10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2011
Every child who has ever seen a cartoon featuring Wile E Coyote and Road Runner has to have wondered if poor Wile E ever had a fair shot at catching the Road Runner. According to Mark Lockwood’s Basic Texas Birds: A Field Guide , with or without Wile. E. Coyote chasing it, a Greater Roadrunner can reach speeds of 20 MPH (32 KPH) while a Coyote can reach speeds of up to 43 MPH (69 KPH).
Animal Person
APRIL 5, 2011
Being featured on ARZone's worldwide Live Guest Chat has reinvigorated my thinking about a couple of topics ( here 's the transcript). And then I read the "OMG!!!!!OED!!!!!LOL!!!!!" in today's New York Times, and I couldn't resist posting. A couple of years ago I wrote about whether it's a good use of my time to be a purist about the term "animal rights" when most of the world doesn't have the same understanding of the term as I do.
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4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 5, 2011
After being washed out to sea, and somehow surviving on top of the roof of the house that was washed out, this miracle dog was rescued! Amazing stories of survival keep coming out of Japan, and our hearts are lifted when we see stories like this one. We were so happy to know that this sweet dog was rescued, and and even more happy to hear that the dog was reunited with it’s owner!
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2011
From the Petition Site. please visit and sign. The Ministry of the Environment is in the process of amending the Japanese animal protection law. The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) has proposed that the Ministry exempt JAZA's members from the current requirement to register as animal handlers with local authorities. If JAZA member zoos and aquariums (89 zoos and 67 aquariums) are not registered as animal handlers under the Act, there is no other Japanese law that would oversee
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2011
My 8-year old daughter got interested in birds from a VERY early stage. By age 2 she could identify over 10 species of birds in our Johannesburg, South Africa, yard by call alone. And perhaps 20 others by sight. Her natural talent was astounding and surprising. Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included.
Animal Person
APRIL 7, 2011
Vegan education/advocacy for animals is easiest for me when I know my audience. And by "know," I mean I have a relationship with them and/or I understand what drives them, what they appreciate and what they can tolerate. From there, my job is to use images and language that they are comfortable with, especially at the beginning, and then to nudge them gently into areas that challenge their thoughts and actions.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2011
The national bird of Costa Rica is the Clay-colored Thrush , perhaps my favorite decision for a national bird of any country’s. The Yigüirro , as it is called in Costa Rica, was declared Costa Rica’s national bird on 3 January 1977. But why choose the Yigüirro at all in a country teeming with iconic and flashy birds like macaws, motmots, toucans, and tanagers?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2011
I work part time for the National Park Service (although, we’ll see what happens this weekend if there’s a federal government shutdown) and our visitor center is located in the Science Museum of Minnesota. Last week, I noticed a familiar site as I passed the museum’s fleet of vehicles. An American Robin was perched on the side of one of the Science Museum vans.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2011
There’s a reason why the name of Linnaeus is still spoken with respect more than two centuries after his death. Giving organisms standard names allowed precise communication across cultures and languages. In the birding community, standardization of common names has followed, and is an on-going project (with mixed success.) This is obviously very useful as well — especially now, when birders from vastly different regions communicate casually across the internet.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2011
When I first joined Facebook (all the way back in 2008? Really?) I didn’t exactly have a plan, other than to steer clear of Bejeweled, Farmville, and all the other productivity snares. Also, being on Facebook was a good way to avoid committing to Twitter. However, we couldn’t resist joining the conversation any longer because we’ve finally figured out how that channel fits in with the blog, feed, FB page, etc. etc.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2011
Cats should not be allowed outdoors. Period. Especially when the domesticated feline is an extra from The Matrix. Yes, there will be those who will think that the mockingbird had it coming but what the mockingbird was doing was defending its territory, which likely included a nest with young, from what it judged (obviously correctly) was a threat.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2011
Bird races, as anyone who’s competed in one knows, can be big fun. The addition of a competitive component adds a thrilling edge of urgency to the normally relaxed act of chasing birds. Even sitting around watching birds can be charged with adrenaline when team pride is on the line. Of course, the fun of a bird race increases exponentially by the quality and quantity of the species that might be seen.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2011
Our posts on where birds meet verse are some of the most popular on the blog, beating out even wood-warblers. We therefore decided that it was high time that our poetry posts got a page of their own. Click here to see our brand-spanking-new Bird Poems Page. a.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2011
It feels like it has been forever since I did a simple post like this where all I did was go to my favorite local patch, Forest Park, take a few pictures of some of the common feeder birds, and share those pictures with the 10,000 Birds audience. Sometimes in the search for the new and the rare I manage to forget about the steadfast and the common.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2011
U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Jon Hagstrum believes birds may navigate home in migration by using Earth’s “low-frequency sound waves to identify the ‘address’ of home.&# How would that work? “They are imprinting on the characteristic sound&# of where they live, he told a crowd this week at a lecture at USGS headquarters in Menlo Park. “The terrain has characteristic frequencies.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2011
