Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2010

Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. In four years it experimented on 157,839 mice, 17,324 rats, 11,096 fish, 1,941 birds, 1,253 guinea pigs, 933 pigeons, 884 frogs, 207 cats, 54 rabbits and 18 tree shrews from the tropics of south-east Asia.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2015

GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. Comparisons of Similar Species, the last section in each Account, is the one most likely to be of interest to the experienced birder. I am not a stranger to the BBI system.

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Birds New Jersey Science Groups 169

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2011

If you do you’ll soon find aspects of the story very much alive in the world around you.&# I actually found this to be true, as when I was halfway through the book I left it home while I was away for a week and found that I had a couple of experience with feathers in that time that made reading the rest of the book even more interesting.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. The experience of seeing a pair feeding and calling in the mountains of Honduras felt like a much more genuine birding experience to me. Stay tuned. Trips Honduran birding La Tigra motmot'

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

This means that any comparison of results obtained in different years may not reflect the success of a birder’s endeavours but rather the variation of the overall birding conditions of the respective years, which are outside the sphere of anyone’s influence. Which is fair enough.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In comparison, what I call a true pelagic trip was one that had as ultimate prize storm petrels, shearwaters, jaegers, skuas, tropicbirds, albatrosses, and other unexpected surprises seldom seem near the coast. I rather stick with birding experiences where birds vocalize, perch, and I can see for a long time from a firm surface.

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Peru Birds Albatross Experience 186

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2011

The length of the list means nothing except in comparison to Corey’s list ; I’ve finally overtaken him in our ABA competition, but how long can I maintain my lead? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. While pondering that, also share your best bird of the weekend!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* comparison tables!)

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North America Birds Owls America 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

I found those comments insightful and inspiring, valuable experiences and opinions worthy of sharing to a wider audience than the FB groups where they were initially posted. Pointing out field marks and discussing similar birds in comparison. Very simply – a combination of passion, patience, knowledge and experience!

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Birds Greece Zambia Experience 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It’s a model that is now happening across New Zealand, and it was nice to experience it near my friend’s house in Taranaki.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2012

A tiny country filled with biodiversity which can be easily reached in a short drive… Well, maybe that is a little exaggeration but in comparison to other countries like Colombia, Peru and the giant Brazil, our Ecuador seems tiny. Here is a compilation of short takes I was able to get from this amazing experience. By 11 a.m.

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Ecuador Colombia Brazil Peru 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2011

We were visiting Doi Inthanon with Jan and Tu - two of Thailands most extraordinary birders (great people and wonderfully knowledgeable guides) - and as any birding tourist knows: the depths of the birding and peripheral experience is made all the greater by great company. By way of comparison, an American Robin is 23-28cm.)

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Thailand Birds Montana Africa 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

During the filming of this production, I got to experience “dirt hawking&#. But what really strikes me is the smell – fresh, clean and without comparison. I’ve recently returned from a filming trip in Arizona where I have been working on a production for National Geographic on Harris’s (Harris) Hawks.

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League Against Cruel Sports Falcons Rabbits Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2018

And that begs the question, anthropocentric comparisons aside, what makes a bird a jerk? Fighting, bickering, and more fighting – I think it’s safe to say that most of us experience enough of arguing, fighting, and other awful toxic behaviors to not need any more of it in our lives. Maybe even pyschos.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. As I’ve noted elsewhere, it was really Darwin’s experiences on the Falklands that first congealed many of his evolutionary insights.

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Birds Research Humane Hunters 119

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Finding that certain species have a “Dark Queen” only served to fuel the comparison. A magnifying glass or even a microscope will enhance the experience and close up, detailed photos and illustrations are included to reward the most determinedly curious.

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Ireland United States Species Game 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

These are extremely detailed, covering distribution, behavior, and plumage by age and gender (when relevant) and comparisons with other species in and external to the group. Mentorship is an essential part of the birding experience, and it needs to be encouraged. Just go to the boldfaced page number. Authors George L.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

If they are "only" animals, if they are beasts which abstract not, then my comparison is a piece of sentimental foolishness. The natural experiment must have been tried very infrequently, at least recently. These chimps are healthy and well-fed. But chimpanzees can abstract. Like other mammals, they are capable of strong emotions.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 1, 2009

By comparison, there were only 727 white male inmates per 100,000 white men. Anyone counseling a less militant approach is counseling self-defeat. As of mid-2008, there were 4,777 black men imprisoned in America for every 100,000 black men in the population.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2012

In comparison here is a hummer in flight taken without flash. Here is one such link: [link] From the information available it seems that it is OK to use flash but I am not so sure from my experiences. 1/1328 sec, ISO 3200 NO FLASH So this is not bad for a shot taken under real light conditions.

