10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2012
Marabou Storks are ugly/lovely. They have character. They are unmistakeable. I won’t expend too much energy trying to describe them… I’ll just let the pictures do the heavy lifting this week. Marabou Storks are gigantic. Twelve feet tall at the shoulder! OK it’s more like five feet from head to toe, but they do have wingspans that approach 10 feet, which is getting into Andean Condor territory.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Barking is a natural means of communication for a dog. Dog barking can signify needs, protection, and dominance. There are many different types of barks, and different tones may have different meanings. Some breeds are simply “barking dogs”. These may include German Shepherds, Dobermans or Bloodhounds. There are those small breed dogs who seem to love the sound of their own voices, and will bark for any apparent reason.
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Critter News
MARCH 2, 2012
From Sfist.com. Although his gastronomic reputation has, let's fact it, been marred due to his frozen food and canned soup lines, Spago founder and chef Wolfgang Puck still has some pull. So, he penned an open letter to California restaurants still serving foie gras. And the letter, sent by Puck in February, was intended to sooth the frayed nerves of chefs who don't like being told what they can and cannot serve at their spoons.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. 20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” But we can ask, and they can answer. Not in words, of course, but they can answer in ways that we can understand if we are paying attention. People who study pigs say they are as intelligent as a 3-year-old child, smarter even than the dogs we share our homes with.
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Why would I call these beautiful woodpeckers the “clowns of the avian world?” Besides the facial features of the Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) appearing somewhat clown-like, they are a joy to watch and some of their antics are sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face. Both the male and female of the species have a bright red crown.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Friskies is declaring February 29 “Friskies Plus Day”! If you in the Hollywood Boulevard area, be sure to stop by and see the 10-foot tall, 6-foot wide Friskies Plus Canstruction sculpture that will stand on Hollywood Boulevard for one day only – Friskies Plus Day. The amazing Canstructure will feature thousands of cans of Friskies Plus, all of which will be donated to three Los Angeles cat rescue organization after Wednesday’s event.
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Animal Ethics
MARCH 1, 2012
This blog had 3,026 visits during February, which is an average of 104.3 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 124.8.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Purple Gallinules are awesome. And I am in the enviable position of having a surfeit of images of Porphyrio martinica to share. Such is the burden that a digiscoping bird blogger bears when he visits the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida in January. Grant McCreary of The Birder’s Library , who shared the experience with me, probably has pretty much the same problem.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
It has been snowing in our part of the world, and that reminded us of the time when our dog Baby had to wear a cone. Now, for those of you with pets who have had to wear the dreaded cone, you know that it can be pretty funny. Dog plus cone plus snow equals snow shoveling. I only wish I had held the camera the right way! Join the fun with the Blog Hop below, and please be sure to visit BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday post today, they are featuring some very special dogs.
Critter News
MARCH 1, 2012
He was arrested some years ago when Pale Male's nest was destroyed. Now, he's been arrested for actions surrounding the death of Pale Male's latest mate Lima. He is very passionate about these hawks and I've followed his blog and beautiful photography for years. But he apparently took the dead bird to his place illegally. Read the story here and decide for yourself.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 26, 2012
PETA is the worst thing ever to happen to animals. Morally serious people ignore them.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2012
Late winter, or second winter, or whatever you want to call it, continues its slow march into March. A week ago, a classmate eagerly told me about his sighting of an American Robin near his home. Spring, surely? Of course, one Robin does not make a spring, and I told him about the hardy individuals who winter in the north, even in such a harsh north as this one.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 2, 2012
Freida Kalo is a cat who has an incredible memory and excels at the shell game. She even has her own Facebook page!
