10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

And of course, this entry on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush would not be complete without mentioning a paper that presumably nobody will ever read: “The complete mitochondrial genome of red-tailed laughingthrush ( Garrulax milnei )” As usual, there are many authors (8 in this case), and all seem to be Chinese (also as usual).

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 195

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

The egret suffered “multiple fractures to the wing and neck area,” the report said. Disgusting of course, as any such behavior towards birds would be. Then he captured the injured bird, according to police, and killed it.

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Florida Killing Animal Cruelty Cruelty 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They didn’t, of course, have the luxury of the fantastic modern optics we take for granted today. He didn’t, as far as I know, have any connections to the slave trade, but not only did he go off with another man’s wife, leading to being court-martialled and thrown out of the army, he also suffered the indignity of being sued by his own son.

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Falcons 2003 Collecting Wounded 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2023

I try not to talk too much with my long-suffering congregation about birds. Of course, a forest does not consist only of trees. Birding in the developing world means being a witness to constant habitat destruction. So I am attempting to respond, by creating new habitat. This Guamúchil seedling is only 7 months old.

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2018 Suffering Mexico Protection 179

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2012

They get hit by cars, suffer from parasites, predated upon by coyotes, and die from disease. Of course, the deluded folks just spin and lie and make stuff up. Of course, we really shouldn’t hold the lies that “cat advocates” tell against them. Outdoor cats live short, ugly, violent lives.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Coyotes 213

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2014

Of course, most of the species we will cover will fit the more traditional definition of invasive species, which usually only covers introduced species that are doing harm to species in the areas to which they are introduced. Will native species suffer? We will cover mammals, plants, and, of course, birds.

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Species New Zealand North America Mammals 184

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

May is a busy month for birds migrating through Shanghai – and of course, last May was completely missed due to the lockdown. Of course, if you do not like the color red, we can also offer a blue bird – the Siberian Blue Robin. Also, do not smoke as it is not good for your health.

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Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

It is impossible to say, of course, exactly how different remaining ecosystems will appear 100 or 500 years from now, but we can speculate. Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. Will early-arriving birds suffer from having to endure late winter storms?

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North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 213

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2017

Of course, the team who conquered the best of the NFC can win the Super Bowl. This isn’t even including victories by that fantastic franchise named for sufferers of gigantism. This year may, of course, be different. But will they? Will the Atlanta Falcons actually win the Super Bowl? Based on team name alone, NO.

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Falcons Atlanta 2001 Game 106

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

So, maybe not be the best place to visit for monks suffering from depression. Me, as a management consultant, I sometimes have to pretend to like challenges but of course, I would rather have some easy tasks. The monastery is quite large compared to a bird guide (Bella from Alpinebirding on the left-hand side).

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Birds Germany India 2018 208

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Amazingly for such a small creature it can tolerate body temperatures more than five degrees Celsius above normal without suffering ill effects, an adaptation that certainly helps it forage above ground for extended periods during the day before returning to its burrow to cool off.

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Squirrels Chipmunks Idaho Mammals 201

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Of course, many people still know exactly what they did when this happened. In retrospect, it kind of makes me wonder what image the organizers who booked the hotel for me had of German academic visitors … So much for my quasi-madeleine moment, though of course less emotionally attractive than the one described by Mr. Proust.

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Though it was pretty warm for an October morning when I spotted this bird at Fort Tilden, Queens, it was fluffed up as if it was suffering from extreme cold. Maybe it was trying to be a big tough guy considering the volume of sparrows in the vicinity of where it was foraging?

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United States Suffering California Sparrows 188

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

And, even worse than being hated, they often suffer being called Canadian Geese , which is just not fair to these non-Tim Horton’s-coffee-drinking creatures.) Of course, I have reported both birds and when I hear where they came from I will share the information. It’s not my fault! There was also a Frankengoose!

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Geese Canada New York City Birds 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Birders wanted the boat to go out but were concerned that the weather could postpone the trip or, perhaps worse, almost postpone the trip, which would mean a long day suffering in rough seas. Of course, once we had reached our limit, time-wise, for our trip out, we too had to make it back to land alive. More on that in a moment.).

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New York Iceland New York City Suffering 204

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2012

So, when I showed up fifteen minutes later, the bird, of course, was nowhere in sight. They all assured me, of course, that the bird had just disappeared and would most definitely reappear shortly but they, it goes without saying, had already seen the bird.

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Dominica New Jersey Washington 2008 182

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2017

Of course, Bobolinks are grassland birds and like many grassland birds they’ve suffered a long dangerous decline as the grasslands of the U.S. Bobolinks used to be a common summer sight on the Olde Homestead. Now, according to my father and brother, they’re rare and show up only in transit when they show up at all.

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Bald Eagle New York Eagles North America 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

They can also show in other places including parts of the Central Valley (try the Cariari golf course!). It’s an unfortunate answer that reflects the steady decrease in population suffered by this parrot king of the tropical dry forest.

