4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Yes ladies and gentlemen, the fall season is officially upon us. It’s that magical time of year when a turkey themed thanksgiving and a candy heavy Halloween on the horizon make us more than happy to swap our sexy swimsuits for sweaters. Likewise, the four-legged member of the family is equally happy to see the leaves hit the ground. While we may not be too excited to see the mercury drop, we’ve also never had to wear a fur coat through the summer.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

A while back I asked the question, How much bird is there, anyway? which was a comparative look at apparent, visible, often in your face biomass we observe when we as diurnal primates look around us. I had noted that if you took a quick look around you’d think there were a lot of birds and very few mammals. Of course, a lot of the mammals would be hiding.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Today is Blog the Change day, a special day where bloggers write about animal causes near and dear to them. So today I want to tell you about my personal favorite, Best Friends Animal Society. Above is a photo of Flat Buster. Buster is the mascot for Strut Your Mutt , an amazing event where dog lovers come together to raise money for Best Friends. But what we love most about Best Friends is that they don’t just help dogs, they help birds, cats, horses, and more!

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 15, 2012

If you haven’t cooked for your dog, this might be a great place to start! Not only can you create a special, and healthy, treat for your favorite dog, but the great part is you can share it together! Enjoy this video from Alan Ahtow, one of Hairy Putter’s uprights. He will show you exactly how to make the baked frittatas (great for those who haven’t done so before).

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 19, 2012

5 easy ways to keep your pets and your gadgets safe. Whether you’re concerned about man’s best friend getting caught up in your computer cords or your purr machine eating the buttons off of your stereo pets of all kinds need a little assistance when it comes to getting into mischief. Protecting your pet in your home starts with putting down the toilet lid, securing the garbage, and putting away stray things that they can mistake for food.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Where to Place Your Birdcage By Ernie Allison. So you’ve got a new pet bird. It looks pretty and healthy, and he/she seems to get along with you well enough. You’ve got a good cage and included everything your bird should need (newspaper lining the bottom of the cage, some toys, some bird seed, etc.). All you need to do is set the cage down somewhere and you’re good to go, right?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Ever since part of assignment at work has involved me spending time in Bayonne, New Jersey, I have found time before or after meetings to get out for short birding outings in a couple of the parks with better habitat in Bayonne. My favorite birding thus far is the combination of Stephen R. Craig County Park and Richard A. Rutkowski Park, both on the east shore of Newark Bay, with the hum of traffic from the turnpike bridge over the bay always in the background. ( Back in the spring I called the

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2012

It was a real pleasure to have a friend and colleague, Simon, accompany me on a visit to Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Miami this week. His good company was surpassed only by his keen eye that picked out a Mangrove Cuckoo lifer for me and a roosting Common Nighthawk. My experience of Common Nighthawks had previously been at dusk as they begin hunting for the night.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2012

There are plenty of stories about all the awful things that happen to birds, like getting covered in oil or smuggled n some dude’s underpants into another country, and about the things we should be doing about it. But what about the things that the birds are doing about it. Yes, your average Winter Wren looks like a perfectly harmless handful of grams of feathers, but is that tiny exterior hiding the heart of a killer?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Catherine Hamilton has been the first to get all three species correct in the last two diabolical wood-warbler quizzes. If she gets three in a row it will show she is the best birder in the world and Felonious Jive will suffer the sad misfortune of dropping to second place. This quiz is a diabolical to the extreme and if anyone manages all three I will be surprised.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Of all the billions of things that keep wildlife rehabilitators from sleeping at night, public releases are one of the big ones. Ideally, we like to release birds where they came from (as long as it’s not a dangerous area), and with as little fanfare as possible. Releases are magical, of course, and they’re what make our insane way of life worth it, so you want to share the feeling … but not with too big a crowd.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Old world warblers are difficult for North American birders. That is obvious. Rather than trying to learn them North American birders are well-advised to do all of your birding in areas where old world warblers might be encountered in the company of old world birders. It makes things much easier. But if you are a North American birder and you insist upon trying to learn the old world warblers you can do worse than to start with the Great Reed Warbler.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

What is up with the birding community in the northern part of the US recently? Have we all gone completely mental? I recently heard Kenn Kaufman refer to the birding community as a family and on the one hand I like that idea, but one the other, I feel like it’s one big uncomfortable Thanksgiving Dinner with odd relatives and awkward conversations and all you can think about is drinking as much as possible or eating extra dessert to keep from verbally exploding.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Sports lovers enjoyed a veritable smorgasbord of superior athletic entertainment this weekend, at least in the United States. Then again, birding culture offered a surprising slate of events as well. From The Big Sit to Focus on Diversity II to the general madness of fall migration, the last few days had something for everyone. I must not be getting out enough, because I was thrilled to find a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers : usually butter-butts are distractions, not attractions.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I managed to persuade my wife that I was devoid of any material to write about for ‘those good people in the US’ last week and that there was nothing else for it but to catch a plane somewhere interesting to ensure I had something to post. Thumbing through the cheap flight destinations from the local airport and trying to figure where might offer the chance of something different in early October without breaking the bank I was drawn to the short hop over to Ireland.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2012

I’m on the move this weekend. With hope, some interesting birds are as well. How about you? I’ll be in NYC but unlikely to be birding this weekend. With hope, rare raptors will attend my passage along the highway. Corey will mostly be watching Cardinals this weekend but may find time for more natural bird watching! How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), often touted as the most dangerous in the world due to its powerful kick when provoked, is a large, flightless bird native to the tropical rainforests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and a handful of islands in the Moluccas. In addition, since the species is popularly kept as a pet or reared for meat by the local peoples, historical trading has resulted in small introduced populations occurring on other islands in the region such as New Brit

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Check out this terrific video on the ABA blog. You will never look at Evening Grosbeaks quite the same way!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Wow. Just to run a local Audubon Society… Hat-tip to Shaz.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Because this. Hat-tip to Shawn Billerman.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

There’s really no more quintessentially southeastern bird than the Pine Warbler. You can argue that large waders of Florida are flashier or that the secretive Bachman’s Sparrow elicit more respect, and sure, Pine Warblers nest as far north as southern Canada so how can they really be southeastern, but if you raise these points I think you fail to realize how truly prolific Pine Warblers are in the south.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2012

When songbirds endeavor to head hundreds or thousands of miles south they are risking everything in order to find a place that they can winter and hopefully survive in order to head back north and breed. Migration is the single most dangerous thing that birds do and many don’t survive as Greg pointed out in his recent post. Humans have made migration much more difficult with our roads, our huge glass buildings, our rapacious appetite for development, our introduction of predators.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2012

On our recent trip to Kununurra on the Western Australia/Northern Territory border we camped right next to the Hidden Valley National Park , because you are not allowed to camp in the park itself. There were walk trails into the park from the camping area and although the park is not particularly large it is very spectacular. There had been bad fires throughout the Kimberley and access to many areas was restricted and the famous Bungle Bungles National Park was closed due to fires.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 17, 2012

While most cats and dogs may not enjoy getting dressed up, some pets will have a blast dressing up alongside you and your kids for Halloween. However, while you might invest a lot of time and effort into your own costume, it can be tough to justify an expensive costume for your pet that may wind up torn to shreds. Luckily, there are plenty of ways that you can dress up your pet and save some extra money for bowls of candy.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 18, 2012

This fun infographic poses an interesting question; what if dogs had credit cards? What do you think your dog would spend money on?

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