On Magical Mystery Tour , The Beatles’ famous 1967 album, there is an odd song called “Blue Jay Way&# which was written by George Harrison while he waited for Derek Taylor, who got lost trying to meet Harrison in the hills above Los Angeles on a foggy night. The song is called “Blue Jay Way&# because that is the name of the street on which Harrison was staying in a rented house.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2011
I often like to make the joke that Spring in the south last about three days, and a good spring is one that falls on a weekend. Summer, or at least summer weather, comes on fast down here and you expect the residents to be on the ball about prepping the old home for multiple broods. I’ve seen American Robins and Northern Cardinals and Eastern Bluebirds around carrying nesting material, poking about in hedgerows and nest boxes, and singing from every exposed perch.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2011
New York Magazine uses a more descriptive term for Pale Male’s recent behavior but the fact that he has had a veritable harem since the demise of Lola is beyond a doubt. The famous Red-tailed Hawk of Central Park is apparently using his pad with a great view of Central Park to woo the women who find themselves unable to resist his rat-catching ways and wiles. a.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2011
No time to talk… the sun’s come out and spring fever has overtaken at least this portion of the Northern Hemisphere! What will you be doing this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below! I’ll be preparing for a very exciting birding trip as well as celebrating my birthday (don’t worry about which one it is) so this weekend will be low key.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2011
When a pelagic trip is short of great new birds to watch there is almost always the chum scrum to entertain the despondent birder. The chum scrum is the gang of birds, usually made up of gulls plus whatever else is in the vicinity, that follows the boat snapping up the food being thrown off the back of the boat in order to lure wished-for birds in for a better look.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2011
The Forbes Fictional 15 , the annual list of the richest fiften fictional characters in the world is headed by that greedy old duck from Duckburg, Scrooge McDuck. Perhaps he would like to fund a conservation initiative? Or a birding blog? a.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2011
Last week I discussed the somewhat dated kakariki taxonomy used in the recent edition of the Parrots of the World by Jospeh Forshaw. My second grumble about these small parakeets and this book is not actually particularly restricted to the book, it’s actually a ubiquitous problem related to the name of one of the species of kakariki, the Red-crowned Parakeet ( Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae ).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2011
As an alum from a university with a less-than-electric athletic program, I can’t connect to college basketball and have consequently become immune to March Madness. But somehow, I missed March Migration Madness 2011 , a creation of our friends at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Check out the explanation over at Need to Know on PBS and then hit the Cornell Lab Facebook page to get in on the action!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2011
The National Wildlife Refuge Association has posted the winners and runners-up of the 2010 Refuge Photo Contest. Great photos from great places! And while you’re there, why not cast your votes for bold ideas for Conserving the Future of America’s NWR system ? a.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2011
The Common Tailorbird , Orthotomus sutorius, is a small warbler whose range extends from India to southern China and down into Indonesia. It is common, mostly in the lowlands, but can range as high as 5000ft. It is found in most habitats with thick cover and can often be found in urban parks and gardens. It is an active bird that seldom stays still or quiet and often cocks its tail as it moves about through the thick cover.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2011
Some travel and visits to the hospital have delayed this posting. All is well now, and so here are the answers to last week’s quiz. QUIZ: The clues: - Take a beverage produced by a large distributor. - The beverage’s name is 10 letters long. - You will see that the first 5 letters and the last 5 letters have 3 letters in common. - Delete these 6 letters, leaving 4 letters remaining. - Rearrange these 4 remaining letters and you will end up with a rare avian visitor to North Ameri
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2011
Two new studies “add scientific evidence that hunters’ lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.&# So when will conservation-minded hunters stop using lead ammunition? Surely the hunters who come onto 10,000 Birds to talk about what great conservationists hunters are will agree that lead ammunition should not be used to hunt?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2011
Remember Mel Gibson’s advice to his sons as they were ambushing the Redcoats back in the early days of the American Revolution in the movie “The Patriot?&# He said “Aim small, miss small.&# I’m not exactly sure what he meant, but it sounded good. And by Mel Gibson, I am referring to Mel Gibson the actor, before he went all Charlie Sheen.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2011
This just in… Dan Rhoads, weary to the bone with eyes nearly burnt out from competitive bird watching, just completed his report of the Second Annual Cyprus Bird Race , transmitted it to the 10,000 Birds home office through secret back channels, and then collapsed. We expect he’ll recover in time, but don’t let his struggles be in vain.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 3, 2011
The first weekend of April, with all of the hilarity and spring fever it inspires, has passed, which brings all of us north of the Equator closer to spring. April is a most mercurial month; hopefully, you found a an opportunity to get out this weekend and seized it! Corey’s best bird of the weekend was a male Long-tailed Duck in breeding plumage off the coast of Queens.
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