10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'Last time it was birds and bling. Now it’s birds AS bling. Normally wildlife rehabilitators do not go around wearing birds on purpose. It’s just something that happens. “The Chimney Swifts I had this season made fabulous brooches,” said Leslie Jackson, who sent the photo above (along with the caption “All the rage in Paris.”) Swifts and swallows are notoriously hard to raise and/or rehabilitate, so rehabbers who don’t specialize in them tend to lose their heads when they’re successful.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'Baby is a very picky girl, so sometimes finding a treat that she will love is hard. Enter the BarkBox ! Each month you can surprise your furry friend with new treats and toys from this awesome subscription box for dogs! Baby’s BarkBox arrived on her birthday, and somehow she knew right away that the package was for her! Save $10 on your BarkBox right now !

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'It seems that at least a few birds survived the cold snap and the snow that followed, as they’ve started coming to my feeder in numbers. It took the first birds about 24 hours to turn up. In my case, this year, they were Dark-eyed Juncos in a full candy-box of their color combinations — if the candy box was filled entirely with liquorice and strawberry creams.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'How’s this for an exciting weekend? The linked post, from The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog , also has a possible explanation for where all the Snowy Owls in this amazing irruption year are coming from: First I found out where Snowy Owls were in low to normal numbers in the Canadian Arctic (Rankin Inlet on western shore of Hudson Bay, Igoolik on the Melville Peninsula and northern Baffin Island including Bylot Island – information thanks to Alastair Franke, University of

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'Walter Kitundu, who loyal readers will remember as an excellent Beat Writer here on 10,000 Birds , has a new e-book available. It is studded with the wonderful images that his fans will surely associate with him and is well worth checking out. You can get Bird Knowledge: Little Life Lessons Learned from Birds on the iTunes store here.

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