10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2022

4,126: Cook’s Petrel (California, US). September: 82 checklists and 259 species. The 2022 year list is up to 1,188 species. The life list rises by 2 , to 4,126 species : 4,125: Townsend’s Storm-Petrel (California, US). Both of these birds were seen on my pelagic tour out of San Diego. Good Birding!

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San Diego Costa Rica United States Cooking 202

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

However, if you can’t get a seat out back, no worries, just sit inside while enjoying home-cooked country fare. There’s a big wood-fired cooking set-up. Tortillas are patted into shape by hand and cooked fresh on the grill.

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Costa Rica Cooking Birds Chickens 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

It is always nice to visit and give Desi a chance to have a yard to play in and cousins to play with, to say nothing of eating some of my mother’s delicious home cooking. I spent this weekend at my parents’ house in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, which is nestled nicely between the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River.

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Salamander Chipmunks Reptiles Cooking 232

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

Crossing New Zealand’s Cook Strait. where Duncan saw albatrosses and other tasty pelagics !). Now that April Foolery is over (but not forgotten ) we can turn our attention to more serious matters.

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New Zealand Albatross Cooking 2013 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Most offer good, home-cooked fare but very few also happen to feed the birds. In Costa Rica, there are lots of little, family-owned diners like this one. If you see “bar” and “restaurant” on the same sign, it’s because they have a liquor license. As for the Bar Rest.

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Costa Rica Fowl Cooking Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2011

Wood-Warbler Week is where it is at and we can’t wait to share the wonderful posts that we have cooked up for you! ———————————————————————————————————————————————— This week, 8 May – 14 May 2011, is Wood-Warbler Week on 10,000 Birds! It’s going to be great! Sit back, relax, and enjoy.

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United States South America Cooking 2011 242

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

It also is home to the breeding sites of vulnerable seabirds including the Cook’s Petrel and Black Petrel, both species are considered vulnerable. Cook’s Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) is another range-restricted breeder that nests on Little Barrier Island.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2022

I love to travel and to read, hence, I clearly love travelogues, from James Cook to Noah Strycker. His words touched something in me at page 1, and by the end of the book, he still had my undivided attention. Now, that’s a rarity.

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Australia Cooking Birds 2015 278

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Midafternoon on 9 August 1825, Andrew Bloxam, the naturalist on the HMS Blonde, shot a starling on Mauke, an island in the Cook Islands. This fact alone is not at all surprising. After all, that is how ornithology was done at the time. It was duly processed and labeled and in his notes he wrote the following: Sturnus. L 7 1/2 inch.

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Killing Rats Cooking Norway 193

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2013

A tree boa in the Caroni Swamp which our guide called a Cook’s Tree Boa but which I am relatively sure must be a Central American Tree Boa just based on range. Fortunately, forward-thinkers prevailed, the site is now protected as a Ramsar Wetland , and the hunting of Scarlet Ibis has become a social taboo.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2011

But the Northern Potoo’s call can at best be described as frightening and at worst as the sound of a night-troll cackling as it cooks an unfortunate victim. The Common Potoo’s call is a loud, descending whistle. “Whhhaaaaaaa, whu whu whu whu whu whu&#. “Its as easy as pie!

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Costa Rica Jamaica Eggs Cooking 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

I never got a shot of a male Victoria’s Riflebird ( Ptilotis victoriae ), so here is one by David Cook (CC). I was barely out the door when a few feet above me a shining blue male landed, regarded me for a moment and then flew off.

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Indonesia Guinea Australia Cooking 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

All this energy can really do is to cook you, like in a microwave, but for that to happen you would need to be in a microwave (or perhaps right next to a very strong emitter, so do avoid climbing those huge towers with the microwave antennas on them!). However, extensive research has shown no evidence of harmful effects.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Is that all these people can cook? Today's vile episode is one featuring French cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. Add cooking schools to the list of animal exploitation promoters, along with medical schools.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We turn back now – a cauldron of stew slowly cooked over the campfire the entire afternoon awaits us in the camp. There is less than 450 Painted Dogs left in the wild in South Africa – 40 of them here in Madikwe. The two dogs walk right next to our rover and disappear in the dark. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

The first to cruise past in a hurry were the stunning Cook’s Petrels. The final large petrel species is another gadfly petrel, albeit a much larger one than the Cook’s Petrel. Fairy Prions ( Pachyptila turtur ) And then there were the “true petrels&# , insofar as that group has any taxonomic meaning anymore.

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 212

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 20, 2017

When it comes to cooking, you love to whip up an incredible meal for your family; from yummy casseroles, to delicious crock pot apple crisps. Your family appreciates your cooking, so why not create something special for your pet too? … Continue reading →

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Cooking Pets Dogs Family 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

And the ways in which these two fundamental ingredients are added to the color cooking pot are what produces the final colors that we see. There are two main ingredients that are essential in the making of color. The first is pigment and the second is keratin. Pigments are relatively simple color makers.

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Birds Cooking Groups Parrots 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

What’s Cooking in Crow Kitchen Half-Bassed Ackwards? • Explore These Related Posts Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners World Sparrow Day 2011 Why are Birds So Important to People? Or These Blasts From The Past The Goose Whisperer? Boycott BP?

