simplified down to the essentials – roll out of bed and out from under the protective mosquito net, pull on dirty odorous field clothes, munch down a quick breakfast. I present here an annotated collection of photos documenting the entry of new parrotlets into this world.

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. That’s right – birds eating clay. • Explore These Related Posts What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2012

Pied Oystercatcher and chick During the heat of the day and when the tide was in and they could not feed they brought the chicks right down to near me with my bike and binoculars. As the tide dropped the birds started to take it in turns to collect food from a nearby reef and it took about 8 minutes for each trip.

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Eggs Dogs Shelters Family 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Marabous occur throughout tropical and subtropical Africa from Zululand in northern South Africa right up to the arid Sahel region fringing the Sahara Desert, avoiding the closed canopy rainforest zones of central and west Africa. They also prey on frogs and crabs.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 239

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The gull was showing no intention of moving, so I went home to collect a camera. It works well with the naked scope, but over time, I dressed mine into a protective sleeve, which somewhat restricts the finger movements (but not much). It is not merely sharpness of image, but sharpness from-edge-to-edge right up to 60x magnification!

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Greece Battery Experience Experiments 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

I also like that 200-córdoba note, if every country had a note like that then I would cenrtantly collect them all! Wicked, right? @YourBirdOasis: That would make sense… @Pat: It is a good pick, isn’t it? Renato Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:31 am Beautiful picture and bird. Nice post Corey! The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Nicaragua El Salvador 2011 Deer 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Hearing and seeing a bluebird bring to his mind the process of tapping trees and boiling the sap collected down to syrup. … *From his essay, also called “The Bluebird&# that appeared in his famous collection of nature essays, Wake-Robin. Wicked, right? Get yours today! The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Deer New York Peru 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

In the all too brief introduction to the book, they state, “This book aims to shed light on the family lives of birds, a topic that has captured our collective imagination and enriched our language despite being shrouded in mystery.”. Both authors marvel at the diversity of birding reproductive and parenting behavior. Peregrine Falcon nests.

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

By collecting data and following individual birds it is possible to provide data to both governments and environmental groups to help protect the habitat both here and overseas into the future. Oh, yes, I have a little gull amongst my collection of souvenirs! Wicked, right? Jochen Mar 21st, 2011 at 12:01 pm Bring it on!

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Guano Still Collected in Peru Counting Birds: Will Microphones Replace Nets? Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Wicked, right?

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