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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

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A Birdy New Year! This article is about the parrots we have, not the ones we wish we had. Here in Germany, we don’t wish we had. Because we never have had. But now that we do have, and while we may or rather should wish we had not, we might as well roll with the punches and accept that we have. Yes, Germany has parrots, or parakeets to be more precise.

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Five of the Wildest Hairstyles for Dogs

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Django Gold is a writer with Wet Nose Guide , a searchable database that lists dog businesses throughout the country. Find local dog groomers to recreate some of the wild looks below! As any dog groomer knows, a pup’s fur is much like Michelangelo’s marble: the finished product is waiting inside. While many professional dog groomers value function over form, there are some more adventurous sorts who are willing to play loose with the rules of dog grooming, often with hilarious result

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Yikes! Feds Want to Castrate Wild Mustangs!

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It's a proposal for population control. Read the whole story here. Federal wildlife managers are fighting in court to take the unprecedented step of castrating 200 wild stallions in Nevada, in an effort to control surging populations of wild horses across the West. Animal-rights activists oppose the plan, which they contend would strip the wild stallions of their fighting spirit and change herd dynamics.

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From Today's New York Times

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To the Editor: In “ Hunting Deer With My Flintlock ” (Op-Ed, Dec. 26), Seamus McGraw says he has a responsibility to kill deer because there are too many. He has volunteered to kill a deer cruelly, ineptly and with an outdated weapon that causes additional suffering to the deer. I assume that the use of the flintlock is to enhance his self-image as a master of the woodland.

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Not Exactly Flying Squirrels

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Anyone who dares fill bird feeders in the hopes of actually, you know, feeding birds knows well the menace hungry squirrels present. Entire industries are built around preventing squirrels from completely devouring provisions intended for birds. The bird feeder arms race demands incessant innovation because of the utter fearlessness and abandon driving squirrels to plunder feeders.

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover Premiere Jan 7, 2012

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover have their season premieres tomorrow, January 7, 2012 on NatGeo Wild! Once again, Cesar Millan works with dogs and their owners to help dogs suffering from phobias and obsessions! This season Cesar will visit to Fort Hood, Texas, where he takes a handful of four-legged army brats back to boot camp. There will be an intervention for ex-gang members who have turned their lives around but still battle turf wars with their dogs at home.

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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe is last in the alphabetical atlas of countries of the world. And, given the unstable political situation (slightly improved since the unified government of 2009), paucity of fuel, high crime-rate and dire poverty, it is probably last on the list of many traveling birders. But eastern Zimbabwe is an almost mythical place and a highly productive birding destination.

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The Western Screech-Owl Nests in Tree Cavities

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Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. Birders in Northern California have been treated to rare sightings of several species, sending avid twitchers from all over the west in our direction. There is a Falcated Duck at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, Mountain Plovers and Northern Waterthrush near Sutter National Wildlife Refuge, a Blue Jay way out if its normal range in Chico, all three Scoter species a

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My (belated) Best Bird of the Year 2011: Racket-tailed Treepie

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The end of the year is a great time to look back on the year passed and re-assess where we took our lives, what we did, where we have come from… and then take a few moments in stillness to think about where we would like our paths to take us in the year ahead. Old European customs would have that this is the quiet time of year, filled with gentle music, meditative thought, and reflective appreciation of those who we hold dear.

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Tanzanian Starlings, Shrikes, and Weavers (Part 1)

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SUPER STARLINGS Tanzania plays host to a wide variety of Starlings, over twenty species in fact. In California we have the feisty intelligent generalist European Starling. Singularly beautiful as individuals but glared at by many a birder for their stubborn survival streak which can play havoc with the delicate nesting strategies of pre-established locals.

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Curious Ovenbird

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On my last visit to Bryant Park I not only spent time photographing the wintering birds there but also carefully watching them, trying to figure out how such a small urban park with so little proper habitat could possibly be providing enough food for birds that aren’t used to a diet of bread crumbs and table scraps. And while I am still not sure how they do it, I did learn a bit about where the Lincoln’s Sparrow , Ovenbirds , Gray Catbirds , and Yellow-breasted Chats are getting thei

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Reviewing 2011 – My Year in Birds

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Two-thousand-and-eleven was a pretty darn good year for me, birding-wise. Sure, I didn’t leave the United States but my first trip to the Pacific Northwest allowed me to see lots of new birds and spending the beginning of the year in southern California didn’t hurt the ol’ year list either. And, as usual, I saw lots of birds in the northeastern United States, especially in my home state of New York.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First Weekend of 2011)

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Happy New Year! I’m feeling pretty good about 2012 so far. Not only am I suffused with the pleasant warmth that comes with watching one’s favorite sports team clinch the playoffs, but I also managed to shake off a scant night’s sleep to chase some birds this morning. How about you? My best bird of the year so far is selected from the plentiful waterfowl spotted at and around Montezuma NWR.

