10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Terrestrial animals could drown; will not be able to access the necessary ranges; be trapped; suffer diminished genetic diversity; and possibly become extirpated and/or extinct. Public lands at risk. Image by NPCA.

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Texas Defenders Of Wildlife Bald Eagle Protest 153

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. Ben Lizdas at Eagle Optics provided immediate assurance that they would do something. In fact, Eagle Optics did more than they initially suggested they would. But this also struck me in other ways.

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South Dakota Nebraska Missouri Killing 266

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2017

This isn’t even including victories by that fantastic franchise named for sufferers of gigantism. But don’t be surprised to see the Falcons falter just as the Cardinals did in 2009 and the Seahawks did in 2006 and the Eagles in 2005. nationalist, holy person, or some species of pirate has won it all. Go Falcons!

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Falcons Atlanta 2001 Game 106

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. High elevation species will surely suffer from shifting and reduced habitat, and that process seems to have started already. Will early-arriving birds suffer from having to endure late winter storms?

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North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 210

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Magical“ is one of those words that suffer from overuse and I usually avoid it – but in this case, I cannot think of a better description. In the end, my eagle goes toward the slopes of 2 km high Mt. As soon as it disappears, another eagle – Short-toed Snake Eagle appears, with a snake half dangling from its beak.

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Greece Pelicans Serbia Eagles 181

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2014

Despite more than 50 kite, hawk, eagle, and falcon species on the list, nope, we don’t see raptors all that often! People wonder where the raptors are because Common Buzzards or Red-tailed Hawks are pretty much a given if you venture outside in the northern temperate zone. Not the case in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica San Jose Birds Owls 161

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Islands, for various reasons, experience more extinctions than continents (with Africa being the only continent not suffering a bird extinction!). Then rumors leaked out that at this same site the mythical Red Owl could easily be seen, Madagascar Serpent Eagle was breeding and other rare birds and lemurs abounded.

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Madagascar Lemurs 2006 Owls 233

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. The Crested Bunting would certainly be a highlight in a post on buntings (such as this one ) but does not particularly stand out here in Yunnan.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

As things appear to be returning to normal, The UK suffered its worst ever week for Covid infections. 199 Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. 206 Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 199 Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. 206 Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 227

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2021

He was also apparently much disposed to laughter and is often portrayed with his mouth wide open; for this reason, he’s also invoked by sufferers of dental maladies such as toothache. But it’s for the lore concerning the weather on his June 8th feast day that Saint Medardus is best known today, by those who remember him at all.

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France Eagles Shelters Suffering 227

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

As always, you are reminded that if you take the time to look at this post YOU MUST SHARE YOUR BEST GUESSES or you will suffer from broken optics, missed life birds, and the clap. 3)Bald Eagle Seth Mar 17th, 2011 at 2:25 pm Has anyone picked this list? Without further ado here are the three images. Mitred parakeet 3.

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2011 Bald Eagle Sparrows Parrots 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. Have you had rehab experiences with eagles? I’ve only handled a couple of eagles, and they were awesome birds!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 249

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

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Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Before I go further I should, of course, introduce my two teammates who suffered with me the torments of hours on bicycle seats and hard plastic kayaks. A stop at Hidden Valley netted us several species, including our only Scarlet Tanager of the day as well as a surprise fly-by adult Bald Eagle.

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New Jersey Bald Eagle Birds United States 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

By the cliffs we find several Eurasian Crag-Martins and a consolation species – a family of Golden Eagles in the air! Scattered Pied Avocets , Spotted Redshanks in good numbers, cows and water buffaloes grazing, two Black Storks , bare mudbar and… a perched eagle! The Greater Spotted Eagle is a threatened species.

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Greece Woodpeckers Boars Eagles 249

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent.

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Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it. Mr. Incompetent: Hey, did you see that eagle?

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Bald Eagle Eagles Psychology Birds 175

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. Unwilling to leave the suffering birds to die, they began bringing them home, asking veterinarians to make house calls, and keeping the recuperating birds on their roof.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 261

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. All I see are their buts. Also written up here. The original paper is here.

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Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The Management are still in Africa, suffering the buffering that comes with remoteness. Short-toed Snake-Eagle – Circaetus gallicus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax. Long-crested Eagle – Lophaetus occipitalis.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2016

Most of the trip was taken up with family meals and nights on the town with friends (and suffering a bit in the morning), but I did get away to do some birding in Melbourne’s top birding spot which isn’t so much a dump as the pits. It’s a sewage treatment plant. Australian Crake by Frankzed ( Creative Commons ).

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Australia Geese Ducks Birds 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I’m not saying birders should automatically be rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl or even suggesting that I, a devout Giants fan, would ever lower myself to do so. I’ve recently suffered an optics mishap that would, if I shared it, shake you to your core. Have a wonderful Superb Owl Sunday !

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2018 United States Philadelphia Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Next Thursday is the American Thanksgiving holiday – which means it’s time to trot out that old legend concerning Benjamin Franklin’s opinions on two iconic American birds: The Wild Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ) and the Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ). Except that it didn’t really happen that way, exactly.

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2017 Bald Eagle United States Turkey 151

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. We Germans of course chose a much more aggressive national bird to match our (hopefully only past) militaristic instincts: the white-tailed eagle. But I am grumbling a little bit about it.

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