Critter News

AUGUST 31, 2009

Tags: video ducks.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Scores of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks circled overhead, these vocal ducks are often hunted illegally here so it was refreshing to see so many. The vocal seedeaters remain prized possessions for many rural citizens here, some have heavy price tags around their necks; unfortunately confining them to a lifetime of incarceration.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Not long after the compilation gets underway starting with the order Anseriformes , we come to Aix sponsa and the compiler asks – hopefully – “Any Wood Ducks?” Now, Wood Ducks are somewhat uncommon in eastern New York in winter and after an inevitable few seconds of silence, some smirking wisecracker pipes up with “Do wooden duck counts?”

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Animal Person

MAY 5, 2009

Tags: Current Affairs. I couldn't resist.

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AUGUST 16, 2015

Because “duck, duck, goose” is a little too wintry (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) for a post written in the dog days of August. By tagging the Parrot and monitoring the area with remote cameras, scientists hope to learn more about this species and how to keep it safe.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Bufflehead in Flight Bufflehead in Flight By Corey • March 13, 2011 • 8 comments Tweet Share Bufflehead are one of our most amusing ducks. Bufflehead are the smallest of North America’s diving ducks.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2016

Oh, the joys of urban birding… Add half a dozen Ferruginous Ducks (cover photo), two Whiskered and 40 Black Terns to the previous picture, plus an eagle, an immature White-tailed Eagle. Everything happened too quickly and I couldn’t read the wing tag before the bird landed inside poplars and disturbed a small murder of Hooded Crows.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2016

It is a bird, and it is indeed black, so that part of the tag is accurate enough. The blackbird wasn’t Audubon’s only venture into naming things for the guy; there was also a Brewer’s Duck, but that proved to be a hybrid resulting from the notoriously incontinent habits of Mallards , and it fell by the wayside.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2012

Which is a long time even for a duck. Whenever a rare species of duck shows up at places it shouldn’t be, it is first and foremost considered and escape, and the burden of proof weighs heavily on the shoulders of those who would like to count it for their lists. My first contact: Grüetzi, Bonjour & Guten Tag!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Ever since I learned that the Muscovy Duck I discovered in a Central Park pond was not countable by ABA standards, I’ve grappled with the question of “What is Wild?” Seeing a condor out in the wild is amazing, fantastic, magical, spiritual – even if they have a blue wing tag.

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Critter News

MAY 8, 2009

Foie gras is the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened by force feeding. Tags: meat california foie gras. San Francisco supervisors have passed a resolution supporting city restaurants that remove foie gras from their menus. California will be banning that awful stuff in about three years.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Yes sir, we are now on the same carnival sitting duck gallery as my old buddy Sean Penn, and Nicole Kidman’s ex-husband Tom Cruise and the Scientologists. Tags: sea shepherd.

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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

The animals included ducks, chickens, guinea hens, rabbits, sheep, dogs and cats. Tags: animal cruelty farm animal welfare us. State police raided Everle's property, 30 miles north of New York City, in July, and witnesses testified that they found several animals dead, many malnourished and dozens living in unsanitary conditions.

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Critter News

APRIL 21, 2009

Many diners are huge fans of its taste, describing the mammal's meat as somewhere between duck and veal. Tags: canada meat seals restaurants.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

These Blasts From The Past 2 Book Giveaway Given Away Least Terns Doing Well in Oklahoma Honduras Trip Winner Has Blogged His Trip Should Subsistence Bird Hunters in Alaska Buy Duck Stamps? Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Thanks for visiting!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

Here are some ads: This is from Advanced Telemetry Systems and it advertises how you can tag wildlife like coyotes and then check on your animals from anywhere…even from your beach vacation…and the magical wireless internet that is available there for your laptop.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

I really can not compete with Corey and all his great photos of ducks , so here is a photo of my favourite duck door stop! And I do acknowledge your move from “deadly critter&# to “duck&#. Tags: australia , broome , seasons , shorebirds • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

… Tags: diabolical , ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? MonicaP Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:53 am Having another go 1 Hooded merganser 2 Mitred Parakeet 3 Mourning Dove Doug G Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:09 am 1) Wood Duck 2) Mitred Parakeet 3) Something big with a “Z&# in the latin name. Get yours today!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

It won’t be long before the drake Ruddy Ducks are all in their breeding finery and doing their displays for the females so I thought I would take the time this past weekend to try to get some decent shots of the males that are still in basic plumage. Jochen Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:11 am To me, they’ll always be the Rubbery Ducks.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet.Or Summer Foovay Mar 6th, 2011 at 9:43 pm I don’t know about anyone else but I like both the manky ducks and ganky geese. Get yours today!

