10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Some have proposed that the Larus gulls were an example of a ring species proposed by the late great Ernst Mayr, but that conclusion has been disputed (convincingly, I would say). Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) If you know or hear of other examples, please let me know and I will add them to this list. Davies et al. Ecological causes and reproductive conflicts.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 212

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

I love sexual behavior studies, and the motmot tail is an excellent and beautiful example of mother nature at her finest! Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is the only Cholorceryle species I haven’t seen, so observing one would complete a genus in this fascinating family. See who won the contest here! Get yours today!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Veraguan Mango by Carlos Bethancourt Although the Neotropical region supports fewer bird families than Africa, there are considerably more bird species here than anywhere else on earth. This means that there are some astoundingly large families of birds in Central and South America. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Tennessee found that out in January.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 247

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. Ask the proposing states to follow Nebraska’s example, to let them, and their big, desperately imperiled white cousins, alone. Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife? Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Compassion like that almost makes one think that we should start shooting the 1 billion humans on the brink of starvation to provide them quick and relatively painless deaths rather than slow protracted ones.] rather than a slow death from starvation." The weakness of these "defenses" must await another occasion.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

By building nests out over the swamp, the birds benefit from the protection offered by the alligators in deterring predators such as raccoons and snakes. Below for example is the Hippogriff , but which ornithological influences were used to portray such a beast? There are more at the Orlando, Florida post on Redgannet.

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 116