4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 9, 2013
If there is one thing that Baby the Maltese loves, it is going for a ride in the car! Just say the word ride and she becomes a fluff ball of excitement, ready to hit the open road. She even has her own dog drivers license (you can make one for your pup with the Subaru Facebook app )! Have you ever thought of what a dog might look for if they were buying a car?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Italy has no national bird! How this sad state of affairs could possibly continue is beyond the ken of this bird blogger but it is certainly disturbing that such an illustrious country with such a rich history could lack a feathered ambassador. Some places on the web claim that the national bird of Italy is the “bluebird” but this is so untrue that it does not make sense.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island, is arguably the best place in the world to see albatrosses and petrels. Whereas much pelagic birding involves arduous trips out to continental shelves with nothing but gulls on the way, you pretty much start hitting albatrosses a few minutes out of the little harbour and they keep coming for the duration of the trip.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Purina ONE® showed the world how to really work the runway, turning heads at this year’s New York Fashion Week with cats on leashes during the 2013 Fall Collection Show by Tracy Reese, one of America’s most celebrated designers, on February 10. “The True Nature of Cats movement is about letting our cats be who they were born to be by providing proper nutrition and enriching experiences,” said Nida Bockert, Purina ONE spokesperson.
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. Must be from all that shoveling this weekend. But when life becomes most inconvenient, I become most impressed with those who blow past those inconveniences to pursue their passions. How did you pursue your (non-Valentine) passions this weekend? The Best Bird of my weekend was a partially leucistic House Sparrow that added some flavor to an otherwise drab feeding flock.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
Being part of the magnificence that is 10,000 Birds and getting to virtually hang out with some of the other bloggers can be entertaining and fun but occasionally there are downsides. I’m not referring to the increasingly prima dona-like demands of Mike and Corey, despite the repeated requests I can’t bring myself to address them as ‘Oh Great Ones’ if I have to send an email.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
How I’d love to be pelagic birding in New Zealand right now! What could be ( better / worse ) than the last dregs of winter? How about a week during that winter when your kids are not in school? How ( awesome / less than awesome ). Where I live, schools are closed next week for winter break, which seems an awfully long time to celebrate President’s Day.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) at Delevan NWR (click on photos for full sized images). The name Peregrine means “wanderer,” and northern-nesting Peregrines are among North America’s long-distance migratory species, some moving 25,000 kilometers every year. I’m sure most of you know that the Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species because of the use of organochlorine pesticides, especially DDT, during the 1950′s, 60′s, and 70′s.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
The Carolina Parakeet was extinct by 1918 and extinct in the wild by about 1904. The USA’s only truly indigenous parrot was wiped out by a combination of factors, although direct persecution through hunting seems to have been the major contributor. Today, if you want to see parrots in the USA you need look no further than Miami. Nearly 70 species of parrots have been recorded flying free at some stage or another in Miami, including Hyacinth Macaws.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
The national bird of Jamaica is the Red-billed Streamertail , known colloquially as the Doctor Bird and scientifically as Trochilus polytmus. It is endemic to the island of Jamaica, which means that Jamaica is the only place in the world where the Red-billed Streamertail can be found. Let’s pause a moment and drink in the splendor of this marvelous hummingbird.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
But if for some reason you do, don’t be surprised to end up with cracked ribs and as the star of a pretty amazing blooper video.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
What is a falcon, really? There was a time we thought we knew. Based on their physical attributes and lifestyle, falcons enjoyed a very long run as a founding member of the order Falconiformes, along with the rest of the diurnal raptor-y type birds like vultures and eagles and hawks and hawk-eagles. But the secrets that lie within their genes eventually became public, and it turns out that these arguably most impressive of the raptors (though even that term is less and less useful) are not, i
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2013
Pinnated Bittern If you are into marshes and birds, we have some interesting places to visit. One of my favorite sites is La Segua which is about 45 minutes away from Isla Corazon. These two sites can be visited from the beach town of Bahia de Caraquez which is a great place to visit. Unfortunately this place has been under lots of pressure from farmers who demand the fresh water for farming.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
You really should participate in The Great Backyard Bird Count this coming weekend, 15-18 February 2013. It’s an excuse to look at birds, you can participate from anywhere in the world, and, for the first time, you can enter your data easily through eBird ! What better way to enjoy birds than to do it while participating in a worldwide citizen science event?
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Hey I and the Bird fans! I need your falcon posts! If you have any blog post about those sickle-winged quasi-raptors from any point in your online writing history burning a hole in your blog, send them over to me BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY! Send those posts to naswick AT gmail.com. Make sure you put IATB in the subject line. And look for the new I and the Bird right here at 10,000 Birds on Thursday morning!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 10, 2013
Over Christmas we saw a half-price sale on airline tickets to the east coast of Australia and thought of all the places that we have never visited and all of the possibilities for birding. We thought of the year list and the idea was in our heads… let’s go birding and camping and see what we can find. We already knew we were heading down the coast from Broome to the Pilbara for a few weeks work and we would see some new birds there, but the job was not going to last long and we shoul
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
February 12 is Darwin Day , the birthday of the brilliant author of On The Origin of Species. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth , which nature lovers everywhere should celebrate joyously. We find reasons to praise Darwin on this blog all the time and explain why in this post, first published in 2009. The name of this humble website is based on a round number, a very round one indeed considering the shape of all those zeroes. 10,000 is the approximate number o
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Swarovski Optik has proven their generosity to bird bloggers once again by thoughtfully allowing me the use of one of their marvelous new modular spotting scopes, the STX 30-70 X 95. (You can read all about my first exposure to them in this review.) Unfortunately, the arrival of the behemoth that is a scope with a 95 mm objective lens was timed rather poorly, coming as it did just before the blizzard hit the east coast.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
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4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Happy Valentine’s Day! Will you be spending your day with your dog? Yahoo News! reported that one in five people would prefer to spend Valentine’s Day with their pet over their partner. The Honest Kitchen , a family-owned company that makes healthy, dehydrated pet foods, knows just the reasons why. Click the image to see it larger. We hope you have a great Valentine’s day, no matter who you are spending it with!
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Canine Campers Express Puppy Love for Bo with Paw-Print Valentine. The doggy day campers at Best Friends Pet Care in Chicago were paw deep in paint this week, creating a special Valentine card for First Dog Bo Obama. The dogs paw-signed a heart-shaped card as a mark of their deep puppy love for the First Pup. The six panel fold-out card reads “Happy Valentine’s Day from the Doggy Day Campers at Best Friends in Chicago” and was paw-printed by 24 camp dogs including Sasha, Mavis, Indigo, Asa, and
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Happy Valentine’s Day, bird lovers and lovebirds alike! If you need something to get you in the mood (romantic or otherwise) today, allow us to suggest the sensual stylings from last year’s critically acclaimed Bird Love Week.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 9, 2013
Valentine’s day is almost here, and Minted has some of the cutest stuff around for the holiday! Everything from cards, to notebooks, and party decorations, and even art prints! We are excited because not only do we get to have a print made for ourselves (the one you see in the photo), we get to give one away to a lucky reader! The winner will get to choose one 8×10 framed print from Minted.
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
In honor of Valentine’s Day I ordered some heart shaped chocolate from Rescue Chocolate. Obviously the chocolates are just for the humans, but 100% of the net proceeds goes to animal rescue groups! Isn’t that the best? Tasty chocolate that helps animals. We can’t wait to try the Wild at Heart chocolates (raspberry ganache inside dark chocolate hearts).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
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