10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

The more specific aspects do not add much detail: “The American Birding Association represents the North American birding community and supports birders through publications, conferences, workshops, tours, partnerships, and networks.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2011

But when the Focus on Diversity: Changing the Face of American Birding conference was held there last weekend it seemed like a welcome excuse to finally check out this natural gem in one of the finest cities on the east coast. I also returned Saturday morning prior to the start of the conference for some early morning birding.

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Wildlife Philadelphia Bald Eagle Pennsylvania 216

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Signaling theory examines communication between individuals and groups, within and across species, focusing on whether signals–communications containing complex information–are honest or deceptive and how the exchange of these signals impacts the individuals involved and the larger group or groups to which they belong.

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North America Research Birds Groups 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

No, the job of raptor-bothering and wasp snatching falls to a unique group of birds which share several of the same physiological characteristics of Tyrant Flycatchers despite not being related to them in the slightest. Those birds, which popped up along every elevated perch during my time in India were by and large Black Drongos.

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India Lifestyle North America Groups 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

At the Uvac Dam (cover photo), a large group of conference participants was leaving the shuttle bus as I stopped the car… While I carefully reversed through the scattered bunch, a lucky few saw the main prize landing at the hilltop vulture restaurant: the huge Cinereous Vulture (or Eurasian Black Vulture)!

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Serbia Sanctuary Birds Bosnia 317

Critter News

JUNE 25, 2009

Some of the groups attending will be: FARM In Defense of Animals Sea Shepherd ACT Radio Anti-Fur Society E/Environmental Mag Eko Zone Healing Species League of Humane Voters Mercy For Animals Stop Animal Exploitation Now! You can sign up here. Vegetarian Times VegNews Magazine The link came from ALF, but they aren't listed on the site.

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Animal Rights Rights Fur Animal 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah is also a proud woman birder who advocates for others through her own podcast ( Women Birders (Happy Hour) ) and participation in activities, such as the Champions of the Flyway and the International Conference for Women Birders. This is Hannah’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds. Hannah and Erik ready to see some birds!

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 261

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Buying a bunch of votes and dropping it like a big crap bomb at an annual meeting may get you what you want but boy howdy, I can’t imagine people lining up to join that group. But keeping things off of listservs or birding groups because they are unpleasant doesn’t help anything.

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Family Beavers Minnesota Sparrows 156

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

While in India last week for the 3rd annual Global Bird-watching Conference in the state of Gujarat, I had the opportunity to let my mind wonder “what if”? The group I was with gathered in Ahmedebad (one of India’s mid-sized cities with only 8 million residents) to be transported by bus out to the conference site in Kutch.

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India Stray Dog United States Stray 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

If I were to give a speech at the shorebirds conference, those would have been my opening words. Yet, as I was slowly running out of other bird groups that I knew nothing about, I had no other choice but to start learning what I was always running away from: those abominable shorebirds. Anything else would be a lie.

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Botswana 2017 Groups Europe 114

Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Both groups will be protesting the seal hunt using the Olympic torch ceremony as the backdrop. PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it.

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IFAW International Fund For Animal Welfare PETA Canada 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

There are now multiple sites where people can contribute data on window strikes and bird deaths, including NYC Audubon’s dBird , FLAP’s Global Collision Bird Mapper , iNaturalist, and, on a social media level, the Facebook group Dead Birds 4 Science , run by the indefatigable Heidi Trudell.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 247

Critter News

MAY 7, 2011

Bullfights seem really thoughtless and savage to me," the senator said in a press conference on Monday. Several groups, including Spain's Plataforma Prou, the Mexican Association for Animal Rights, or Amedea, and the Proyecto Proteccion Animal, have been consulted on the bill, Moreno said.

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Los Angeles Legislation Animal Rights Spain 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2015

Back to the Uvac Dam where a large group of conference participants is leaving the shuttle bus as I stop the car… While I am carefully reversing through the scattered bunch, a lucky few saw the main prize landing at the hilltop vulture restaurant: the huge Cinereous Vulture (or Eurasian Black Vulture)!

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Europe Serbia Russia Breeding 245

Critter News

JANUARY 19, 2009

The panel is now known as the Food and Agriculture Committee, and the new chairman is Dean Florez, Steinberg revealed at a news conference Jan. Several environmental groups were represented at the news conference, during which Steinberg said the changes would usher in a new era in California agriculture policy. “My

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Next year's Mind and Life Conference is called "Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences." I look forward to hearing about the findings of the conference, and what, if any, solutions the group develops to what they believe are the ills of the global economy.