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Cats 2011 Deer New York Times 228

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2020

As I learned this week, locals cook the unripe fruit into meat dishes, and eat the ripe fruit raw… as do birds! It turned out to be Jacaratia mexicana , which the natives call Bonete (a reference to the four-cornered “bonnet” used by ecclesiastics), or Papaya de Monte (Mountain Papaya).

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Sparrows Cooking Squirrels Meat 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

After leaving behind a hectic cooking career in New York City’s fine-dining scene, Tristan moved inland to the New York’s Capital District, where the relative abundance of Pileated Woodpeckers almost makes up for the fact that he’s only seen a single Sanderling in Albany County ever.

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New York Cooking Jamaica 2010 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Especially as that sand is probably heating up and your brains must be cooked by now… Fortunately, there are many organizations working to fight climate change. Stopping climate change should be a top priority for birders who are at all interested in continuing to see birds which is all of us.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2012

I’m not much of a fisher these days, so my plan was to auger holes repeatedly through the thick ice, cook, and explore the spectacular valley framed by towering cliffs on both sides. They range from about an hour and a half to nine hours away by snowmobile. We chose a place called Ijjijuarjuq, about midway down.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The Mango Festival is 24th-27th November and there are cocktail and cook-off competitions and a chance to taste all the different varieties! , Broad-billed Sandpipers and if you are lucky an Asian Dowitcher ! Another good reason to be here is that it is mango season! Come and enjoy the shorebirds and the mangos!!

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Taiwan Cooking China Groups 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

We turn back now – a cauldron of stew slowly cooked over the campfire the entire afternoon awaits us in the camp. There is less than 450 Painted Dogs left in the wild in South Africa – 40 of them here in Madikwe. The two dogs walk right next to our rover and disappear in the dark. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

note: if you decide to snack on Carolina grasshoppers, or any other grasshoppers, be sure to cook them thoroughly. Dear readers, spill – have you ever seen birds preying on Carolina grasshoppers, and if so, what species? They can carry parasites to humans. Sitting grasshopper photo courtesy of D.

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Montana Cooking Texas Cattle 224

Critter News

MAY 4, 2010

And, as one chef put it, cooks use meat to "express themselves." It's not about cooking "vegetarian," but cooking food you like that doesn't have meat. A lot of the meat-based meals in restaurants are due to chefs schooled in the French tradition. Well, I think this article makes some good points.

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Meat Vegetarian Cooking Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2012

I don’t remember the outcome off that latest experiment, but I do remember that many people thought the researcher was a bit of a cook and ignored his findings generally. The same researcher then did the same thing but with big magnets strapped to the children’s heads.

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Compassion Research Cooking Transported 262

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Did I cook and eat some of these mushrooms? These are called Milk Caps because not only are they blue, but they also bleed a neon blue milk when cut. That’s my hand in this photo. The hand in the photo by this post’s title belongs to Nacho. Did I live to tell the story? Why yes, I am doing so here and now. Were they delicious?

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Birds Mexico Cooking Family 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

It was productive throughout (the official summary is here ) and the highlights were a Cook’s Petrel , several Black-footed Albatrosses and Least Storm-Petrels , as well as higher numbers of Red-necked Phalaropes , Pomarine and Long-tailed Jaegers , Craveri’s Murrelets , Sabine’s Gulls , Townsend’s Storm-Petrels , and Brown Boobies.

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San Diego Los Angeles Cooking North Carolina 147

Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ. First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales.

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Whales Whaling Polar Bears Alaska 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Penguin: Is their goose cooked? The geology along which the coast nestles will be different than it is now in many regions. Not only will the coast line move, but it will fundamentally change in ways that matter to the birds that live in those vital habitats. Penguins can be trapped in low areas created by breaking up ice.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2011

At that stop, and the subsequent stop for a quick lunch cooked on a portable grill, we saw the casings of molted stoneflies and a few salmonflies. This meant that we had to pull over and retrieve them; jumping out to try to help secure the raft, I misjudged the depth and took my only swim of the day.

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Bald Eagle Rescue Dogs Cooking 228

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

As I said last week , I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics and specialities that I haven’t seen before over the coming year, and the first place that sprung to mind was pretty close, just across the Cook Strait in the Marlborough Sounds.

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Charlotte New Zealand Fur Seals 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2020

Chicago is a good place for birds: on eBird, Cook County, Illinois has nearly 400 species and more than 275,000 checklists. There are many parks, including Millennium Park , which features the famous Bean sculpture. The photos are from Millennium Park.).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

Would Barred Owls chuckle and admit that, for the record, “No, we really aren’t saying ‘Who cooks for you’?” Which would travel to tourism conventions, give fun presentations and hand out cultural knick-knacks? At the largest of conferences, logistical and cultural issues could be a real problem.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Once that tropical sun cooks the ground, thermals carry them and other aerialists way up into the blue. We may have also seen a rare Spot-fronted Swift but since it never called nor showed the side of its face necessary for identification, it never went beyond that synonym for frustration, “swift sp.”

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Costa Rica Tigers Tennessee Cooking 214