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Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 255

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products.

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PETA Downers Animal Cruelty Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2014

Wildlife rehabilitators constantly receive lost racing pigeons who are starving, riddled with lice, and suffering from coccidia, trichinosis, or worms. Rehabbers can be a touchy group, and for good reason.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ethics Virginia Atlanta 256

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago. The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

Critter News

MAY 26, 2009

You see people shut down if you talk about how a rat can suffer," says Chad Sandusky, director of toxicology and research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that fights for animal rights and advocates vegetarianism. So I think it's sad to read this.

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Rats Medical Research Chad Medical 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Of course, on Chongming, the Chinese Pond Heron is very common. but on the one hand, this is not a sci-fi blog and I am not interested in science fiction (excluding of course Douglas Adams), and on the other hand, the answer from my side would be “no” anyway. But maybe that is actually a good thing.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

" However, various lines of scientific & behavioral research show that reptiles not only feel pain & experience stress the same way mammals & birds do, but that they are also likely capable of a range of emotions including anxiety, distress, excitement, fear, frustration, pain, stress, and suffering. How would people react?

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

Animal Person

APRIL 8, 2009

So his suffering was basically prolonged because he looked good on that one day, and because testing is done only if there are symptoms. My only hope is that other kitties at Project Treadstone aren't suffering someplace hidden. Of course, when kitties are suffering they usually hide so that's profoundly unrealistic.

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Project Treadstone Tnr Vet Spay 100

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Dogs can quite easily suffer from painful skin and health problems such as mange, fleas, ticks, folliculitis, seborrhoea and many variations of dermatitis. Although all dog owners obviously want their dogs to look healthy and happy, this isn’t the main reason that regular grooming is essential. Proactive Grooming.

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Dogs Suffering Puppies Pets 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2014

I share this gripe because we of course see more birds before eight in the morning, and from four to five in the afternoon. Without further ado, the following are the five most common annoyances and gripes that birders have when doing their thing in Costa Rica, along with my personal solutions: 1.

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Owls 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

I’d seen pictures of them, of course – the stocky, flamboyantly-beaked little seabirds who always seem to be wearing expressions of sympathetic concern – but I’d never seen one “in bird” (the avian equivalent of “in person”). The first time I saw a puffin, it was a revelation. Soon the girls emerged.

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Puffins Eggs Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle 274

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Of course, when I write about frightening birds, I mean spooky birds at night in cemeteries – I’m not referring to genuine ornithophobia. If you suffer from this condition, 10,000 Birds is probably the last place on the Internet you should be visiting. Good birding and happy drinking – and happy Halloween! *

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2015 Denmark California Fowl 108

10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2011

We added very few birds here and there but mostly just suffered on our bikes as we tried Hidden Valley one more time, hoping to get the Bobolink that only Clay had heard earlier or the Eastern Bluebird that only Brian had managed to hear. Hoping for Red-headed Woodpecker we found instead a Red-tailed Hawk.

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Soreing Birds Suffering Woodpeckers 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, the foxes and shrikes endemic to the island began to suffer as the greenery went. And so, injunctions were granted and lifted, granted and lifted, over the course of more than a decade; during one busy period in 1982, the official stance on killing the goats changed five times in two months.

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Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 160

Animal Person

MAY 6, 2009

The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. Throughout the book, Keith mocks vegetarians and vegans.

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Vegan Vegetarian Factory Farm Factory Farming 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

But in the Middle Ages, it was often conducted on horseback, a practice that entails its own hazards – and on at least one occasion, this combination proved deadly enough to alter the course of history. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch.

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Hunting France Falcons Horses 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

This, of course, is wonderful in itself, but it also gives me high hopes for the future. Without activities like that, I feel that my birding has suffered, although maybe it’s just my self-image as a patient and observant naturalist that has taken the hit when my life birds keep practically dropping onto the sidewalk in front of me.

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Montana Jamaica Suffering Owls 104

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

In some sense, of course, many (perhaps most) humans don't know right from wrong. Two-thirds believe that nonhumans have as much "right to live free of suffering" as humans, but vivisection, food-industry enslavement and slaughter, and other practices that cause severe, prolonged suffering are legal (49).

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Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2014

Of course, I have seen many more birds than this, but between having terrible notes, really awful notes, or entirely lost notes, eBird doesn’t represent my total life list at all. Then I had to take out the Green Iora, which, on close examination of the photos, was only a Common Iora after all.

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Tonga Fiji Samoa Vanuatu 174

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Nonhuman animals can suffer. That fact alone suffices to grant them a legal right not to be made to suffer. The right is defeasible, of course, as it is in the case of humans. Dentists make people suffer.) Second, it is not a necessary condition for the possession of rights (legal or otherwise) that one be a person.

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Animal Rights Rights San Diego Animal 40