10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Long story short, the only way I could figure out securing a cabin for myself and my husband, Erik, was to book a trip with Rockjumper, a birding tour company based in South Africa and a supporter of Birdlife South Africa. It has had very few humans walk its soil and who have had little impact to this otherwise pristine nature.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

I was surprised that this species is named for its vocalization – which sounds like laughter. For example, the Diamond Dove is the world’s second-smallest species of the columbidae order ( source ). The Latin species name haematonotus (“blood-backed”) sounds a bit more exciting but not necessarily more accurate.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”. The Hair-crested Drongo is a bit more common here.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Immediately at the start of the book, Meiburg infects the reader with his delight in one caracara species, the Striated, a resident of the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego, and the southernmost bird of prey in the world. As Meiburg puts it, Peregrines love solitude, crave routine, and avoid mistakes.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

However, this is a watershed moment for this species of bird in the US. The human world is on the move to where the money is. This species is in trouble. Over the past several years, our company, Birdman Productions has been working on a film about this slow, quiet crisis. They are not working for people or wildlife.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. Sophie Osborn’s stories are personal and inspiring, but this is more than a personal memoir.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2011

To go by the numbers, I saw 79 species of bird while in Washington (150 county ticks), 21 of which were year birds and 8 of which were lifers. All beer from Mac & Jack’s Brewing Company is good beer. Drawbridges are the bane of humanity. Especially humanity trying to make it to the ferry on time. GO TO SEATTLE!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. How it is being affected by human intrusions?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

a 501(c)3 non-profit video production company focused on addressing wildlife conservation issues. Perhaps it is the striking beauty of these brilliant blue birds, or perhaps it is the unique human connection we have developed with them through the monitoring of nest boxes. There is something more.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Their fierce tendency to bite means the bander is often as relieved as the bird is when they finally part company. This moment of human/bird interaction is a beautiful and fleeting occurrence. It symbolizes an attempt to counter the ills of the past and to contribute to the well being and success of these species.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2015

Germany, like most of Europe and very much unlike North America, is home to only one species of squirrel. And while it also occurs in city parks and cemeteries within human habitations, it is not quite as tame as the urban Gray Squirrels of America, and I have never been able myself or seen someone be able to hand-feed one.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2011

The Common Raven is found across the northern hemisphere and because of this huge range and its large and growing population it is considered a Species of Least Concern by BirdLife International. But I am a lowly bird blogger with no scientific credentials at all. That is some seriously good news for those who love big, smart, black birds.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

All Wranglers went to the other side of the lodge listening… a potoo mixed with human voices. Belonging to the Caribbean foothills biome, Rancho Naturalista has the fourth longest eBird list among the hotspots of Costa Rica: 478 species, including 36 raptors and 38 hummingbirds. Now, how many lodges can you tell of with such a list?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2018

There are a dozen or so recurring cast members across the four books, which allows Burrows to build character, and to make his people three-dimensional.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

So, for example, Essay #15, “Individual Variation,” uses Herring Gulls to introduce the concept that one species, even one species at a specific age, can vary widely in appearance. The Checklist is more than a taxonomic listing of species and chapter number and title; it also contains useful notes on each bird family.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2016

Pomarine Jaegers, some with long tail spoons, kept us company most of the second day. Up until the middle of last century, this species of whale was only known from the remains of beached individuals. Cory’s Shearwaters, languid and lazy, and common in the Gulf Stream in late spring. I can’t wait to get out there again.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Stumpy Duck is an American pale ale by Trillium Brewing Company of Boston, Massachusetts, one of the most popular breweries in New England for the past few years. In this kind of company, the often-overlooked and underappreciated Mallard starts looking pretty good, at least from a North American birding perspective.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

And yes, like Sandra says, a good guide is also a thoughtful human being who looks after the needs of the clients and balances the needs each client has with the overall needs of the group, and with what is reasonable and realistic.”. And if you say this to me I will never use you or your company again.”. ’ TICK.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

