10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

The family Picathartidae consists of two very unusual birds; White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes , endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa; and Gray-necked or Red-headed , restricted to Lower Guinea forests of Central Africa. Their strange appearance and habit of communally nesting in rock overhangs and caves has given them their alternative name of rockfowl , and before that the rather charming ‘ Bald-headed Crow ‘ Further illustrating their unusual long-tailed, yet

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 9, 2012

While dog ear infections are not generally a serious condition, they can turn into one pretty quick. They are also very uncomfortable for your dog, so it is important to identify them as soon as possible so you can begin treatment as soon as possible. There are many ways a dog can contract an ear infection. If your dog spends a lot of time in moist conditions such as swimming, he may be prone to getting an ear infection.

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Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2012

I don't support the destruction of property or any physical threats against people who harm animals whether through medical testing or through conventional agriculture. It does nothing but make the targets more wedded to their positions and it garners sympathy from the general public. And, this happened in Fresno County which is in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

I was going to continue talking about birding in Sydney today, but an incident on Friday needs to be addressed quickly, before the immediacy of the memory is gone. It concerns the nature of wildlife in Australia, and is perhaps the most remarked about aspect of Australia’s wildlife, at least the impression you’d get if you’ve ever watched ten minutes of Animal Planet.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

While people tend to consider penguins in terms of black and white, every once in a while one of these dapper divers drops the tuxedo for something along the lines of a summer seersucker… White Chinstrap Penguin © David Stephens, Lindblad Expeditions Used with permission Guests and expedition staff aboard Lindblad Expeditions’ National Geographic Explorer were treated to a rare sighting of this rare nearly all-white leucistic Chinstrap Penguin waddling its way through the Aitcho Islands in

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

It’s tough being a New Jersey birder. Jersey has always gotten a bad rap in general (the smells of the turnpike, the Jersey shore, the governor), and in the world of birding, the state often seems to be symbolized by two words: Cape May. And yes, Cape May is incredibly wonderful, with its hawk watch and its migrant birds funneling through in fall, but there are other wonderful places in which to bird in the state.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2012

The evocatively named Lake Panic is overlooked by a thatched, rustic style hide in one of the most delicious settings that a birder is ever likely to encounter. The bird life of Kruger National Park appears to be distilled into a small area surrounding the hide and they seem oblivious to the observers with their battery of lenses poking out from the wooden building.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2012

It had to happen eventually! We have all been waiting for the rain to arrive and it seems to be later this Wet Season. The frogs must have been wondering what was going on, but now they are happy. It’s not “rain” here until we get over 10mm in a downpour, which has now officially happened and it looks like we have plenty more rain ahead.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

One of the things that has vexed me about my fellow bird watchers is the inability to read signs. Well, that’s not fair. It’s the acute ability by many bird watchers to ignore signs. I’ve heard several excuses from, “It’s a great way for the land owner to get to know me,” to “no one is going to notice,” to “it’s a stupid rule,” or in the case of airports, “I’m doing them a service by being another set of eyes to watch

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

My name is Nate. And I keep county lists. I realize that this admission tars me as the most obsessive and compulsive among a community of obsessive-compulsives. I realize that listing is a reviled in birding culture as it is celebrated, and more listing even more so, but hear me out here. I mean to make the argument that county listing is birding at its most pure, the ultimate combination of the two warring angels that sit upon each one of our shoulders.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2012

Originally found on Saturday, 7 January, by Peter Priolo, the Barnacle Goose in these pictures has been present on Eastport Lake in Eastport, New York, since, though it does fly out to feed in nearby fields from time to time. I *ahem* coincidentally happened to be in the area on the day after it was found and enjoyed decent scope views from the sidewalk on Main Street looking north into the lake.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

It is only two weeks from today that I will be in sun-drenched and bird-rich Florida, reveling in potential life birds, frolicking with fellow birders, and having a grand old time. Why? Because I will be at the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival ! Having never birded Florida before I really can’t wait to see an Anhinga , a Florida Scrub-Jay , a Limpkin.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2012

