10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

At the snowy Danube riverbank, we are waiting for geese to come to their roost inside the mostly submerged island. It is a January afternoon and several degrees below freezing. In front of us, the river is two miles wide… and it is paved with birds: smaller groups of Greater White-fronted and Greylag Geese , numerous Mute Swans and Mallards , plus Eurasian Teals , Gadwalls , Common Pochards , a few Ferruginous and Tufted Ducks , Common Goldeneyes and several Smews.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Are you ready for some cuteness?! KITTEN BOWL III is on Su-purr bowl Sunday, Feb 7th at 12 PM ET/PT, 11C only on the Hallmark Channel. The highly anticipated four-legged game is hosted by Beth Stern with play-by-play announcers John … Continue reading → The post KITTEN BOWL III appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

This blog had 969 visits during January, which is an average of 31.2 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 30.8.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s time for some short book reviews. Well, short for me. All of these titles deal with birding in specific North American geographic areas: The Atlantic coast, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Two books are part of series I’ve reviewed previously (and you may want to reread those posts for more detailed info), one is a handbook that I’ve been wanting to review for a long time, but thought that a shorter piece would work better than the long ones I always seem to end up doing here.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 30, 2016

This post is sponsored by Purina. As always, 4 the Love of Animals only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. It’s a new year and while we often make resolutions for ourselves, why not include your furry … Continue reading → The post Make a Pet Pledge for 2016 appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As I mentioned in passing last week, I’ve just passed nine years since I moved to the Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa, New Zealand. My reasons for doing so were actually bird related, namely a PhD in bird evolution, the less said about the better. But it’s a good excuse to look back, for reasons I’ll elaborate on later. New Zealand is simultaneously birdy and not birdy.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2016

Although I usually write about the birds that we observe we are always encountering other creatures along our coastline around Broome and it has been almost five years since I introduced you to some of our local Sea Snakes. The problem with Sea Snake identification is you are supposed to count scales and check other identifying features, which we often don’t do too thoroughly!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2016

The year 2016 has just surrendered its first month to the abyss of time, leaving lingering memories of January warmth in its wake. Thus, your birding year is one-twelfth over; happy with your year list so far? I’m happier now that I’ve added Short-eared Owl , never an easy sighting for me. As you can see from the feature pic, my lousy owl luck precluded me from getting too close to one of these crepuscular hunters.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Here are the posts from February 2006.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Once upon a time, back in the heady, innocent days of 2014, I reviewed a book called The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds. Of all the books I’ve ever had the honor of reviewing for this site, it was in some ways the most attuned to my own particular sensibility. The combination of dark humor, sly intelligence, and very very pretty paintings of birds was, unsurprisingly, a winner in my eyes.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2016

The Rufescent Tiger Heron tigrisoma lineatum , is one of the three species from the Tigrisoma genus of South America. Its common name indicates the rufous head, neck and breast while the latin special element describes the white markings on the throat. This individual was seen in Buenos Aires, at the southern extreme of its range and thus, for those who would have them split, is the T.l. marmoratum race.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

One of my favorite holidays of the year falls on this auspicious weekend. What are you more excited about: watching birds on Saturday or watching Broncos and Panthers on Sunday? Work and preparation for my Super Bowl party may keep me from chasing birds this weekend. Corey has different priorities, though, and will likely find some sweet late winter species in NYC.

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