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Birding by bicycle along the beach

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We are very fortunate here in Broome to have such great beaches for cycling. Some people just use the wide open space for exercise, but it is great to load up your bike and cycle in search of birdlife. Only the resident shorebirds remain during these winter months, but there are also Brown Boobys diving for fish close to shore at the moment and we rarely see them during the rest of the year.

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The Lady with 700 Cats

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Nat Geo WILD’s The Lady with 700 Cats, airs Saturday, July 30. Narrated by actor Jane Lynch of Glee fame, the program chronicles the story of Lynea Lattanzio, who is the founder and owner of California’s largest cat sanctuary. Can you imagine, 700 cats?! Tune into Nat Geo Wild on Saturday, July 30 at 10pm ET/PT to see the full story. As always we are happy to share some sneak peeks with you!

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Second Bear Killed On Trans-Canada Highway

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Interestingly, we just went on a tour of the Canadian Rockies where the wildlife corridors and fences were lauded by the tour guide as a way for wildlife to avoid the roads. Apparently, there's room for improvement. From the Calgary Herald. The second bear to meet its end this year on the Trans-Canada Highway has prompted an animal rights group to call for immediate repairs to a fence line intended to protect wildlife in Banff National Park.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

Keith, I am writing today to ask for your help in raising awareness about the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events taking place in more than 35 cities across North America this fall to promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization.

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Baby Black Skimmer

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I know, I know, the cuteness lately is getting out of hand. First it was a bunch of baby waterfowl , then it was the baby Gadwall , then a variety of baby birds on the beach. What can I say? I am addicted to adorableness! Besides, it takes a hard- hearted, callous, and cruel person to have a negative reaction to fuzzy baby birds. Seriously, what kind of monster doesn’t want to look at adorableness all day long?

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Dog training statistics!

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Cute Fuzzy Adorable Baby Birdies

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Is there anything cuter than precocious fuzzy baby birds? I don’t think so. A recent visit to a nesting colony on Long Island’s south shore led to levels of adorable so high that diabetics are hereby warned to stay away from this post for fear that your blood-sugar levels might skyrocket through osmosis. These baby birds are sweet! And cute!

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Driven to Distraction

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The bird landed just to my side, puffed up and fluttering with its wings down dragging the ground. It was a Baird’s Sandpiper and it was obviously in distress. Or was it? I was making my way towards a Pacific Loon nest that I have been monitoring when the Baird’s Sandpiper appeared. A pair of Pacific Loons have been nesting on the same pond here for the second year in a row.

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Bears and Bobwhites

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Out on the Big Meadow in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, the ranger (that is Virginia the state, not Virginia the ranger) drew our attention to an unmistakeable bird call. I had never heard it before, but as soon as it registered, there could be no doubt about which bird was responsible. “ Bob, Bob White ,&# came the emphatic call across the grassland as the sun dipped towards the horizon, but the bird did not come out into the open.

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If Only It Were So…

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Greg Laden has a post up entitled “ Global warming denialism? It ends now. &# He is essentially pointing out for the umpteenth time that any rational person who has any idea what they are talking about understands that the argument is over and has been over for ages. The only ones left saying climate change isn’t happening or isn’t because of people are essentially crazy (or shills for big business).

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Angel Terns

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The IOC World Bird list proposed a number of unconventional bird names, most notably the Great Northern Loon ( Gavia immer ) and the Roughleg ( Buteo lagopus ). One proposed change was Angel Tern, a new name for the angelic White Tern. The name wasn’t proposed to settle a trans-Atlantic dispute like the previous two names, but instead merely in an effort to give this little species a suitably noble name.

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How to Eat an Eel

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There are foods that are not easy for the uninitiated to eat. Pomegranate is one, especially if you don’t realize that the seeds are the food. Lobster comes in its own armor and can be quite messy. Lychee doesn’t even seem edible until you remove the tough outer layer. It is always best to have someone else with whom you can share your first experience with these difficult foods and guide you through the process of getting the food from the plate to your belly.

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52nd Supplement to the AOU Checklist

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You know all those changes to the taxonomy of North American birds that we have been going on about? Yeah, they’ve been put into actual checklist form with the publication of the Fifty-Second Supplement To The American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List Of North American Birds (link is a PDF). a.

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Any News is Good News?

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The winner of this year’s Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for worst opening sentence to an imaginary novel is about birds and windmills. Sure, it is not a scientific treatise, but anything that brings attention to this issue is good, right? And, wow, what a horrific sentence Sue Fondrie wrote: “Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories.&# a.

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Forgotten Prairies

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Well, maybe not forgotten, but certainly over-looked. Outside of hardcore twitchers looking for specialty birds and after speaking to thousands and thousands of birders, I have concluded that most people really do not put much emphasis on our prairies. Perhaps, this is because we, as Americans, have destroyed nearly every morsel of prairie we have left.

