10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Scientists at The Center for Conservation Biology have announced that Machi, a Whimbrel that they have tracked via a satellite transmitter for over two years and 44,000 kilometers (27,000 miles) was gunned down on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe (French West Indies). This is a bird that flew over 3,400 miles in one flight from Brazil to South Carolina, an amazing bird that is representative of every other Whimbrel.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
A wonderful new series on Nat Geo WILD this Tuesday, September 13th and Wednesday, September 14. Nat Geo WILD takes viewers around the world to follow dedicated people working to save Nature’s Miracle Babies – often the last hope for critically vulnerable species. Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
I've read some pretty disgusting stuff in writing this blog, but this just pisses me off. As a Portuguese-American, I hate bullfights.and they even have the stupid things in California. Townspeople in Tordesillas spear a bull to death in some festival tradition dating back to medieval times. It's a "cultural asset." Disgusting. Excerpted from the Montreal Gazette.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
This last week I was out with a falconer that had an absolutely stunning pale form Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ) and the beauty of this wonderful bird really touched me. Well, to be honest, seeing this stunning raptor with jesses on a pole in an SUV wasn’t exactly the happiest of moments, but as soon as he took to wing, he blew my mind. But this gets me back to my original question, something that has been bouncing about within me for a good few years: “is falconry a good thing?
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
Penguins. The birds that wear tuxedos and star in major motion pictures. People call them “flightless birds&# but they do in fact fly; They just do it underwater. They are almost totally restricted to the southern hemisphere (but some live very close to the equator). They eat only seafood, including fish, squid, krill and other organisms. Artists rendition of Inkayacu paracasensis There are 17 living species of penguins, which make up their own Linnean family (Spheniscidae), which is the o
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
By the time you read this post I will still be in New York but I’ll be looking forward to leaving for the 2011 Midwest Birding Symposium in Lakeside, Ohio. Kind of. Mostly. Why would I not be wholeheartedly gung-ho about going to what is unanimously and resoundingly considered an excellent, fun, exciting, star-studded, bird-filled, and magnificent event?
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
The Little Blue Heron , like most (all?) herons and egrets, flies with its neck bent and its head drawn in close to the body so that it sometimes appears neckless but always looks like a heron. Except sometimes they don’t. This was the downfall of an extremely competent New York City birder who recently saw a large wading bird fly by at a distance at Jamaica Bay with its neck extended.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
I was somewhere around Pittsburgh on the edge of Ohio when the boredom began to kick in. Instead of talking on the cell phone, singing along to the radio or do other activities that drivers everywhere do to stave off boredom I decided to grab my camera and document my trip from the eastern edge of Ohio all the way to beautiful Lakeside where the 2011 Midwest Birding Symposium was about to kick off.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
Since watching robo-whimbrels took a sudden morbid turn , let’s follow migrating loons! The U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) is tracking the migrations of Common Loons sporting satellite transmitters. USGS scientists are in it for the avian botulism data, but you’ll love their cool website complete with animations of where each loon ends its day.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
How was your weekend? Mine was fun and footballtastic. In fact, a game is on even as I write this, which means I’ve got no time for idle banter. The best birds of my weekend were Seahawks, Eagles, Falcons, Cardinals, And Ravens. Am I the only one here excited about the return of NFL football? Corey had a hard time choosing his best bird of the weekend.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
To help those affected by the Texas wildfires, select VCA Animal Hospitals in the state of Texas (in and around both Austin and Houston) are offering free boarding for companion animals. Here is a list of those who are available to help: Austin-area hospitals: VCA Ben White Animal Hospital. VCA Northwest Hills Animal Hospital. VCA Tanglewood Animal Hospital.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
All of us who identify ourselves as birders are thrillingly familiar with the sense of discovery, accomplishment, and even adventure that goes hand in glove with the personal quest to observe and understand avifauna. Alas, we’re also intimately acquainted with darker emotions; the lust in our hearts alone (for lifers and optics, naturally) exacts a heavy emotional toll.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
San Francisco is poised to join Toronto and Chicago as a major city with legislation meant to help protect birds from crashing into buildings. In related news, many fewer birds got confused by the “Tribute in Light&# for 9/11 this year. a.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Few issues of our day are as huge, in scope or in implication, as climate change. The task of wrestling this topic down into something that the human mind can manage, without losing sight of the big picture because it’s snowing in Buffalo, is likely to be the task of a lifetime for many science communicators. All sorts of tools are needed in this work, from highly technical reports to novels and popular nonfiction, and from localized accounts to vast overviews.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
