10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2020

Though its origins aren’t known with great certainty, it likely comes from France, having been long documented in the Rhône valley. Only one of the grapes used in the Valcatrina from Casa Santos Lima is indigenous to Portugal, the much-loved Touriga Nacional, but even here its use is rather unconventional.

2015 154

2015 Portugal France Europe 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2012

Do you grow tired of lugging a camera into the field on the off chance you’ll see something you need to document? Meopta has made the product that you need, the MeoPix iScoping adapter. Have you dreamed of an adapter that would let you easily attach your iPhone to optics for no-fuss, no-muss, still photographs or videos?

Eggs 236

Eggs Rights Birds 236

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.

PETA 100

PETA Downers Animal Cruelty Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2016

A letter requesting information on the permit issued to remove the nest got this response from the city, “In reference to your request for documentation for the removal of an active Osprey nest from the light pole at the soccer field, please be advised that none exist.

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Transported Eggs Birds Killing 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

This bird is making somebody named Deb miserable, as shown by this inquiry at a website for bird control products: “I have just today discovered the cause for my lack of sleep and frustration is due to 2 Red Wattlebirds … the birds attack my windows from sunrise to sunset every day.

Australia 147

Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

Critter News

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

sales and arranging instead for their export, United Egg helped tighten domestic supply and drive up the price of eggs across the country, according to newsletters and other documents that United Egg sent to its members. By removing a small fraction of eggs that would have been bound for U.S.

Eggs 100

Eggs Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

There are many dusty side roads in this area, many of which offer productive birding. This poorly documented swallow is a breeding endemic to these high mountains. This is where Gila Woodpecker and Yellow-breasted Chat meet Squirrel Cuckoo , Bat Falcon , and Black-throated Magpie-Jay. Photo by Andrew Spencer.

Mexico 187

Mexico Costa Rica Arizona Birds 187

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. Are we sacrificing quality for accommodation, consistency in vision for availability of product?

Bolivia 169

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

The section is dominated by large portraits of the 180 birds that have been documented by Project FeederWatch as visiting feeders across North America (most of which do not come to my feeders, so reading it made me a little sad and jealous). But, there are things to learn here.

Birds 168

Birds New York City Squirrels New York 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

I have not yet had a chance to examine Gallardo’s guide; I know it was a labor of love and a product of much hard work.) Robert Gallardo’s self-published Guide to the Birds of Honduras came out in 2015, and is the first bird field guide dedicated to that country. (I

El Salvador 230

El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 230

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I was surprised, however, that there is no mention of one of the dark spots in bird feeding history, the highly publicized application of toxic insecticides to Scott’s Miracle-Gro bird seed from 2005 to 2008 and the accompanying falsification of documents to hide it. Scott’s was fined $12.5

America 224

America Industry Squirrels Birds 224

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This “gravy” wouldn’t exist if none of those consumers had an opportunity to buy the product in question. Thus, there is no conventional market-clearing price for economists to observe, so it is much harder to document society’s collective overall willingness to pay. But you don’t have to pay for the consumer surplus that you enjoy.

Oregon 172

Oregon Washington Birds Chad 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

For ornithologists, it is the documentation of a multi-year project designed to record the distribution and abundance of birds in a specific area (in North America, usually a state or a province), utilizing a mapping method involving blocks and grids. Haffner, Production Assistance and Editing; Andrew Mack, Bibliographer.

Pennsylvania 222

Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 222

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

The PUP WildGuides are a quality act with high production values, knowledgeable authors, beautiful photographs, introductions in the front that describe habitat and indexes in the back. Birds of Kruger National Park covers the 259 species most frequently seen in the park, about half of the total number of birds documented there.

Ecuador 166

Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

My work focused on a consistently productive bald eagle nest in Kirkland, Wash., While these adults were not banded, it is well documented that Bald Eagles are monogamous and return to the same nest each year. And when there’s more than one chick in a nest, the siblings can be surprisingly supportive of each other.

Eagles 182

Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

There are a lot of other large Galliforme birds around the world, and before the Spanish were busy conquering the New World, one of these, from Central Asia most likely, was already being imported as a food product and as live birds into Europe. According to R.D.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. ” (basic points, like bird names, plumage differences); “After the Spark” (birdsong and migration); “Now What?”

