10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2017

He has recorded over 20 new bird records for Honduras, dozens of new butterflies, new orchid records and even new species for science. I’ve done what I can to support the bird industry and modern ornithology in Honduras with my book and bird-guide training courses. But there’s still something missing.

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Honduras Missouri Birds Panama 154

Animal Person

JUNE 2, 2009

Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science ," thankfully wasn't called Pepper, the stolen dog that changed American science," so that was an encouraging sign. In a five-part series to be published over the course of this week, Slate will explore her legacy. Pepper was a beloved family pet. Stay tuned.

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Research Biomedical Research Science Animal Protection 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

What followed was a truly remarkable citizen science effort led by the North American Bluebird Society to construct nest boxes and restore bluebird populations back to historic levels. Throughout the course of their recovery, bluebirds effectively became ambassadors for many of the other 84 cavity nesting birds of North America.

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Idaho North America America Science 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2013

A grail, of course, is not just a rare and interesting cup. Asides that in science fiction might be called info-dumps nevertheless abound with interesting facts about a huge variety of bird species, as well as some loving descriptions of both birds and landscapes. The fact of this grail bird is vital to the whole story.

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Science Florida Woodpeckers Protection 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Reportedly, the Water Thick-knee sometimes locates its nest close to the nest of Nile crocodiles as this offers some protection. Of course, the second explanation makes a lot more sense. A bit like renting an apartment next to a mass murderer in the hope that this will deter other criminals, but as they say, nature knows best.

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Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

Environmentalists recognize the meat industry as extremely ecodestructive – including fish, dairy, eggs, feed crops with their massive use of water & topsoil and toxic runoff killing rivers and oceans, and the killing of billions of free-living animals to protect farmed animals and feed crops.

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Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The growing wealth of citizen science data has not yet been widely exploited by economists as a source of information about recreational values of non-market environmental goods. We then worked with eBird personnel (Steve Kelling and others) to analyze the data while protecting confidential information.

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Oregon Washington Birds Chad 193

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically. The visual beauty and textual facts are a strong combination.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 186

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

I discovered that they nest on Protection Island, which is off the northeastern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, just west of Port Townsend, in the Juan de Fuca Strait near where it meets Puget Sound. Protection Island and Mt. But how to get there?

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Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 176

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. Another big year memoir? I love reading all of the above.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 161

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

From the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Switchboard blog : So, naturally, it is also the perfect time for Congressional Republicans to completely suspend one of the main laws protecting [birds]. First passed in 1918, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is one of America’s original conservation laws.

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Protection Bald Eagle United States South Carolina 267

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

While Alaska is increasingly devastated by global warming—melting glaciers, permafrost and sea ice, as well as the severe impacts on wildlife, ecosystems and people—she seems to be working not to protect the polar bear or ultimately the citizens of her state, but to make sure nothing gets in the way of energy company plans for expansion.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Bears 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Not in words, of course, but they can answer in ways that we can understand if we are paying attention. They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. But we can ask, and they can answer. BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va., JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Of course you could bring in here the debate over the whole subspecies concept: there are over 20 of these in the Herring gull-Lesser black-backed gull complex, so. Furthermore, if a recently proposed subdivision of Lesser black-backed gulls is accepted (Sangster et al. 1998), then the proper name for this species is L. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Cyprus Species Deer 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

The iconic Ted Williams: Cool Green Science – Native Fish Coalition – Audubon – Muckrack – Recent Conservation Columns (I’m waiting for the expanded paperback version of his Wild Moments/Earth Almanac essays to come out in April. I love all of Sy Montgomery’s fabulous wildlife adventures.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 272

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2014

We nature bloggers were part of the scene, first as part of the seminal science carnival Tangled Bank and later with our own community carnivals like, of course, I and the Bird. TL; DR, the Nature Blog Network has run its course. Remember the blog carnival craze?

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2003 2000 Reptiles 2008 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This bit of science is a nice final counterpoint to an account that has emphasized art, history, and literature. He effectively brings his point across by presenting facts and images and a little bit of hard science. Or the absence of legal protection. I think this is one of the reasons I enjoy reading his books. What a horror!

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

Of course it’s not permanent. But in the end, being dead doesn’t protect an animal from mortality. You need only do a little reading on the history of the museum, or of any museum. Noble restoration work has been done at the AMNH, particularly to the glamorous megafauna. Taxidermy is a bizarre art.

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Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in the Eastern flyway will put those 100 whooping cranes at even greater risk of being brought down by gunfire, hunter education courses and handy color brochures notwithstanding. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. Quick: what’s this? Photo used by permission of Arthur M.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2012

Now, he’s sharing some information sure to improve your experience of American historical sites… When I’m not writing about sports teams and bird logos , birding ephemera , or stumbling into first state records , I’m helping protect Civil War-related national parks with the non-profit National Parks Conservation Association in DC.

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Birds Mississippi Vermont Texas 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. Maybe those should be protected too? Of course, he is talking about an American species, the Evening Grosbeak, but I assume the etymology is the same. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

Of course, there should be a photo of a Plain Prinia here now, but somehow I did not get one this month). But then, of course, my conscience took over and the truth won, as it should. Personally, I wish the species the best of luck in this endeavor. (Of Common Starlings are still very rare in Shanghai.

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Birds Research Science Europe 212

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

Of course, the same applies to pizza services for humans. He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time). They provoke honeybee colonies, which then fly out and attack the bird.

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Squirrels Birds China Bears 143

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

Of course, the critics could be wrong, but if so, the responsibility for setting them right rests with one man: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. He did so and won the support of the Clinton administration and Senate Democrats by maintaining the underpinnings of sound science as the basis for all E.S.A.

New York Times 40

New York Times Polar Bears New York Endangered Species 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. There are also rattlesnakes, amazing views, fascinating tales of history and prehistory, and of course, many birds.

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Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 165