It has been quite some time since the last diabolical quiz and this quiz will more than make up for lost time. Each and every image in this quiz was taken in the last week in Queens, New York. You will never guess all three images correctly no matter how hard you try. But if, somehow, you manage to get all three correct then Rick Perry will agree that climate change is happening and is caused by humanity, Michele Bachmann will agree that you can’t pray away the gay, Ron Paul will acknow
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
There were three of us that made the trip to the famed Black Dirt region of Orange County, New York yesterday. We had as our goals spotting the reported Cattle Egret and Blue Grosbeaks and as many shorebirds as could be found in the flooded environs. You see, the Black Dirt region, an agricultural area known for its amazingly dark and fertile soils, is essentially a flood plain and when rain falls in the quantities it has recently in New York from regular rainstorms and from Hurricane Irene a
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
And while we’re working to ban captive boar hunts in New York why not ban all captive hunts? Real hunters don’t shoot animals raised in captivity or animals that are penned in, do they? a.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Or, at least, people don’t know where the famous penguin is after the transmitter attached to him stopped broadcasting his location. No information about his location has been received since 9 September. Here’s hoping Happy Feet is alive and well and hasn’t become some other creature’s dinner! Happy Feet, an Emperor Penguin , first came to the world’s attention in June when he was found beached in New Zealand. a.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
I photographed this amazing bird yesterday at Utuana Reserve in the South of Ecuador. Too busy to write more. enjoy! a.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
If you are looking for a little cuteness, and a whole bunch of “awe&# , then you must check out the truly unlikely friendships, in Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships ! Such adorable pairings of surprising friends. The stories are a wonderful way to show children, and adults, that differences really don’t matter all that much.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Many factors can make a pet seem “less adoptable&# , from special needs, to age, and even just the color of their fur! To help find homes for these special pets Petfinder has designated Sept. 17-25, 2011, as “Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week.&#. Shelters and rescue groups will nominate a very special pet in their care who is waiting for a home.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
And so long as designers refrain from using wild-bird feathers this is a good thing. Check out the bird print ! a.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Meet your dog’s new best friend, the Fatboy Doggielounge ! Baby recently got a chance to try one for herself thanks to the kind folks at Inmod.com (an online shop with modern furniture, lighting, and home goods). As you can see, she is enjoying it! We loved the many color options, and especially the adorable bone graphic on the front of the lounge.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
While I'm not a fan of using animal hearts for transplants, I'm far more sympathetic to that than to simply using their parts for human vanity consumption. But the seal industry doesn't care. They'll exploit anything to try to save their barbaric trade and, if they can use guilt, even better. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald. Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may b
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Megan Blake and her dog have taken the Flash Mob idea to new heights, using it to spread the word for pet adoption! We love that she did this, and if you would like to know more about her and the work she is doing you can visit her Megan Hearts Pets website or her YouTube channel where you can see all of the videos.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Want to show the world just how much you love your dog? If so, Freaky Dog People has just what you need. I recently got a chance to try one of their shirts, now known as the most comfortable shirt in my entire closet, and not only is it well made, it has started more than one conversation about our dog! The shirt is 100% organic cotton, super soft, and fits really well.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Join the fun and visit other animal lovers as they share their Wordless Wednesday photos:
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
Over the few weeks since I arrived in Busan to join Grant there has been a gradual change in the weather. It has finally become less humid since Typhoon Talas came close last week, but did not cause us to have the torrential rain that Japan experienced. They are still busy repairing tracks on the mountains in preparation for autumn hikers since the rains last month.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
Irene sends her love. As might be expected she was feeling a little weaker after crossing the Atlantic and wasn’t quite the ‘big lady’ that she was on your side of the pond. Let’s just say she’d mellowed a little on the journey over. She brought gifts of course and for those we’re mostly grateful. The name Irene may have Greek origins but as it is occasionally translated as ‘Eirene’ there is some justice that the island that shares part of her name
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
My successful chase of a Northern Wheatear on Wednesday set my mind to churning and I decided to try to find something else to twitch on Friday morning before work. There were a host of great shorebirds in New York’s Orange County on Thursday early in the day but reports of roads being flooded out and the rather long distance, almost two hours travel from Queens, made that idea a reject.
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