10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Torrent Ducks are the thrill-seekers of the avian world. Very few birds – or animals for that matter – would plunge head-first into the churning cauldrons of some of South America’s most treacherous rivers. But Torrent Ducks are fearless and to witness some of their daredevil feats ranks pretty high in the book “1000 Avian Spectacles to See Before You Die” A book that I have not yet written.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
If you are in St. Louis, MO this weekend, check out the Beggin’ Pet Parade on Sunday! See adorable pooches, kitties, and people all decked out for Mardi Gras fun. On Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, thousands of well-dressed pets and their owners will express their Love for the Smell of Bacon, this year’s theme, while marching through the streets of Soulard during the 19th annual Beggin’® Pet Parade.
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Well, it's still historic and precedent-setting. Here's hoping we see more of these legal challenges. Full story posted on Global Animal and from the Huffington Post. Do whales deserve constitutional protection against slavery? On February 8, a federal judge said ‘no,’ stopping a historic case filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against SeaWorld for violating the 13th Amendment on slavery.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
PETA's latest publicity stunt was to file a lawsuit in federal court alleging that five orcas at SeaWorld in San Diego are slaves for purposes of the 13th Amendment. I'm a longtime proponent of animal rights, but this suit is ridiculous. First, the 13th Amendment was designed to abolish human chattel slavery. Applying it to nonhuman animals is a stretch.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Sometimes hawks, in particular, Red-shouldered hawks will go all Turdus migratorious , hop on the ground and nosh some slimy earth worms. There’s even video proof of a Red-shouldered Hawk eating earthworms on Flickr and there’s been discussion about this on MD bird listserv. This discussion about red-shoulders comes up from time to time and it throws people off, “Wait, hawks are raptors, they should be going for meat!
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Starting today you can watch as 10 cats play and live in the Friskies Plus Playhouse! The cats, which are part of the MeoowzResQ, are available for adoption. “Friskies is always looking for new ways to enhance play experiences for cats,” says Alison Coburn, assistant brand manager for Friskies. “We’re asking our Friskies Facebook community to join us in this one-of-a-kind engagement opportunity to help create a space as amazing as the cats that will live there for the next two weeks.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Snowy Owls are iconic birds. You rarely find a person – birder or non – who doesn’t want to take a good long look at a bright white owl. And, of course, you rarely meet a photographer who doesn’t want to take a good close picture of a bright white owl. On Saturday, as has already been mentioned on this blog , a couple of us went out to Breezy Point, the southwestern extremity of Queens, and were pleased to see a Snowy Owl in the dunes there.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
One of the things that I love the most about watching NatGeo Wild is that we always discover amazing places and crazy nature that we didn’t know about before! In the newest mini-series, Wild Mississippi, viewers will get to see how the Mississippi river can both nurture and destroy. The show covers an entire year along the Mississippi, and shows the many challenges that the wildlife in the area deal with.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
We'll see how it goes. Even when we lose these battles, the fact that they are heard at all is an important step. Barriers are broken and precedents are set for the future. I'm tired of being a pessimist all the time. Excerpted from the Sydney Morning Herald. A federal judge for the first time in US history has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Hummingbirds are one of the joys of wintertime birding here in Louisiana. My friend Erik Johnson and I recently visited the home of Dr. Jeff Harris — a birder and research entomologist — who has up to six different species visiting his feeders each day this season. One of the highlights the morning of our visit was an immature male Calliope Hummingbird ( “Stellula” calliope ), whose gorget feathers have started to grow in.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Are you watching? This year is special, not only can you follow along with Meep The Bird on Twitter , but you might find your furry friend! The players this year are adoptable! Visit Petfinder.com and Animal Planet to learn more.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
I don't usually post anything cute, but I have to do this at least once.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Richard Fried spent 2011 doing a New York State Big Year and managed to top the record of 350 species which was only set in 2008 by Scott Whittle. Richard totaled 352 species, an impressive number, by seeing almost all of the regularly occurring New York birds and the vast majority of the rarities that showed up in 2011. He kindly agreed to answer ten questions via email about this big year and this post is the result.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
