10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The birds that I have experience with, like some of the raptors, wading birds, shorebirds, and tanagers, are all true-to-life in color, shape, and proportions to say nothing of being pretty paintings, if slightly sterile on the standard plain white background. of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. We were at Big John’s pond and a red tailed hawk came out of nowhere and we thought he was going to fly right into the blind. Wicked, right? What was your best bird of the weekend? No time to take a picture. Thanks for visiting!

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2011 New York Deer Birds 153

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Lakes, lightning, locusts and lizards Great Birding Sites From Great Birding Bloggers Anderson River Park Never Disappoints Birding Kuwait The Other Antigua About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Birds Deer 180

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Diabolical Bird ID Quiz Red-shouldered Hawk in Forest Park, Queens, New York Just for Fun Avian ID Quiz #8 Cardinal King Usurped About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. Wicked, right? Get yours today! Thanks for visiting!

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

3 Responses to “Spring is for Wheatears&# Duncan Mar 18th, 2011 at 3:36 pm I got to experience a wheatear-palooza on my one day birding around Dubai last year. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Get yours today!

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Cyprus 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. That’s right – birds eating clay. Please go to [link] Tags: macaws , parrots , peru , tambopata • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right? Thanks for visiting! Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Ringer Tags: cormorants , frigatebirds , genetics , taxonomy and systematics • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The experience also inspired my column this month at 10,000 Birds, so check that out when you’re done: Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds.) [.] Wicked, right?

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Corey Mar 3rd, 2011 at 11:10 pm The drawing will be based on chance but I reserve the right to disqualify extraordinarily lousy entries. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? It is that awesome! Get to it already!

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

They really appeared to enjoy this, because as soon as they swam back to the rocks they would line up again to repeat the experience. … Tags: brazil • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Water levels are right but the waders are still very scarce. Mar 19th, 2011 at 8:26 pm Corey, I am jealous of your Red-breasted Merganser experience at JBWR and the flight shots. Wicked, right? Get yours today! link] Donna S.

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2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

from left to right Fred, Mike, Isaac, Andrew, Gene (in back), Tom Though it was an absurdly long trip and the ratio of birding to driving was not ideal the twitch was well worth it. … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right?

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Perhaps you’ve had the same experience. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? Tags: iatb • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Birding opened up Central America for me in a way that nothing else did.

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Costa Rica 2011 Birds Deer 150

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

The underlying premise is that you can know what is right (such as me knowing what's right then eating cow flesh in the form of filet mignon for a year), but that by no means will necessarily manifest in your behavior. In contrast, abstract-rational entities, like personhood or rights, are not. What do you think?

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Psychology Campaign Animal Rights Movement Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

We have avian beauty right in our European back yards as well, and need not seek cover when encountering birders from far-away shores. And I haven’t even started to write about ageing them … What are your experiences, and what is the colour of the claws on your local gull species? Jakob: whoa, you are perfectly right!

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? The former British colony’s Z.c. Thanks for visiting! Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Deer India New York 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Greg the Naughty Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) Tags: Destinations , new zealand • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Duncan Mar 10th, 2011 at 3:01 am I know from experience that Saddlebacks are tricky little guys to catch. Wicked, right? Get yours today! A week spent on Kapiti only got us 3 of them!

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New Zealand 2011 Deer Cats 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Poe must have sat down and written the whole poem in a burst of inspiration because how else could something so beautiful have been created, right? And, of course, there is the fact that Edgar Allan Poe was a birder … … Tags: Edgar Allan Poe , poetry , ravens • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

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2011 Fowl Deer Cats 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

I have encountered this situation only one time in my birding experience. Harsh but fair Jory – It was worth a shot though right? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Wicked, right? It is not a new book, about 6 years old.

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2011 North America Deer New York 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Hiking For The Heck of It Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #1: No Batteries Required Welcome Wednesday: Musings on a Big Year About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. Wicked, right? Get yours today! Thanks for visiting!

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 199

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

All animals except the dog are called "it" (I did a little experiment to see what would happen). And the reverse is true: If parents are unaware, it should be no surprise that whatever compassion or sense of justice a child has is not nurtured. We do that with cats and dogs already, right? I'm a terrible fiction writer.

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Gorillas Pets Vegan Speciesism 100