10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
It is that special time of year when I’m out and about and someone comes up a bit sheepish and says, “You know, you’re going to think I’m crazy but I saw this bird that was red like a cardinal but had a tiny little black head. It reminded me of a vulture…was that really a Northern Cardinal ?” I’m also sent photos via email and asked the same question on Twitter and Facebook.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
I’m very excited to share this with you! We all know that our pets love to be on our beds with us. Some even sleep in our beds with us all night long! At the very least, I am sure that we have all snuggled up with our pets on our bed from time to time. I know I have! That is why I was so excited to get a chance to review (and giveaway) the Sleep Number True Silver blanket!
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
This is huge. Excerpt from the Vancouver Sun. One of the largest animal rescue operations in Canadian history just got a lot bigger: about 90 puppies have been born since hundreds of dogs were seized northwest of Ottawa. "We have a lot of puppies here and a lot more puppies coming," said Rebecca Aldworth, the executive director of Humane Society International Canada.
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Now when we ask what is the general nature of morally good actions, it seems quite clear that it is in virtue of the motives that they proceed from that actions are morally good. Moral goodness is quite distinct from and independent of rightness, which (as we have seen) belongs to acts not in virtue of the motives they proceed from, but in virtue of the nature of what is done.
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
My daughter and I were exploring our yard the other day, which presented the perfect opportunity to introduce her to one of the coolest, cuddliest caterpillars of all… The wonderful Woolly Bear Caterpillar ( Pyrrharctia isabella ) is a common sight once October rolls around in temperate regions of the United States east of the Mississippi. The wooly bear, known also as the woolly worm , fuzzy bear , banded woolly bear , and black-ended bear , is reputed to signal the severity of the coming
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
A friend of a friend named Daryl Cavallaro took this stunning shot of a Merlin snagging a snack recently at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. Bonus points to anyone who can identify the dragonfly. The photo is copyrighted to Daryl and, no, you can’t use it without permission. Merlin with dragonfly by Daryl Cavallaro (click for a bigger version) … a.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
What to do with this jar of nectar concentrate? In a fit of preparedness, I made a couple quarts of my special hummingbird nectar concentrate. It’s one part sugar and one part boiled water, and it’s sitting here in the refrigerator, waiting to be diluted (one cup concentrate to three cups water) and put in a feeder. But I look out and there are only a couple of ruby-throated hummingbirds buzzing around the salvias and cardinal flower garden.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
When in northwest Ohio there are many options from which to choose a birding site. But if you want herons and ducks and shorebirds and geese and egrets and swans and rails the best bet is the famed Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge along State Route 2 in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Together with Cedar Point and West Sister Island, which are both managed by the staff at Ottaway, a total of over 9,000 acres of prime habitat on the south shore of Lake Erie are protected.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
The boardwalk at Magee Marsh is legendary. The seven acres of swampy woods that it wends through are hallowed ground to any birder that has visited and to many that only aspire to. The volume and variety of wood-warblers that are regularly seen in spring migration there rival or best anywhere else in the world that the birds are seen. Wood-warblers drip from the trees, feed on the boardwalk, and sing at close range.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
You ever notice how rare bird alerts (RBA) differ from state to state? I travel much when working for Nikon and I certainly make it a point to check out what has been seen locally. After years of reading posts and rules from other listservs I have come to the conclusion that most are inconsistent and some are just nothing more than a loose forum. How come we call them RARE BIRD ALERTS ?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
No, not the terror of the schoolyard, but the Wedge-tailed Shearwater , Puffinus pacificus. The species ranges widely across the Pacific, as its scientific name suggests, from the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico to the Japanese Bonin Islands to New South Wales in Australia. But it also occurs in the Indian Ocean, from Aldabra near Madagascar to Western Australia.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Their were 1,805 pairs of Kirtland’s Warblers found in Michigan this year, second only to 2009′s 1,813. The population has stabilized with neither increases nor decreases of greater than five percent since 2007. A couple dozen pairs also nest in neighboring states and provinces. Of course, Kirtland’s Warbler isn’t out of danger and won’t be for a very, very, very, long time, if ever, but this is a bit of bright news. a.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
How was your weekend? North of the equator, we have precious few remaining days where light exceeds darkness. The encroaching darkness instills in me a measure of gloom, but also creates the conditions that make fall activities interesting. Remember, I’m writing to you from a fairly northern latitude, though Clare probably thinks I’m spoiled!