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Or pig, or duck, or fish. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Gray Matters. I was cold, wet and seeking refuge. His "anguish" leads him to a dog restaurant where he dines on dog. His "refuge" could easily taken the form of the Sichuan noodles he likes, sans dog. Dog was not easy for me," he writes. And that's the bad news.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Duck Migration Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! There, i said it. it’s your fault, all yours!!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage I and the Bird #146 » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! You have no idea how bad it can get.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Baicich, one of our most passionate proponents of American birding conservation — misguided though he is on the topic of the Duck Stamp — has identified the Bold Ideas presented on the Conserving the Future site that deal specifically with birds and birding issues. They may weigh in to make their voices heard… or not.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2024

A lone Whooper Swan on a grey January day in Norfolk As for the ducks – I’m now up to 15 species. The birds I saw were mixed in with a flock of Tufted Ducks, their European counterparts, for they are a similar size and have very similar habits and behaviour. We have had a winter with no snow, and few frosts, so no Smew.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2021

But I was more surprised by a Cinnamon Teal — my first duck for the reservoir — accompanied by 5 Pied-billed and 6 Least Grebes , since Least Grebes , especially, tend to be solitary birds here. Later in the day, the Pied-billed Grebes became more visible (with one Least Grebe tagging along). Blue Grosbeaks were everywhere!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark.

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Animal Person

JUNE 26, 2009

Mentally competent people, oddly enough, go around mutilating and killing deer and ducks and cougars, though, when doing so either is in season or some governmental body has decided their numbers need trimming. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Or maybe that's not so surprising.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2009

Then, of course, I’m a sucker for things that make me laugh, so I loved the jumping mandarin ducks, the mandarin ducks flinching and flying. Tags: news. That was one of my favorites as well. Me: Thank you. If I can ask just one more, was it ever difficult to observe and not intervene at all, or was it easy to just stand back?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

… Tags: honduras , macaws , national bird , Scarlet Macaw • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? *Some of the birds are actually descendants of the ones seized. … This is the third in a series of posts about national birds. Please click here to see the archive of national bird posts. Get yours today!

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

So when I was trying to keep my eye on some ducks out on the lake as I made my way to a more advantageous position, well, I did manage to not fall down and the gull was not harmed. … Tags: Breeding plumage , gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Let’s leave it there, shall we? Get yours today!

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Yes, I wanted to also say to him "Yeah dogs are great, but you didn't see my multi-year relationship with Mr. Magoo, a Muscovy duck who was blind in one eye." There are duck stories and elephant stories and pig stories, but the reason we hear about them is because they are extraordinary. But he then addresses that.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Duck Migration Review of Gulf Crossing Cold Front Connecticut in Carolina (or how migrants surprise us).Or Tags: British Birds , migration , pipits , Rock Pipit , Scandinavian Rock Pipit • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today! Thanks for visiting!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet.Or Tags: features , pelagic , pelagic birding , petrels , seabirds • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today! Thanks for visiting!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

I ducked down excitedly and switched on the read torch, shining the weak light under a large bush, and sure enough there was a North Island Brown Kiwi. Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet.Or But we didn’t just hear it, we heard it very close.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads. Tags: names , nomenclature , Terminology , words • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? apparently has the same origin, the booming of the male’s wings recalling somehow the bellowing of a bull. Now if only the Hoatzin had been named for its smell.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

… Tags: migration , phoebes , spring • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! • Explore These Related Posts Spring is for Wheatears Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed Duck Migration Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Spring is Coming!

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