10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'Finally! As of 27 August 2013 the California Bird Records Committee has voted to add the introduced Nutmeg Mannikin to the state checklist. Or, as Seagull Steve puts it : The dreaded Nutmeg Mannikin has been added to California’s official state list by the California Bird Records Committee (aka Bird Police). Not only is this earth-shaking, pants-wetting news for the numerous hardcore state and county listers that reside in California, this courageous decision has implications for the enti

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 31, 2013

'This clever cat knows how to get into the drawer, but once caught, the cat gets even cuter! The post Cat caught stealing! appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'My friend Mylan linked to an op-ed column by Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times. Let me make a few comments. Kristof says that "SeaWorld [marine park] denies the claims [of mistreatment], which isn''t surprising since it earns millions [of dollars] from orcas." This is cynicism. Kristof should address SeaWorld''s argument, not question its motives.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'If you are looking for a heartwarming, uplifting story, then you really need to add Welcome Home Mama and Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldier’s Beloved Dogs to your reading list. What a lovely story, with such a great message. Here is just a little taste of what you will find inside the book. Two big thumbs (and four small paws) way up!

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

'I am starting to feel my age. To be clear, in my early 40′s I really am not complaining. However, I feel the wind of an increasingly fast downhill ride in my face now: I notice that I should probably get myself some reading glasses soon. My left knee occasionally hurts after a long day in the field. Overall, I can’t do things anymore that I could do just a few years ago, both physically and mentally.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Blakiston’s Fish Owl (image by Robert tdc/Wikimedia Commons) . Sometimes, on the bird news beat, you find gold at both ends of the rainbow. That would be the serious, thought-provoking “news” side, and the lighter, kookier, “what the heck?” side. Today’s post includes two such stories, brought all the way to you from Russia.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'There are bird feeders and then there are squirrel feeders disguised as bird feeders, a fact known well by those of us who have committed a part of our lives to our yard birds. I came to the art of bird feeding late, having spent my adult life in apartments that forbid the hanging of anything, even a cake of suet, from the fire escape. And, although I grew up in a house with a great yard, my parents were not of the bird-feeding persuasion.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

'An afternoon is already growing old while I am driving downhill to the Livadi marsh at the island of Kefallonia, Greece. Behind the marsh is a quarry, in front of it the Gulf of Argostoli, a small pine wood to the right and some eucalyptus trees to the left. I am watching from the main coastal road and do not see much – several Little Egrets and Grey Herons , one Common Kingfisher … is he going to be my best bird here?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

'I spent this weekend at my parents’ house in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, which is nestled nicely between the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River. It is always nice to visit and give Desi a chance to have a yard to play in and cousins to play with, to say nothing of eating some of my mother’s delicious home cooking. One of Desi’s favorite things to do when we are visiting his grandparents is wander around the yard looking for bugs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mamm

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'Let me apologize in advance. I realize that there is nothing more tiresome to hear about from a birder than their own county list. It’s too much like fantasy football. You can discuss an actual team’s merits for hours among like minded fans. But the minute you bring up your fantasy team, a collection of paper players with no relationship outside of your computer screen, you can see the shock register on your companion’s face as they rapidly seek out the nearest exit.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

'I have been compensated for completion of this article. Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. is not responsible for the content of this article. I am really excited to share this with you dear readers. We have been feeding our dogs Hill’s dog food for as long as I can remember, and now that Hill’s Pet Nutrition is offering a natural pet food recipe, we can’t help but be excited!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

'Last weekend I made another dash for the countryside, this time visiting the Taranaki region of western North Island. The region is named for the enormous volcano that dominates the region, Mount Taranaki/Mount Egmont. The dual name is something of a New Zealand compromise, Taranaki being the old Maori name and Mt Egmont being the name given by Captain Cook in honour of some long dead admiral that supported him.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Sunrise over Witless Bay, where the alcid observation is easy. Back to routine, right? For those of us for whom summer represents a break from the usual schedule, this is about the time when order creeps into the calendar. Of course, as more and more commitments crowd each day, chaos will become ascendant again. For those of you who have achieved some semblance of order, enjoy it!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

'Rosh Hashanah, the New Year of the Jewish calendar, has come relatively early season-wise this year. While this allows for the delightful prospect of Thanksgivingakkah, with attendant turkey dreidels and whatnot, it does raise certain perennial questions of the nature of time itself, as applied to birding. Most of the birders in the audience for this blog, and certainly those who record their year lists here , use the Gregorian calendar.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

'Many readers are still in the midst of this first fabulous weekend of September. Carry on, but jump in any time to share your best bird! I scanned the southern coast of Lake Ontario for signs of migration, but found little activity of any sort on the shore or in the woods. However, the grassy meadow in Owl Woods teemed with all kinds of interesting summer residents, the most exciting of which was Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2013

'The definition of the term Blue Moon comes under scrutiny this week. There is a popular definition doing the rounds which states that a Blue Moon is the second full moon to fall within one calendar month. This has found favour recently as the definition of choice and has eclipsed the old, original requirement that the third moon in a four moon season, be known as the Blue Moon.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

'This blog had 866 visits during August, which is an average of 27.9 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 58.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'In the old days, I watched the Atlantic Ocean to enjoy the view—the wavering line between sky and water, the infinite shades of blue and green, the threatening height and roar of waves on a windy morning. Well, now I’m a birder and all that beauty is beside the point. My attention is focused on objects moving above the water, vaguely defined-in-the-fog shapes, some moving lyrically, some diving, occasionally flying in close enough so I can see a bit of black on the wing, red on the bill, and

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

'On our recent trip over the border into the Northern Territory to Keep River National Park we spent a day birding around Kununurra before we set off on our return trip to Broome. We had spent a few days there last year visiting Ivanhoe’s Crossing , Hidden Valley National Park and Lake Argyle. We returned to Lake Argyle before heading into town and the male Great Bowerbirds still had a bower in a very similar spot to last year with a similar collection of rocks and bones.

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