Just two weekends into 2012, I already love this year. No doubt the weather has something to do with it; Rochester, NY may historically be one of the United States’ snowiest metropolitan areas, but we’ve been basking in almost vernal weather. Plus my New York Football Giants just advanced in the first round of the NFL playoffs. Sure, I’m likely omitting some other far more important factors involving family, friends, and professional success, but the little things mean a lot.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2012

As of today, 8 January 2012, the Mountain Bluebirds in New York’s Suffolk County and Ontario’s Wellington County are both being seen. Both have stuck it out for awhile now and neither shows any signs of moving on, odd for birds that, from what I understand, tend to stick for a brief time when they are out of range. Anyone care to proffer an explanation?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

It’s a mixed bag for our most charismatic of North American waders this week. While the ultralight aircraft leading a flock of young Whooping Cranes to Florida may again take to the skies , that good news is tempered by the effects of the drought in Texas , which has already led to the death of at least one Whooping Crane there. a.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2012

Researchers at Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama conducting a two-year study focusing on the diets of Tiger Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico have made an alarming discovery: not only are these sharks eating the expected fish and other assorted marine organisms, but they’re also eating land-based songbirds! ABC reports that the sharks are now known to devour migrating birds such as woodpeckers, tanagers, meadowlarks, catbirds, kingbirds, and swallows.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

While Birding the Choco Region near Esmeraldas we had an amazing day with many raptors at the Botrosa Road. We had some very nice looks at Black Hawk-Eagle , Semiplumbeous Hawk, Double toothed Kite, Laughing Falcon , and two others not yet positively identified. Black Hawk-Eagle Semiplumbeous Hawk Laughing Falcon Double-toothed Kite a.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2012

Three weekends into this new year, I still can’t make sense of it. If you live in the northeastern United States, you may be wondering if you’ll ever see winter again. If you live along the coast of Alaska’s Prince William Sound, on the other hand, you may wonder if you’ll make it to spring ! The birds this year seem to be as unpredictable as the weather, at least in Corey’s immediate vicinity.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 12, 2012

Do you ever forget to buy your pet food? Oh no, of course we would never do that, right? Although, there have been some close calls before where we have almost run out of food because the local pet store was out of stock. And let’s be honest, sometimes it’s a pain to have to make a special trip just to pick up some food or treats. Mr.Chewy is a site where you can order your food online, and even schedule it for regular delivery!

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Critter News

JANUARY 10, 2012

Once again, the wonderful Mercy for Animals provides footage of possible abuse of turkeys at a Butterball farm in North Carolina. The full story is at CNN.

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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2012

This is good news, at least in my opinion. Full article in the Gainesville Sun. An Alachua County Circuit Court judge has ordered the University of Florida to provide an animal rights activist with records on primates involved in research. Camille Marino of Wildwood, who founded the group Negotiation is Over, received the records last week. She said she plans to use them to continue a campaign against animal research at UF, which recently included the online posting of the layout of UF laborator

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2012

Here’s hoping they get off the ground again soon! a.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 11, 2012

Don’t forget to add your Wordless Wednesday links to the blog hop:

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2012

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2012

Most birders, including the American Ornithologists’ Union, accept Kumlien’s Gull as a subspecies of Iceland Gull. Others say that Kumlien’s Gull is a subspecies of Thayer’s Gull. Still others say that Thayer’s Gull , Iceland Gull , and Kumlien’s Gull are all a single species and we all are kidding ourselves by pretending otherwise.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

I must say that I never expected us at 10,000 Birds to receive an email asking us if we wanted to review a DVD made from a company dedicated to producing “children’s nature resources (from a Creation perspective).” After all, my views on creationism are pretty darn clear. Nonetheless, I thought it might be interesting and informative to review a DVD put out by Crowe’s Nest Media , a family owned and operated company, which is how I found a copy of Your Backyard: A young b

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