Birds 114

Birds North America Breeding America 114

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

The main question when considering whether or not to purchase Endemic Birds of Cuba is this: Considering that the book covers only 48 of the 371 species documented in Cuba, is it a necessary purchase? Product Dimensions: 8.5 But–bolding would have been helpful and I hope it’s considered for the next edition.

Cuba 226

Cuba Birds United States 2000 226

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The Hudwit edged out more than 650 other birds on my Costa Rican year list by a large margin because unlike Resplendent Quetzal , Maroon-chested Ground-Dove , Ornate Hawk-Eagle , and even Unspotted Saw-whet Owl , the last and only documentation for Hudsonian Godwit in Costa Rica occured in 1975.

2014 184

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 184

Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

However, it wasn't honest of me to promote such products because my goal, after all, is for us to not use animals. So, unlike the case of Jonathan Safran Foer, who does not object to the eating of animals "in general," it was disingenuous of me to promote an animal product. I changed my mind about my approach back then.

Vegan 100

Vegan Suffering Free Range Animal 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Habitat loss, as documented by hieroglyphs. Medicinal and commercial uses of ostrich products in Tanzania. Anyway, this points to an interesting fact – as recently as about 4,500 years ago, it was found in the Egyptian Nile Delta. Here are a few examples: The Ostrich Communal Nesting System.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2019

Still, besides documenting rare species, forms, or odd individuals (e.g. Personally, I prefer scopes over cameras, and paper over apps, but am open to and use the products of both worlds. leucistic birds), there is another good reason to have a camera with you. Where do you stand in the analogue vs. digital discussion?

Birds 134

Birds Costa Rica Greece Battery 134

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

Honestly, I was more concerned with looking than with documenting. White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos Yes, I recognize that the image is hardly the most stellar of shots but in my defense the bird was extremely distant, way the heck up a hill, in difficult light, screened by branches, and it stayed for less than a minute.

Woodpeckers 175

Woodpeckers Hungary Europe Japan 175

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. Was this to increase the productivity of the well in times of low sap pressure?)? The sapsucker was seen first.

San Francisco 177

San Francisco Maryland Jordan Lifestyle 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

And one of the things you do is to study old documents, and you have this old book, this very very old book, that chronicles the life and times of some historic people in some historic period, but you don’t know exactly when it is from or where it was written. Imagine you study history. Scale bar: 3cm (a).

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 242

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2017

Late in the year in 2015 it had been very productive for birds and hence our return. White-browed Woodswallows do sometimes associate with Masked Woodswallows , but finding one flying among a large flock would have been impossible to document. It was in fact a White-browed Woodswallow and a species rarely seen in Western Australia.

Zebras 100

Zebras Birds 2015 Australia 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Livestock production consumes 70 percent of the water in the American West -- water so heavily subsidized that if irrigation supports were removed, ground beef would cost $35 a pound. Livestock accounts for at least 21 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions globally -- more than all forms of transportation combined.

Meat 40

Meat Livestock Transported Industry 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Kai understands that traditional bird portraits are beautiful (and offers many), but that understanding and truly appreciating birds comes from observing and documenting behavior and habitat. The major pitfalls of self-published books are lack of an editing eye and, in the case of photographic books, mediocre production values.

China 139

China Birds 2018 Ducks 139

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. milk production. It does not seem to be true in general that one is inconsistent if one uses a product that is produced by some process that one believes violates one’s moral principles.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Crooked Arm sent a second email explaining that production of the bald eagle fan had been delayed because the eagle was bloody and required special cleaning. Crooked Arm asked the agents what colors they wanted on the fan. On the same day, FWS agents served a search warrant on Shane’s father’s residence, where Shane lived.

Eagles 113

Eagles Bald Eagle Deer Birds 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If like me you want to know how the sausage gets made, the Preface and Acknowledgements give insight into Harrison’s history with seabirds and the production of both his guides. The Introductory material is excellent and essential. It’s an incredible book.

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Albatross Penguins Groups Family 278

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. Dr. Dean Ornish has also documented the heart-protective effects of plant-based diets, as has Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

For a detailed and photo-documented description of how these highly intelligent, highly sensitive dogs are killed, see here. To see an undercover video documenting how these innocent dogs are inhumanely killed, see here.

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40