4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 13, 2012

Please, please, please, spread the word about this to everyone you know. Too many times I have seen dogs (and even children), left alone in a car on a hot day. It’s dangerous. It’s deadly. It’s just plain stupid. And here is what happens to your beloved dog when you leave them in a car on a hot day. via AskAVetQuestion.com. And if you see one left in a car, go in and notify someone at the store to page the owner, call the non-emergency police phone number and have them come ope

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

A common question that I get from the eastern region of the US in midsummer is, “Where have my hummingbirds gone?” or “I only have one, did they all die in that recent storm?” My first question is, “How old is your nectar? Hummingbird nectar goes bad after two days if it’s in direct sun and five days if it’s in the shade.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 8, 2012

Cruelty is manifested in different ways. People can rightly be judged cruel either for what they do or for what they fail to do, and either for what they feel or for what they fail to feel. The central case of cruelty appears to be the case where, in Locke's apt phrase, one takes "a seeming kind of Pleasure" in causing another to suffer. Sadistic torturers provide perhaps the clearest example of cruelty in this sense: they are cruel not just because they cause suffering (so do dentists and docto

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2012

Author Sherrida Woodley finds inspiration in bygone birds; the dearly departed Passenger Pigeon plays a pivotal role in her award-winning bio-thriller, Quick Fall of Light. However, equally inspiring to Sherri are renowned birders and naturalists from earlier times. After experiencing the Rachel Carson Commemorative in Duxbury, MA, she was moved to share some little-known facts about this tremendously influential nature writer’s interest in birds… I was thirteen when my mother

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2012

A large roost of Purple Martins at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is considered a nuisance because of their droppings so they are being sprayed with fire hoses. Seriously. You can email the director of the memorial at kw@oklahomacitynationalmem orial.org and you should, but don’t expect any remorse or concern, just a form-written response about how gross the bird poop is. a.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2012

I live near a small zoo. All of the animals, birds and reptiles who live there are native species who were once injured, have gone through rehabilitation, and ended up with a permanent disability which prevented their return to the wild. Local people who unexpectedly end up with injured wildlife in their cars tend to beeline for the zoo; especially if they have no cell phone.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

Every part of the world has it’s suite of parking lot staples, those urbanish species that seem to prefer to linger about humanity subsisting in no small amount to the magnanimity, or more likely the laziness, of humankind. With the proliferation of those erstwhile invaders, House Sparrow , European Starling , and Rock Pigeon , there a lot of homogeneity among these species, which is a shame because what parking lot birds generally lack in beauty they more than make up for in charisma.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2012

I’ve already written about trying my hand at iScoping through my binoculars using the Meopta MeoPix iScoping adapter and, since then, I have spent quite a bit of time coupling my iPhone with my Swarovski scope using a slightly larger version of the handy new adapter. I must say, I like the results! Using the 55 mm adapter with the 20-60X zoom eyepiece on my scope means that the adapter is rather loose, so I used a strip of folded paper bag wrapped around the eyepiece to make it large enoug

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2012

Have you ever enjoyed one of those brilliant birding expeditions, the outing where every target species takes its cue with machine precision? Of course we’ve all experienced the excruciating opposite of such an excursion, but when waves of new birds practically clamor for attention in quick succession, the feeling is exhilarating. Such was my introduction to Aripo Savannah in Trinidad.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2012

AutoAnything has joined forces with 4loveofanimals.com to give away a Dog Whisperer pet travel product. Now you can take your lovely dogs wherever you go while keeping your seats dust free. AutoAnything lets you choose one of the four fashionable Cesar Millan pet travel products below. Each of the pet travel products are built for heavy duty usage and they deliver on all your travel needs.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2012

Ambrose Bierce, one of my literary heroes, crafted a supremely cynical lexicon called The Devil’s Dictionary. Though it’s over 100 years old, the work still has teeth and is worth a read. I’ve been considering a similar work called The Birder’s Dictionary. The first entry I have in mind is the definition of the word doldrums … July!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2012