During my time in Florida I only saw two birds on nests, which is not terribly surprising considering that I was there at the end of January. Most birds, after all, wait until spring. But when you see the two birds on nests that I spotted you will understand why I thought that two was more than enough. Birding at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival is really pretty darn cool… Great Horned Owl on nest Bald Eagle on nest Sorry for such a short post – the next one will be lo
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
I was expecting Pine Siskins here. After all, there are pines. There are thistles and willows and all the other things Pine Siskins enjoy. Like so many nomads human and otherwise, the Pine Siskins are pleased to call this valley home base. But I wasn’t expecting so many. I was used to Pine Siskin, singular, a hidden prize in a crackerjack flock of American Goldfinch , earned with much digging.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Amazingly, it was a visiting birder from New York who discovered Neotropic Cormorants breeding in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Congratulations to Ardith Bondi for the great find ! a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Yee-haw! The New York Football Giants have won the Super Bowl for the second time in 4 years. Not too shabby! Not only does my football team end up on top, but now I get my Sundays back! This weekend, however, I didn’t see any special birds, unless you count the bird M.I.A. flipped during the Super Bowl halftime show or maybe that handsome Varied Thrush in the opening credits of Twin Peaks.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Derek Kverno has already created epic blog travelogues of his stints in Ecuador and Tanzania. Now he’s moved to Brazil , which means we get to vicariously explore the avifauna of another bird-rich country. Awesome! a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Ever wonder why displaying a disrespectful middle finger is called flipping the bird ? Brian Palmer at Slate breaks down birds’ long association with taunting. Anyone who’s recently missed a target bird (perhaps a Black Rail ) can relate! a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Okay, I meant to write an entertaining post. I honestly did. But I have been sick with different kinds and forms of cold since the beginning of December with no interruption, and so has my entire family. And I am sick of winter, too: first there was no winter at all, with scarcely a night below freezing all through December and January and only rain, rain, rain.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
This week we were very lucky to have the third record of a Greater Frigatebird for Broome. We had seen one of the other two recorded birds during a cyclonic event a few years ago. This was a very odd record, as we didn’t get the strong winds associated with Cyclone Iggy, as it was too busy being dizzy and ended up going all around the coast of Western Australia and crossing the coast as a bad weather event on Thursday this week close to Perth!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Out into the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles from the coast of Senegal, lies an archipelago of islands known as Cape Verde. On the most popular tourist island of Sal, I was lucky to encounter the Hoopoe Lark , a bird of desert and dune. The Hoopoe Lark has only just recently been found to be breeding on the island of Sal, but just on the outskirts of the southernmost town of Santa Maria, it has found the perfect environment in the Dunas de Santa Maria.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Many of us are in the midst of a winter that never was heading towards a Valentine’s Day that may never be. If you have romantic plans this weekend, make reservations in advance. If love isn’t in the air in your immediate vicinity, why not birding? I’ll be headed up to the lakefront this weekend; apparently somebody close to me is psycho enough to be planning a Polar Plunge.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
You all know the drill. There are three images of birds or parts of birds below and your job is to figure out what they are. Please use the complete common name of each species and indicate which image correlates to each of your answers when you put them in the comments. The winner gets nothing but pride and the losers get nothing but shame. But those who view this quiz and do not answer will catch the bird flu and die – either that or bird uncontrollably for the rest of your life.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
To share his ire, Nick of The Birdist has compiled his “ 10 Least Favorite Birding Listserv Posts ” and I must say that he is pretty spot on. a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
This is an interesting article based on the research of Mark Berres into the genetic diversity of different populations of eastern Sandhill Cranes. a.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
This week we were very lucky to have the third record of a Great Frigatebird for Broome. We had seen one of the other two recorded birds during a cyclonic event a few years ago. This was a very odd record, as we didn’t get the strong winds associated with Cyclone Iggy, as it was too busy being dizzy and ended up going all around the coast of Western Australia and crossing the coast as a bad weather event on Thursday this week close to Perth!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2012
It has been almost two weeks since the text message that said “ Gray Kingbird Viera Wetlands.” The person who sent the text was the same person who sent the text message that had sent me running after a Grace’s Warbler less than a month earlier. How does a single birder manage to make me drop everything two times in one month, in incidents separated by over a thousand miles?
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