Even in the tropics there are few birds that excel some of our own in elegance and beauty of plumage and we have an unusually large number of species considering the smallness of the area they inhabit. ” (Woodward brothers, “Natal Birds”, 1899) The mighty Drakensberg Mountains run along the western boundary of KwaZulu-Natal province.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

It included a video that a production company took with a drone in our park’s corridor. Every species is going to do something different. ” Based on the press release date, I assumed it was just big talk and way to drive people to Amazon to shop on Cyber Monday. Here’s a guy harassing Osprey.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

At the same time the field is somewhat lacking in people unconcerned with habitat or wild animals, but if Linda says that they do more damage to permafrost than oil companies dumping 94 thousand gallons of oil laced water on the environment, who am I to argue? How it is being affected by human intrusions? How it raised its chicks?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation. The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2011

Today Mark owns and operates the wildlife guiding and biodiversity survey company Desertlife.com.au. It is expected that most birders will keep a life list, a glorious tally of every species which has crossed one’s path over the years around the globe. Here Mark shares the story of his Loo List. Some birders go further. I go further.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

So, while waiting for evolution to produce new birds for our life lists is inadvisable, we sometimes catch a break and every few years get a new species or two when some genetic research or study of breeding distribution presents enough evidence to split what was once considered a single species into a few new ones.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. “Humans are unique. Hare could run a very profitable shell game.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 12, 2011

Most often pets are not allowed in these shelters due to reasons of human health safety. Make sure you ask if they have any limitations on the number, size, species or breeds they allow. However, some of them will allow cages or crates to be set up outside the shelter if you ask. Some dog breeds (e.g.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 29, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Thinning Yellowstone’s Bison Herd ” (news article, March 23): Yellowstone National Park bison, executed when they migrate outside the boundaries of the park, have plenty of company. Around the world, animal migrations are disappearing because of conflicts with development, agriculture and other human activities.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2022

There are quite a few raptor species around Skukuza. Most likely, the devil, not god created this species. While some bustards are the largest bird species capable of flight, the Black-bellied Bustard is only mid-sized. Hopefully, as he is the owner of a birding company, Rockjumper, at least he gets some clients this way.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Forget lions, tigers, and bears – if Internet listicles are to be believed, all of Oz is full of crocodiles, sharks, jellyfish, snakes, spiders – even magpies – that are dead set on killing, maiming, or injuring any humans they encounter. One of these killers even has the word “death” in its name, for crying out loud.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2022

The main attractions of the Sanming area are some pheasant species. The species that is classified as Near Threatened, which is a bit confusing given that the HBW talks of a population of more than 100,000 individuals. Another name for the species is Chinese Bar-backed Pheasant. Could be just because they are fed there, though.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

birding tour company. It’s not always an easy book, at times dense and challenging, it is also fascinating and stimulating, motivating us to look at the totality of a bird’s life and the interconnectedness amongst bird movements, shorelines, landscapes, weather, and us–humans.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. But there’s at least one night on the Scottish calendar when the grouse enjoys a reprieve, at least from human appetites.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A single Ringed Plover was keeping the Grey Plover company, allowing me to compare the two. Many years ago the journal British Birds published a note from an observer who had watched Turnstones scavenging from a human corpse that had washed up on the tideline. Both species of geese have increased hugely in recent years.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Raimat notes with pride that the sight of these storks and their nests is a common one in the Catalan wine country northwest of Barcelona where the winery is found, a circumstance it attributes in part to the sustainable land practices of the company. The post Raimat Saira Albariño (2017) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

We see indirect but very compelling evidence of this when insurance companies, government agencies, and other big players act as though they considered climate change to be real. Also, these human-occupied area are probably full of toxins and other impediments to normal use by wildlife. That would be very, very annoying.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago covers 1,417 species, 601 endemics, 98 vagrants, 8 introduced and 18 undescribed species. With the advent of human development, we can now add “farmland and plantations” to various types of forest, rainforest, and swamps. Species Accounts. Co-author Frank E.

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