This here blog has contributed a great deal to the birding and technology debate and particular attention has been given to the iPhone, see earlier posts from Mike and Corey amongst others. I’m an iPhone owner, I recently upgraded to a four to allow me access to a greater range of apps than my old 3G was able to offer. I’ve long been a convert to the iPhone as a superb tool for birding, variously using it in the field to report news via phone, text, email, access news via the fantast

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2012

The ongoing online debate about whether Old World or New World warblers are more wonderful isn’t just confined to 10,000 Birds. Round Robin , the Cornell Blog of Ornithology, covers some of the finer points of who’s got the best warblers and why. a.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2012

The most common finch to enter our garden for water and food is the Double-barred Finch and there are up to two dozen visiting every day. They line up on our pretend power line and then enter the garden. They gather nesting material and drink and bathe at our watering points and then return to the bush over the back fence. This year has been different as we have a new visitor-the Zebra Finch.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2012

Starting on Sunday, 15 July, and continuing for a full seven days will be a cute, fuzzy, adorable, bundle of a theme week. That’s right, 15 July – 21 July is Baby Bird Week here on 10,000 Birds! The bird-blogosphere will never be the same again. Can you handle the cuteness? a.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2012

Am I the only one having a hard time remembering whether I’m dealing with a weekday or a weekend? The mid-week Independence Day celebration definitely discombobulated me, but even more disorienting is this gorgeous summer weather. Other Americans may be sweltering. For all I know, Australia is in the midst of a Little Ice Age. But for the moment in Rochester, every day feels like a sweet, sweet Saturday!

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 11, 2012

Yesterday we celebrated our bird’s “gotcha day”! She has been a part of our family for 10 years, and we have been her only home. Did you know that birds usually go through 2-3 homes in their lives? Sadly they are often turned over many times due to their long lifespans, or because of behavior issues which often are caused by people being unaware of their needs; birds are smart and need a lot of interaction and socialization with their people.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 7, 2012

It can be a leap into your arms, a friendly lick or a little nuzzle on your cheek. The warm welcome a pet provides to his/her owner when they come home is one that cannot be beat! Adopt-a-Pet.com launched the “Best Welcome Home Ever,” public service campaign intended to increase pet adoptions that will showcase all the silly, crazy and hilarious ways that pets greet their owners, and you can be a part of it!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

New York City’s premiere wildlife refuge proved to be no refuge for Canada Geese on Monday morning as federal agents rounded up 711 geese – including goslings – and packed them up for a trip to upstate New York where they will be gassed and their meat will be provided to food banks. Forty more geese were captured at a nearby landfill earlier. a.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 8, 2012

This is too cute for words, and I think that our Maltese, Baby, needs one of these for the coming cold weather! An adorable DIY if I ever saw one! Do you think we could make one for our bird too? Source: dog-milk.com via Tillman on Pinterest.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

It’s good when birds know where to cross the street but it is bad when they pick up humanity’s bad habits. a.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2012

On New Year’s Day, 2013, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 2013 Tournament of Roses festivities. Dr. Goodall will ride in the 124 th Rose Parade presented by Honda and themed “Oh, the Places You’ll Go! ” She will then toss the coin before the 99 th Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 9, 2012

You might recognize one of the owls in the video below. They are all very sweet. VICE went to Italy to play, squeeze, hug, and cuddle some of the most adorable owls in the land! Luckily they made a video that we can share with you!

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Animal Ethics

JULY 9, 2012

A professional football player has gone vegan. It's not clear whether he's doing it for moral reasons, for health reasons, or both.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, experts have determined that the current rate of bird extinction is somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 times the background rate. More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. It’s a subject I’ve thought a lot about over the years, pretty much since I first started studying biology at undergraduate level.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2012

Sucked In By Cat Commercialism. When you first bring home your new kitten or cat, you go to the pet store for the first time and can’t believe what you are seeing. Little cat condos! Lots of feathers on sticks! Rolling balls that have bells, feathers, catnip and everything but the cat itself! Cute, cozy pet beds and even clothes for your new feline friend.

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