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Dickcissel in Manhattan

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On my way to work this morning I thought I would take a quick stop at Inwood Hill Park way up on the far northern tip of Manhattan. The park is barely out of my way to my office in New Jersey so I figured I would be remiss in my birding if I didn’t take a few minutes to check in on the Dickcissel that has been there for a couple of weeks now.

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First Bird of 2012

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What was your first bird of 2012? Let us know in the comments…and, if you wrote a blog post or have a picture of your first bird of the year online somewhere, well, leave a link in the comments too. Happy New Year from all of us at 10,000 Birds! And here’s hoping you see many great birds, including lots of lifers, in 2012! After all, 2011 was a pretty great year and there is no reason 2012 can’t be the same!

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Ontario Big Year

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Josh Vandermuelen is doing a big year in Ontario this year and it seems to be the only big year to have a blog attached to it in 2012. Wish him luck in his quest to break the record of 338! Anyone out there know of any other blogging big year birders? Let me know in the comments… a.

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On Not Chasing Grace’s Warbler

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I got word of the Grace’s Warbler a bit late in the game. This is no one’s fault but my own; had I partied a bit less hearty on New Year’s Eve, I would have stuck with my original plan of going birding on January 1, which in turn would have led me to check the rare bird alerts before I went outside. All the philosophical ramblings that follow are entirely personal, the post hoc rationalizations of a birder inflicted with crapulence and cold-snap induced malaise; they are not gr

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Go to the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival

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The more ecotourism dollars earned through the festival the more likely that the Sandhill Crane hunt there will go from tabled for two years to permanently cancelled. The festival is next weekend, 14-15 January, and will be held at Hiwassee Refuge so, who knows, maybe you will get to see the vagrant Hooded Crane as well! a.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of 2012?

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Coming into the second weekend of this new year, we’ve all added a few birds — possibly very few birds — to our year lists. Don’t feel obliged to start a formal list if listing isn’t your style. I gave up year listing a couple of annums back even though I’ve rung up some banner bird bounties in 2010 and 2011. Even if you’re not ticking new sightings, pay attention to your FOY birds, the first of year sightings that commemorate the phenological passage of

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Sani Lodge Birdwatching

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The amazonian basin is a very important area for Ecuador since it produces 500,000 barrels of oil per day which is the main source of income for our economy. Unfortunately only 63% of this oil is produced by state owned companies, and the 37% left is still fattening the profits of other companies that are not a direct benefit to our economy. This money pumping basin is also a very important area for ecotourism which benefits our economy.

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Gull Steals Camera

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This morning on Google+ , I shared a charming video of an octopus stealing a diver’s camera with the comment, “This never happens to birdwatchers!” Apparently I spoke too soon. Lars Fosdal replied with a June 2011 video of a gull in Cannes stealing a camera and flying away with it. Think either video is staged? a.

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New York State Big Year Record Broken

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2011 was a good year for rarities in New York State and Richard Fried saw almost all of them. His 352 species in the state for the year broke the New York State big year record of 350, which was set by Scott Whittle in 2008. Watch for an interview with Richard in the coming week here on 10,000 Birds! a.

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Masked Lapwings breeding

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We have recently come across several Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles families around Broome. They generally lay four eggs, but we have only seen a maximum of three surviving chicks after a few days. A good indication that they have eggs or young is the extreme noise that they make. They will often fly at both people and other animals in defense of their eggs and young.

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Another Whooping Crane Shot

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Yet again a Whooping Crane has been shot and killed in Indiana. Let’s hope that this time the perpetrator gets more than a $1 fine. a.

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Swan, Snow Goose, Really, What’s The Difference?

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Just shoot ‘em all , right responsible hunters? First person to mention duck stamps in the comments wins a prize. a.

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Do You Have a Spare $10 Million?

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Because, if you do, there is this really nice present you could buy me. Pretty please with sugar on top? a.

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Wordless Wednesday: Something Fishy

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Fish are always on the move, making them a bit hard to photograph. We just couldn’t let the dog be the only one having all the fun on Wordless Wednesday!

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2nd Biggest ABA Big Year Ever

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John Vanderpoel finished up his amazing ABA Big Year with 744 species , just short of the record. a.

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Statistics

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This blog had 2,713 visits during December. That's an average of 87.5 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 111.6.

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Veganism

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Not all bodybuilders are meat-eaters. See here.

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