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. This Pied Kingfisher exhibits melanin pigmentation (black) and lack of pigmentation (white) The second group of pigments are called carotenoids and they produce red, orange or yellow feathers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Prions are an interesting little group of procellariid, distinct from the gadfly petrels, shearwaters and fulmarine petrels, and I’ll dedicate a post to the group at some point in the future. 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 174

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Actually, I was bested by an entire group of teenagers, all gathered – along with 36 adults – on Hog Island , Audubon’s famous camp off the coast of Maine. Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families).

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 247

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2018

We had stopped at one of the massive over-looks near Roosevelt Lodge, when a small group of Pine Siskins flew all the way across the canyon, and landed in the tree above me. The location was super, and while there was nothing new, there was a nice group of birds. Yellowstone NP is somewhat famous for its Trumpeter Swans.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2016

Back in November a small group of lucky shorebird surveyors found a Burrowing Owl sitting tight on a jetty on the south side of Masonboro Inlet in southeastern North Carolina. I headed down with my friend Will Cook earlier this month. That’s my guarantee to you. This was a third state record, and the first that was chasable.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2018

It was given that name by Captain Cook, who thought it would be doubtful that he could sail his boat back out of there if he entered. A small group of Gray Ducks up at Mirror Lakes, Australasian Horned Grebe , Australian Coots , and some more Black Swans were found at Lake Dunst.

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New Zealand Dolphins Cooking Ducks 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. Those that crossed the road first are waiting for the rest of the group at the other side. We turn back now – a cauldron of stew slowly cooked over the campfire the entire afternoon awaits us in the camp.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

As in the ornithological world, there has been a major shift in groupings and scientific names of mushrooms. Like Boletes, they have tubes, but they are separate groups according to my reading.). These are much simpler, depending on the features on the specific group. The updated nomenclature is a very important feature.

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Animal Person

MAY 26, 2009

From today's Publisher's Weekly : In January, Meredith Corporation quietly launched Mixing Bowl , a social networking site about cooking. Emphasizing user-generated content, the site invites home cooks to exchange recipes, share photos, participate in contests and post messages. Tell your favorite vegan cookbook authors!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Once in Serbia, I tried to follow a group of birders walking over a dry salty crust left behind on an evaporated saline lake. And my smart shirt made me feel like a hot-dog cooking inside a nylon sleeve. The simplest solution would be using a double width wire mesh. No other walkers had any problem with the crust, but me.

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Costa Rica Birds India Botswana 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

So, I anxiously followed the “Flock to Marion 2022” Facebook group in anticipation for open cabins to come up for sale. In 1776, James Cook sailed past the islands due to charts and navigation of du Fresne’s second in command, Julien Crozet. I waited…and waited…and waited.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 261

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2015

The latter was a lifer, as was the small group of Buff-rumped Thornbills which had joined these birds in feeding in some bright yellow flowers. Speckled Warbler by David Cook (CC). Then, against all expectations, my target for the site, in my bins. A Speckled Warbler.

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Stud Kangaroos Parrots Australia 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls , Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to the tiniest details in order to assign an individual to a specific species (if it can be done at all). One such bird is the Collared Kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris ). Photo by author.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

When they depart on their northward migration it is possible to go into Roebuck Bay in the late afternoon and watch them group up, call and then take off in beautiful V-formations. The Mango Festival is 24th-27th November and there are cocktail and cook-off competitions and a chance to taste all the different varieties!

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Taiwan Cooking China Groups 168

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 5, 2011

The couple cooks for the dogs each day, not only to provide the proper care and nutrition the dogs need, but also to provide comfort to the dogs through the loving care that goes into each meal. Beyond helping animals, A Chance for Bliss welcomes the public, both individuals and groups alike, to visit the sanctuary.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

While the scope of the wildlife devastation was still unclear, it was likely to be enormous, {Jon Rowdon, president of the rescue group Wildlife Victoria} said. We've got a wallaby joey at the moment that has crispy fried ears because he stuck his head out of his mum's pouch and lost all his whiskers and cooked up his nose," Rowdon said.

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Koalas Kangaroos Animal Rescue 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But getting a grip on gulls can be rewarding, and even within a large group of seemingly drab-colored, dump-loving trash eaters, there are spectacular species, like the dramatic Sabine’s Gull, the nearly mythical Ivory Gull, and easily one of the most sought-after species in North America, the mysterious Ross’s gull. And, it is.).

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Birds North Carolina North America Owls 262

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

While in Mexico, up on the roof of a casa (where I was cooking something up) I saw a murmeration! One group is trying to make a better list of which species of birds to pretend to be doing something about vis-a-vis imminent extinction using a unique approach: Identifying the most genetically unique species.