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
We are sad to say that two of our beat writers, one of whom joined in the first group and the other of whom joined in the second wave of beat writers, will be leaving 10,000 Birds. Jory Langner , our excellent Avian Quizmaster, will puzzle us one last time in October before hanging up his keyboard and riding off into the sunset. Or something like that.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Here is a nice piece on an NPR blog called “ The Toughest Little Bird You’ve Never Heard Of ” though I am willing to bet that most readers of this blog have heard of Bar-tailed Godwits. a.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Autumn has now fallen on the Northern Hemisphere, while the season of rejuvenation has sprung all over south of the equator. Grab your bins! We are now in a time of change, a moment of flux during which millions of creatures are on the move. If you haven’t already immersed yourself in the great spectacle of migration, start now! What are your plans this weekend and will you be birding?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
Hey, New York birders! Yeah, you with the sheepish look on your face! You just enjoyed one of the most epic days of birding our state has ever experienced and you haven’t filled out any reports for the New York State Avian Records Committee yet, have you? For shame! Angus Wilson, King of NYSARC , is crying into his beer right now because of you.* At the end of August I posted a urgent plea from the Committee for documentation on the wealth of NYSARC-reviewable rarities associated with
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
First let me put forward my credentials for writing about butterflies. This is the second time that I have been butterfly watching and….well, actually, that’s about it. A young enthusiast, who blogs under the name of ForestPuffin , introduced me to the discipline when he came to visit at the end of August and I became quite captivated by the object of our outing, the Adonis Blue Butterfly.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
This morning a plane taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City hit a bird , which caused engine failure. The plane landed safely and no one was hurt. This is after two years of geese killings in New York City , ostensibly to thin the flocks and protect civilian aviation. Anyone want to bet that they double down and start killing more geese?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
I’ve been birding for nearly 2/3 of my life and, until this past weekend, I’d never even sniffed a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. For a long time my inability to find one of the most common members of the devious genus Empidonax was a sore spot with me. After all, I was a reasonably experienced birder. I had a fairly respectable life list, for those that judge birding by numbers.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Really? This is odd and I can’t remember ever having heard of such a thing before. How can two species interbreed into a new species? They took blood samples from the birds in order to extract DNA. “By examining the genetics, we have shown conclusively that the Italian sparrow is of mixed origin – it is a hybrid of the house sparrow and the Spanish sparrow,&# Dr Saetre told BBC Nature. “Second, and perhaps equally important – it is not reproducing with the Spanis
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Angelina Jolie and Jane Goodall photo by Eric Liebowitz. Animal lovers, this is a very special event! Oh how I wish that I could be there myself, but for those of you in the Los Angeles area, take note! For the first time ever, famed chimpanzee research pioneer Jane Goodall will take audiences in select theaters across the country on an incredible journey through the memories of her life when she appears live to answer their pre-submitted questions during this special one night only Fathom event
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
Dog lovers in Novi, Michigan will be delighted this Saturday, September 24th, when the residents at Fox Run take to the the Dog Parade Runway and strut their stuff! Pugs, Cocker Spaniels, Poodles, Yorkshire Terriers, Dachshunds, and Pomeranians will be among the “models” on the runway! WHAT: A Dog Parade at Fox Run retirement community in Novi, MI, in which residents and their pets will stroll the runway to “put on the dog,” so-to speak.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Have you ever wondered if your dog is getting the proper nutrition? You aren’t alone. According to a recent survey about pet nutrition, 69% of dog owners said they needed help understanding what their dog’s nutritional needs were. PetMD and Hill’s Pet Nutrition have partnered to create a wonderful interactive tool to help dog owners understand proper nutrition!
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
You’re planning to take the whole family to Disneyland. You’ve got all the details down: budget, accommodation, a list of rides for the kids, restaurants to try, and even your outfits are planned out. Everything is all set. Then you hear a bark and realized, who’s taking care of the dogs when you’re away? Suddenly you don’t feel so excited anymore.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
Well, as you read this I will be sitting on an aeroplane heading from Busan to Hong Kong to Sydney… time to go home! I have a day in Sydney with my sister and family and then go home to Broome… hopefully not delayed by the threat of a Qantas baggage handlers strike starting Tuesday morning as I try to fly north-west. I joined everyone else with a phone accessory!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
It is not every day that one gets a taste of Cape May while at Magee Marsh. In fact, this might be the beginning of some kind of birding black hole that sucks all of the birding world into a single spot (though it feels that way right now with nearly 1,000 birders having gathered in Lakeside, Ohio for the Midwest Birding Symposium ). Let’s hope that we all survive this rupture in the space-time-bird continuum.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken two dozen critically endangered Millerbirds Acrocephalus familiaris from their home island of Nihoa in the northwestern Hawaii and moved them to Laysan about 650 miles to the north. The hope is that a second population of the species, which numbers between 500 and 700 birds, will reduce the risk of a single catastrophic event wiping the bird from the planet.
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