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Week To Week Birding

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One of the things I do to earn a living is bird surveys, some for the federal government, some for private companies that want to assess an area for construction (like a wind turbine). I absolutely hate the job when my alarm goes off at 4:30 am and every cell in my body is trying to force my finger to hit the snooze button, but when I’m out in the field, I love the work: beautiful mornings, a thermos of coffee and birds singing on territory.

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When Will One Show Up In Queens?

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The Mountain Lion struck and killed by a car in Connecticut in June has been confirmed as a wild animal. Its journey originated in South Dakota, 1,500 miles to the west! The last confirmed sighting of a cougar in Connecticut was in the late 1800s. a.

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A Two Bird Quiz Picture

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I wish that this quiz were difficult enough to call it diabolical but I am afraid that you 10,000 Birds readers will be unimpressed with this offering and answer correctly and quickly. Prove me right! What two species are in the picture below, taken on the south shore of Long Island this month? First to answer correctly wins absolutely nothing but if you guess incorrectly every birder in the world will mock you forever and ever.

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San Francisco Giants Can’t Handle The Birds

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Perhaps the Giants should have stuck with Candlestick Park because AT&T Park has been beset by birds , gulls to be exact. The team is considering bringing in a falcon to drive away the unwanted visitors that pester patrons for food and drop, um, things, from above onto the heads of folks who just want to see a game. Hat-tip to long-time reader Meredith for the link. a.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2011)

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Have I mentioned recently that summer is my favorite season? For me, nothing beats a hot, sunny summer, though you wouldn’t know it based on where I live. But this year has been different: days and days of high temps and bright sun. Those of you not living across a Great Lake from Canada may be suffering, but I’ve been absolutely loving this month!

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Greenleaf Gifts

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People with pets know all to well that at times things get smelly. Our home is not immune to this, so I was really excited when I got to try out an awesome product from Greenleaf. The aroma diffuser is a unique and effective way to fill your house with fragrance, or in the case of pets, remove smells with their purifying option. Not only is the diffuser great to look at (and they have tons of fun options to fit any decor), but it really does work to remove odors from the air!

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Frog Crow

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My dad says he can call a Fish Crow from an American Crow on sight. I’m not entirely inclined to disbelieve him, but I’ve always had trouble differentiating the two common, often equally so, Corvids of the Southeast. There are more than a few places in the world where two species of Crows can be found side-by-side, as weird as it seems that two birds that seem to fill the exact same gregarious, opportunistic niche can exist together, but rarely do they seem so identical as the two

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Does Anyone Care about the Gulls’ Self-Confidence?

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Because it seems like at least one person is overly concerned about her dog’s. a.

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Hero Dog Awards

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Have you voted for your favorite dog yet? To support the hero dogs that support those in need when they need it most, CESAR® Canine Cuisine has combined efforts with the American Humane Association to form the inaugural Hero Dog Awards, a chance to ensure that people in need continue to receive the powerful benefits of a dog’s love and support. To recognize the support these thousands of dogs give to millions of people need in, vote for your favorite dog at HeroDogAwards.org.

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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 50th anniversary

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in celebration of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 50th anniversary, CVSphoto has created a limited edition customized photo collage poster inspired by WWF to commemorate this significant milestone. The collage posters are available online only, through July 31, 2011 exclusively at CVSphoto.com. An affordable gift for animal lovers, the collage also gives back, as 5% of the sales of each poster will be donated to WWF, with a guaranteed contribution of $10,000.

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The Power, The Prestige, The Glory…I Am Birder

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Quiz 1 Hint: This bird is larger than a Least Sandpiper. The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive. Perhaps you have heard of me? I am, in fact, the best birder in the world. It brings me great pleasure to announce that I was recently paid an exorbitant sum of money to join 10,000 Birds. It is an arrangement that should be beneficial to all of us. 10,000 Birds will be exposed to, for the first time ever, The Truth About Birding.

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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of July 2011?

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Summer, by which I mean practical summer as opposed to natural summer, is just about half-over. I hate to remind you, my teaching friends, but in North America we’re as close to the beginning of a new school year as we are to the end of the last one! The implications of this revelation are complex and far-reaching, but if you derive but a single moral from the story here, it should be that each remaining day of summer is precious.

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Republicans Apparently Want Birds to Die

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Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have proposed a bill that would completely eliminate the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. It would also “open areas around the Grand Canyon to uranium mining, cut State Wildlife Grants by 64%, cut the North American Wetlands Conservation Act by 40%, and eliminate any new funding on listing or protecting habitat for US endangered species, essentially making the Endangered Species Act (ESA) unworkable.&# If you love birds