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Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2011

So when a group of friends invited me to join them in a float on the Blackfoot River, I agreed, although with some trepidation; though this spring’s flooding is over, water levels are still high and the rivers more challenging than usual. Sometimes, though, you’ve got to mix it up a little.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The alarming decline of grassland species like the Upland Sandpiper ( Bartramia longicauda ) and Eastern Meadowlark ( Sturnella magna ) has been the most precipitous and extensive of any group of North American birds, and much of this decline results from changes in agricultural land management.

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Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 118

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2011

“Boo Man Group Tube?&#. I kept him in the kitchen, between the cutting board and the kitchen sink, and I began to look forward to spending time with my friend each evening as I cooked dinner. That he was irreplaceable, as a fish, as friend, as a cooking partner, and as an inspiration. . “What’s his name?&#

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 13, 2009

It’s unnecessary for dog owners to live with and be frustrated by their dog’s poor behaviour,” says Jeff Cooke, President, Bark Busters Canada. In fact, of the 500,000 dogs Bark Busters has successfully trained world-wide, 80 per cent of them were past puppyhood.

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Dogs Dog Training Belgium 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. This image (by Marius Coetzee) shows Adam Riley & David Hoddinott with a group in Nsuta Forest, a forest reserve that is in the process of being clear-felled and settled by subsistence farmers.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

The kakariki are an odd group of parakeets, particularly in terms of their distribution. Let’s back up a little bit and introduce the parakeets. In addition they are (or were) found on the Australian islands of Lord Howe, Norfolk and Macquarie, as well as the larger tropical New Caledonia.

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New Zealand Fiji Parrots Tonga 145

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

I watched the group flitting around, getting one good look at a female (I never saw the male). Image by David Cook (CC) The eucalypt forest soon overtook the heathland, and with it came slightly different birds, including Brown Thornbills , Eastern Yellow Robins and a rather nice White-eared Honeyeater. Note the tail.

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New Zealand Cooking Species Collecting 180

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2019

brandy from the Dutch branden (“to burn, distill”), and mezcal from the Nahuatl mexcalli , meaning “oven-cooked agave”. And for all those liquors without an aquatic etymology, their names tend to come from a principal ingredient or process: gin after juniper ( Juniperus spp.),

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Peru San Francisco Parrots Chile 121

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

A combination of extinctions and proximity to Fiji means that a trip to that island group would net you pretty much all the same birds plus a whole raft of others. I mentioned last week, while talking about rails and the Pacific, that Tonga is not a particularly birdy birding destination.

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Tonga Fiji New Zealand Parrots 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

Environmental groups are opposed, because it is perceived as a wedge to try and open up the forests to more economic exploitation, and there are concerns about the damage such selective timber recovery might cause. It is passing through a one time bill to allow this, well, windfall to be partly used. And not everyone is happy about this.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2012

The parking lot was crowded, for sure, with holiday makers looking for some crocodile-free freshwater to swim in, but aboe the crowds a small group Barred Cuckoo-shrike were feeding on fruit in a leafless tree. Image by David Cook (CC) A couple of minutes down the path I lucked out with a pair of Spotted Catbirds.

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Kangaroos Guinea Pigs Turkey Guinea 159

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Rain came and went but it cooled things down and also gave us a chance to sit down and enjoy a wonderful, home-cooked meal of rice, beans, and lamb! , surprise White-fronted Parrots that fed in a fruiting tree, flycatchers and other species including excellent close looks at an uncommon Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet.

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Farming 117

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

But for more than 20 years, consumer groups led by Public Citizen have worked to scare the public about food irradiation and threatened to boycott companies that market irradiated products. You will enjoy a much better meal and can safely cook it to your preferred doneness, although it will cost more. Ann Calandro Flemington, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

exports of grain for that year and was enough to feed every human being with more than a cup of cooked grain every day for a year. It is estimated that the amount of grain fed to cattle and hogs in the United States in 1971 was twice that of U.S.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. Neal Barnard, Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life , p. Children who grow up getting their nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

And, of course, by experimenting with all sorts of new vegan dishes, you will be learning a new healthier way of cooking and eating. By eating a low-fat vegan diet centered around whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes, you will be eating right. Free recipes can be found at The Vegan Chef and Vegan Connection.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

And, of course, by experimenting with all sorts of new vegan dishes, you will be learning a new healthier way of cooking and eating. By eating a low-fat vegan diet centered around whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes, you will be eating right.

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