10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

Timothy Barksdale is a birder/biologist turned filmmaker , passionately pursuing birds with a television camera for the last 24 years. His work is the foundation of the Macaulay Library video collection. Tim’s involvement with birds began very early and has led him to his passion for conservation through television. “No matter how many birds you see, unless your story is about how we are going to save habitat & birds, everything else is irrelevant.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 28, 2015

This weekend is the 2015 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Western Regionals. The event features amazing athletic dogs from all backgrounds and breeds competing for the title of Purina Pro Plan IDC Champion. The dogs compete in several canine … Continue reading → The post 2015 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Western Regionals appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2015

What do you think makes for a good bird hide? I have asked myself that same question many times over the last six months, until last week, when I was involved in an opening ceremony of five new bird hides at the Palic Lake, by the town of Subotica in the very north of Serbia, along the border with Hungary (all photos are from that area). As one of the consultants, I was part of the project from the beginning, so this was an icing on the cake – let’s see the final results.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2015

Singapore is sweltering its way through the monsoon. Heat and rain! Western Palearctic constitutions were not designed for these conditions, but here be Pink-necked Green Pigeons! The forest of theCentral Catchement Area is always a good place to find them, but they are common wherever there are fruiting trees. Now simply seeing green pigeons should be enough for anyone and if only the females show, then that is what you get, but the males include a pink neck and orange belly in their plumage to

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

After spending the weekend along the South Carolina coast, I can say with confidence that I saw dozens and dozens of South Carolina’s state bird: both the original and the current version. Though South Carolina first chose the Northern Mockingbird as its state bird, in 1948 the general assembly changed its mind. It turns out that the women’s clubs had already chosen the wren , but the legislature disagreed.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2015

Every May weekend means so much in the temperate climes. What makes this one so excellent is that the weekend technically hasn’t ended yet, at least in the U.S.! If you’re free of obligations today, make your Monday a fun day. I couldn’t explore nature as much as I’d have liked this weekend, but the Tree Swallows grooving to the great smells and sounds wafting from the Roc City Rib Fest were a treat to watch.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2015

A post I wrote a few weeks ago where I made some disparaging remarks about America’s pseudowarblers (and poetry) generated a certain amount of negative feedback, and clearly some apologies are in order. Mum, Dad, I’m sorry I described my childhood as feral. As for the rest of you, poking fun at your pseudowarblers is too much fun for me to stop.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2015

Do much birding in the city, and your thoughts will turn again and again to feral pigeons. As I have pointed out before , we owe the much-maligned sky rat a debt of gratitude. Introduced as they are over much of their range, they’ve nevertheless become a crucial part of the urban ecosystem, recycling discarded french fries into tasty meals for falcons in a way that surpasses human ingenuity (although there are few stats on the rate of clogged arteries among the falcons in question.).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2015

Now we are back in Broome under blue skies it is really good to get out and about in the bush and see what has changed over the wet season. When we left to go to Melbourne it was the time of year that we get rain in Broome and much of the land becomes inaccessible by vehicle, but we have often wandered/waded into the bush in search of birds. Having returned from a wet and cold Melbourne where walks can be risky along the coast it is a joy to be in such warm weather under such blue skies!

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 23, 2015

We hope that our friends in the USA are enjoying the Memorial Day weekend. We couldn’t let the day pass without sending our thanks to all those who paid the ultimate price in the name of freedom. The post Thank you veterans! appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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