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Compassion Emotional Science Ethics 100

Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

“This is a story of inhumane treatment and a story of psychological torment for these animals,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive officer of the Washington-based animal rights group, said at a news conference Wednesday. Here is a link to the Humane Society. I couldn't get the video to work for some reason.

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Wayne Pacelle Humane Society Of The United States Louisiana Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Every study brings up new questions–many new questions–and Brooke spends a lot of text explaining why every study is specific, how there are really no generalizations to be made across the group of birds covered in this book. Here are a few lines: They’re so rare, they’re pink, just like a fine steak.

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2010

Hundreds of lecture tours and conferences. It also is widely recognized for establishing innovative community-centered conservation and development programs in Africa, and Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, the Institute’s global environmental and humanitarian youth program, which has groups in more than 120 countries.

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2002 United States Research Meat 100

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. The targeted age group is 6 to 11 years. Let me know your recommendations for books kids would enjoy reading, or having read to them, this summer.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The accounts vary in length from two to six pages, and are well illustrated with photographic images by Ryan Phillips of the Belize Raptor Research Institute and a group of 40 photographers from the United States and Central America. Press, 2000), and over 140 journal and magazine articles and conference proceedings.

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Mexico America North America Falcons 155

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Any animal group in the world can use these materials as fundraising tools. One group teaches tolerance and anti-bullying through Henry’s story. The school promotes service days and peer groups where children can learn empathy and where they are encouraged to educate each other on things like yoga and going green.

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San Diego Kittens Emotional Cats 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2021

For example, the panel (see below) included three members of the pro-change Bird Names for Birds group (more representation than the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , the National Audubon Society , and the U.S. My suggestion to some panelists is to use headphones with a microphone for virtual conferences.).

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Birds Russia Hawaii Woodpeckers 264

Animal Ethics

APRIL 18, 2007

Professor Jenni made her debut appearance in DeKalb in September 2002 when she presented her paper “The Power of the Visual” at the Northern Illinois Ethic Consortium’s inaugural conference Ethics in Contemporary Life. The NIU community is fortunate to have such a dynamic lecturer return to NIU.

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Illinois Animal Ethics Ethics Morals 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The third argument comes from the Berkeley group. There were dozens and dozens of these papers given at conferences until finally someone made a rule against them. Buffalo, even the big giant extinct ones that previously roamed Africa, are in some ways easier, though with drawbacks. Perhaps we can discuss that some other time.

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Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2013

The diving, piscivorous grebes were usually grouped with loons. Long-legged, long-necked flamingos have over the years been grouped variously with storks, waterfowl, and the stilts and avocets. The groups do, contrary to van Tuinen et al.’s ” Some morphologists, notably Brad Livezey, Richard L. Zusi and Robert W.

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2001 2006 2010 Eggs 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2022

He started speaking at birding conferences when still a teenager. Just by looking at these photos, you have now seen more than almost any mortals have: Some of the group from site #1. Some of the group from site # 2. Alberto Lobato, an ornithologist from the eastern side of Mexico, would be in Morelia, and could we go birding?

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Mexico United States Breeding Penguins 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

In addition to talking to leading researchers and his own background, Weidensaul has drawn from approximately 230 scientific journal articles, conference proceedings, government reports, BNA bird profiles, and popular newspaper and magazine articles for this book. So much to think about, so many connections to make, so much DATA.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 244

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This makes no sense at all for a group that purports to be the national birding organization for the United States. For example, the ABA has sponsored conferences and its publications and blog have addressed diversity. Expanding the ABA Area would Promote Avian Conservation in the Caribbean. But progress is slow.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Hawaii United States 146

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Then one day you go to a conference of historians and there is a special symposium being held by some well regarded colleagues, who have been working for months with some archaeologists on a secret project. Since Archaeopteryx has that trait, that would be support for putting it in that group.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 240

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I was attending the 3rd Global Bird-watching Conference in Gujarat and suddenly surrounded not just be species that were completely new, but entire families of birds. As the sky darkened and a chill set in, large groups of birds took off in the opposite direction for the interior of the preserve, where they would safely roost for the night.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. And I dipped a toe into academic ornithology, reading a journal article and (virtually) attending a conference. The answer sometimes result in a post.

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Puerto Rico California Condor Virgin Islands Laws 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2022

For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors. And I dipped a toe into academic ornithology, reading a journal article and (virtually) attending a conference. The answer sometimes result in a post.

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Puerto Rico California Condor Virgin Islands Laws 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Arthur Ransome, 1947, starts with an affectionate recollection of a children’s book, in which a group of kids identify and protect a possibly rare bird (Great Northern Diver?), Number 57, Great Northern? and branches into an all too brief recounting of books and movies featuring birders. It’s not as easy as you may think.

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172