Critter News

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Another example of how animals (even goldfish!) I hope she has some kind of protection against him. Court documents say Donald Earl Fite III wanted to reunite with the woman in July, but she wasn’t willing. Court documents say Donald Earl Fite III wanted to reunite with the woman in July, but she wasn’t willing.

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Animal Abuse Killing Portland Psychology 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife. Need an example of “hypocrisy?”

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. In addition, many of the numbers and examples given for NYC areas beyond the Bronx represent species observed in Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

For example, binoculars and field guides have a cost that can be measured in dollars. There is no sticker price to consider, and there are no turnstiles at most birding locations where you are turned away if you don’t pay the price of admission (as at Disneyland, for example). How much do birders value a birding experience?

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Oregon Washington Birds Chad 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. These are species which have been seen one or two or three times, but the rare sightings were unsupported by documentation. slightly rising-falling in pitch and pace.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

For example, turbine blades can be lethal to raptors, particularly eagles. BLM issued a draft EIS, provided the public with an opportunity to comment, and then issued the final EIS , a comprehensive document that runs 1253 pages. The many BLM documents relating to the project can be found here.).

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Oregon Portland Laws Groups 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2011

The birds started jumping next to the road, we stopped and documented photographically the following stunning birds: Lita Woodpecker Spotted Antbird Black-striped Woodcreeper Orange-fronted Barbet The rapid fire of shocking birds (lifers) convinced me that this allegedly devastated forest was alive and thriving with life.

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2000 Birds Woodpeckers Protection 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

So, for example, Essay #15, “Individual Variation,” uses Herring Gulls to introduce the concept that one species, even one species at a specific age, can vary widely in appearance. (I ” (basic points, like bird names, plumage differences); “After the Spark” (birdsong and migration); “Now What?”

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Birds North America Breeding America 115

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

It is hypothesized, for example, that nocturnal seabirds like the Bermuda Petrel eat bioluminescent prey. Much of Wingate’s professional life revolved around his grand plan to create a “living museum” of pre-colonial Bermuda flora and fauna on Nonsuch Island, a habitat where the cahows would be protected and supported.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Compare, for example, the species account illustration of the Cuban Trogon with the photo that opens up the introductory chapter. Hopefully, one of the consequences of increased nature tourism in Cuba will be a heightened awareness of the fragility of these birds’ existence and increased support for their study and protection.

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 229

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. For example, Minneapolis has a bike borrowing program (an idea originally tried in Amsterdam many years ago) that actually works. Mole hills! New Jersey is Undecided.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 207

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When you bird afar and wander wide, you carry a field guide to the birds of the region you are exploring, a pair of binoculars, likely a camera, perhaps a spotting scope and a tripod too, plus clothing, medicines, toiletries, electronics, money and documents… Did you notice the missing item? Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

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Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Geophagy, the intentional consumption of soil by vertebrates, has long been documented in a number of bird and mammal species – including wide-spread use by humans – which consume soil to increase absorption of certain minerals not naturally occurring in the local diet. That’s right – birds eating clay.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Habitat loss, as documented by hieroglyphs. Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

The explanation begins with looking carefully at a legal document, which can be more interesting than it sounds. Note that this is a document drafted by the plaintiffs (ABC and BSBO): it is designed to state the case factually but persuasively. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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Ohio Endangered Species 2016 Birds 106

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2016

Because many NWRs were established to protect migratory birds, many CCPs include extensive discussions about bird populations, habitat, and conservation measures. These are not short breezy documents intended for pleasure reading. A good example is the CCP for Malheur NWR in Oregon. Findley NWRs) and it is here.

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Wildlife Oregon Endangered Species Portland 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Portraits of John Gould and Elizabeth Gould, for example, are in the public domain and plates from Gould’s books, including depictions of hummingbirds, have been digitized by universities and are available online. Still, I would really love to see this in some form.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

Warblers, orioles, kinglets and gnatcatchers have all been seen as have small mammals such as Pine Martins, bats and Red Squirrels but seldom, it seems, is the behaviour documented. For example, how long does it take for a sapsucker to do the rounds of its sap wells? The sapsucker was seen first.

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San Francisco Maryland Jordan Lifestyle 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The Flame Bowerbird, for example. Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. I can’t end this review without talking about how impressed I am by Johnson’s research and documentation. Mostly adult males. And, well researched.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is an impressive bird (for a prinia – these birds are not usually very flashy) – eBird calls the species a “large, fierce-eyed prinia with a long, oft-cocked tail” There even is a separate document just on the vocalization of the Hill Prinia, if you are interested (frankly, I am not).

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China Birds Burma Afghanistan 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Species Accounts for vagrant species are slightly different, with no Egg and Larva information, and a Status section replacing Population and Conservation, listing documented records of where and when the species was sighted or where it used to breed in Great Britain and Ireland. Fritillaries, always a tricky id, are a good example.

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Ireland France Breeding Eggs 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

The proposed rule is here and virtually all relevant documents, including all of the supporting scientific literature, can be found here. For example, there are four major populations on public lands—including one on Fort Hood , the largest U.S. All of the comments are here. FWS also issued a FAQ regarding the proposed rule.

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Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 127

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

For example, the famous Framingham heart study has been tracking the daily living and eating habits of thousands of residents of Framingham, Massachusetts since 1948. Dr. Dean Ornish has also documented the heart-protective effects of plant-based diets, as has Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40