Critter News
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
The wildlife official in question is the President of the California Fish and Game Commission. He is a proponent of trophy hunting and was photographed with a dead mountain lion in Idaho. Full story here.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 25, 2012
Photography is a great tool to improve bird ID accuracy as explored in my previous post Photography and Birding. Now I am ready to share with you what lens I consider ideal regarding cost, weight, portability, and quality. My experience is only with Canon equipment which I have used for five years, of course there is also Nikon and others but these will not be considered here.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2012
Maybe Staten Island isn’t all bad. After all, I recently tracked down my first-for-New York State White-winged Dove in the forgotten borough of New York City. The bird has been coming to a private feeder – where a young birder named Anthony Ciancimino happens to live – for well over a week now. White-winged Doves , usually denizens of the southwestern United States.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
The more data about bird migration we gather from professional and citizen science efforts, the more each one of us can learn about the comings and goings of our favorite species. Obviously, when Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology collaborate on a Bird Migration Forecast tool, the result is going to be pretty spectacular. But information wants to be free, so it reaches out to us through a variety of channels.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2012
During the last week, I received some terrific photos from two readers who had encountered a very distinctive duck at Brazos Bend State Park in Texas. They weren’t quite sure about its identity, but I bet you have some ideas. Take a guess, then check out the link after the photos to see if you’re right! Odd duck © Chris Hirsch Odd duck © Tom Ellis Did you identify this duck correctly?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2012
Feel the damp scent of spring (or the spicy tang of autumn for those of you on the austral side of the Earth) in the air? Don’t get ahead of yourself! Yes, the first feelers of migration will soon infiltrate your budding trees and bushes, but winter may still have plans for us. Living in Western New York teaches a body that every season must run its course.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
A thoughtful reader just pointed me towards one of the coolest posts I’ve seen in a long time, one which asks and then answers the question regarding whether the Golden Eagle or the Bald Eagle is the fiercest predator. The brutality here is mind-boggling! Sure, this post has been around for a while, but I had no idea… a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Weird flocks are fun. One does not typically find a Black-crowned Night-Heron mixed in with Rock Pigeons and American Coots. I think the night-heron knows it too. Thanks for stopping in again birders. Today’s post is as simple as it can be. FLOCKS. You know them and you love them…except when your car gets smeared in gull or grackle feces.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
We’re in the rough part of winter now, the part that seems to keep spring just a fingertip’s length out of reach. I’m not saying winter has been rough, since the season has actually been rather clement. But even one extra day of February keeps us that much farther from our long awaited vernal visitors. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was his first Golden-crowned Kinglets of the year.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
“The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) Cyprus have now released the report on their bird protection camp during the peak of bird migration in autumn 2011. In just over one week, two CABS teams located 3,817 limesticks, 23 mist nets and 32 electronic decoys in the main Trapping hotspot in Famagusta District.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
On a visit yesterday after work to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn I happened across this female Red-breasted Merganser that I initially thought was in the midst of struggling to swallow a nasty chunk of some kind of marine life. It quickly became apparent, however, that the bird was having a hard time getting her snack to go down the gullet. In fact, the snack appeared to have gotten somehow stuck to or tangled around the bird’s bill.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
I don’t know what it is, but since I bought Dick Forsman ‘s “The Raptors of Europe and Middle East” my interest in buzzards has gone through the roof. In fact it got so bad that when we bought a new car, my only decision criteria was whether it had a full glass panorama roof or not. Come to think of it, the cruise control comes in really useful when a buzzard is cruising over the Autobahn (much to my wife’s dismay).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2012
Though it took place in a zoo the video below definitely shows some wild behavior. If you don’t want to see a bird killed and eaten then don’t watch it. (Instead may I recommend some cuteness ?) If you have the stomach for nature, red in tooth and claw, then watch away! Crazy, no? a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2012
The waterfront of Brooklyn on either side of the Verrazano Bridge is the best place in New York City to see Purple Sandpipers. Every year they winter there on the rocky breakwater mere feet from the path between lower New York Harbor and the Belt Parkway that innumerable joggers, walkers, and bikers use. Of course, most of the folks on the path are completely oblivious to the hardy little birds making their living on the wave-washed rocks.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2012
Researchers have shown that Budgerigars “were able to consistently respond to rhythmic beats within a certain time-frame” in controlled experiments. Neat ! a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Though it seems that this is simply a case of a greedy company making false copyright claims on YouTube it does raise the question – has anyone heard of companies copyrighting bird song and, if so, were they successful? And how much of a disaster would that be for birders? a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Just a quick post today to appreciate one of New Zealand’s most attractive birds, the Paradise Shelduck. This is brought about by a visit to Karori Wildlife Sanctuary/Zealandia, where I was able to catch up with the ducklings that I first saw back in the spring. The youngsters are almost fully grown, but are still smaller than their parents and haven’t developed adult plumage yet.
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