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Birds Groups Wildlife Experience 206

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

I know Starling has done some travel, but not a lot and wouldn’t have a good basis of comparison of all TSA workers. It’s been my experience that for every 1 person I know who thinks a certain way, at least 12 others in my circle agree. I would say that most of my interactions have been with white people in the US.

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Colorado Laws America Indiana 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Similar comparisons can be made with other bird features such as how their hips work. Skeletal phenotypes from both types of experiments had premaxillae that clustered geometrically with ancestral fossil forms instead of beaked birds. Altering the FEZ altered later Wnt responsiveness to the ancestral pattern.

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Alligators Chickens Research Birds 211

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2021

But everything else paled in comparison to his first Black-bellied Whistling-Duck in Queens since 2010. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Such a great bird for the northeastern United States was easily his Best Bird of the Weekend! How about you?

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United States Turtles Birds 2010 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The authors themselves–Rob Hume, Robert Still, Andy Swash, Hugh Harrop, and David Tipling–collectively have 100s of years of birding and photographic experience. I imagine that it’s a product of the authors’ concerns, but I don’t think it contributes to identification skills or knowledge base.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 142

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Photographs are also used in specific sections, notably “common species useful for size comparison,” examples of birds with distinct silhouettes, and the Bonus chapter, 50 species that you won’t find in your backyard. Most of these photos are by photographers associated with the USFWS and Wisconsin Dept.

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Birds North Carolina North America Science 263

Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

That is, they contribute to increasing, in the long run, the quantity of satisfaction which an individual experiences. The issue is: Does he gain more value than he would experience if he let them live? An accurate quantitative comparison of the value he gains with that which the lamb loses is really impossible.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

This may be the most awesome pelagic you’ll ever experience… For me it was the publication in 1984 of Peter Harrison’s ground-breaking identification guide to ‘ Seabirds ’ that opened up the off-shore world of pelagic birding right on Cape Town’s door step.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists.

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Vegan Morals Pit Bulls Animal Rights 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

While the 480-odd species recorded within T&T may outstrip our fellow Caribbean islands by leaps and bounds, it pales in comparison to the massive lists of mainland South and Central America. Birding in Trinidad and Tobago has been likened to an introductory chapter in the book of birding in the Neotropics. And for good reason.

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Trinidad Family America Species 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Having now had the privilege to experience two of the world’s great raptor migrations, I’d like to end with a comparison of Cazalla and Mexico’s Raptor River (Río de Rapaces). Still, both experiences easily make it into my lifetime top-10. Go if you possibly can.

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Spain Birds Mexico Eagles 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2023

.” 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., known-identity).”**

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

The ‘field identification’ sections are thoroughly detailed, giving plumage details for all forms; extensive notes on identifying the bird in the field by size and structure, bill shape, behavior, habitat, pattern and plumage; and comparisons with similar birds. in German, and a Labrador Retriever named Gellert.

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North America Sparrows America United States 145

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 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2013

The species descriptions are arranged according to the American Ornithologists Union (AOU) order current for 2012, with the order of individual species occasionally adjusted for the comparisons described above. For me, using T he New Stokes Field Guide to Birds, Western Region was a happy experience.

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Birds North America Groups Falcons 156

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2023

My book of choice for this time of year is Jerry Liguori’s Hawks At A Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors, a brilliant tutorial on how to recognize raptors by shape and flight style, distilling years of experience and expertise into 216 pages. Which guide worked best for you?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2013

After over a year of planning and preparation (and after a quick trip to the Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimaraes), I finally arrived at Cristalino Jungle Lodge on the afternoon of August 1st, 2013 to begin my nearly three month long guiding experience here. Spotted Puffbird on the Serra Trail!

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Parrots Brazil Birds Eagles 171

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. So, I did some visual comparisons. Text is on the left, plates are on the right. Do I need new glasses?

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