4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Simple tips to keep pets happy and safe while you work. Infants and pets can present an interesting challenge when you want to get some repairs or remodeling done around the house and the dangers aren’t always obvious. Here are a few potential issues to look out for, and what you can do about them. Get your pet to safety before starting work. The very best way to keep pets safe during home improvement is to get them out of the house before you start working.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

My rehabber friend Lisa Acton, who is with Animal Kingdom USA Wildlife Rehabilitation , picked up her phone and heard the voice of an elderly lady. “It’s a Raven ,” said the voice. “He’s hurt and he can’t fly. I’m afraid to go near him, because I think he’s going to attack me and peck my eyes out.” “Run, Tippi!” screamed Lisa. “Get away, before he and all his psycho bird friends tear the roof off your house!

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

African elephants being poached in unprecedented numbers. They are disappearing from the continent as the poachers become increasingly militarized. Full story here at the New York Times.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

All that the rights view prohibits is science that violates individual rights. If that means that there are some things we cannot learn, then so be it. There are also some things we cannot learn by using humans, if we respect their rights. The rights view merely requires moral consistency in this regard.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Sometimes all it takes is seeing that little butt wiggle with excitement and suddenly everyone in the room is happy too! There’s just something about pets that brings a smile to our faces, and it’s always the little things they do that seem to bring the greatest laughs! Let’s join the fun and be happy with them! Be Happy is a new pet food brand by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company that celebrates happiness as a way of seeing the world.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Pelagic birding off the Atlantic coast of Florida can be a frustrating experience, usually involving long waits of up to an hour or more interspersed with brief flurries of activity — a far cry from pelagic birding off of coasts blessed with cold water currents and nutrient rich upwelling such as California, southeast Australia, and Peru. In the pelagic ‘deserts’ of Florida, as in deserts on land, specialist bird species manage to carve out an existence.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

This blog had 1,803 visits during August, which is an average of 58.1 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 53.4.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

This year’s National Family Pack Walk will prove, once again, that it’s not your average walk in the park. Scooby-Doo, Cesar Millan, four-legged friends and their pet parents from around the U.S., will walk to raise money to save the lives of shelter dogs. The 1.5 mile walk around the National Mall will be led by Cesar and Scooby, followed by an afternoon packed with Scooby-Doo-themed activities such as arts & crafts, a reading lounge, game tents, a scavenger hunt, and more!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Most readers here will be familiar with the plight of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper , a critically endangered wader that nests on the Russian tundra and winters in Southeast Asia. With populations plunging dramatically over the last decade, researchers from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Birds Russia, and a number of other conservation organizations made the always-controversial call to pluck eggs from the imperiled wild population and establish a captive breeding program as a final hedge against

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Slaughter Lake does not sound like it would be a nice place to visit but we three Americans, my small family, were blissfully unaware of what Schlachtensee translates to before our expedition there. We were guided by Mike, my good friend since our days in junior high school together, and the four of us made our way to the Schlachtensee via the S1, one of the many trains that comprise Berlin’s train and subway system.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

…so here’s a post about some birds at a spring. Okay, that’s a fairly weak way to start a post. I’m sorry. Second week in a new job and I come down with the flu. I really want to be in bed watching old episodes of Top Gear, but Corey will beat me if I miss any more posts, or at least make fun of how far I am behind everyone in the year list not a competition.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

The first weekend of September is a volatile time. A season of stasis gives way to months of movement and flux. What fun! My Best Bird of the Weekend was a Peregrine Falcon gracing an enjoyable Rochester barbecue; good food, good company, and good birds make a powerful combination. But my extended weekend may hold even better birds once I hit Montezuma NWR.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

We would like everyone to give a warm welcome to the latest Beat Writer here on 10,000 Birds, Carlos Sanchez. A Miami native and resident, Carlos is perfectly situated to write about South Florida, which will be his beat, though it would not be the least bit surprising if he occasionally writes about birds and birding further afield. His posts will appear every other Thursday starting tomorrow.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The lives of birders are meted out in ticks and dips, and for every epic tale of the mega discovered and added to one of many lists, there are even more fascinating stories told of the birds that got away. We birders don’t always like to ruminate on missed birds, for some of us the wounds are worn too close to the surface. But I happen to think that those stories are better than the ones with happy endings.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

What may look like a cheesy title is a way of pointing out that the bird of this post is usually called Red-fronted Serin , yet BirdLife somehow refers to it as being Fire-fronted. Either way, we’re clearly talking pusillus when we are talking about this specific Serinus. And beyond common and scientific names, we are talking about an extraordinary bird.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Back-to-back in my feed reader were Lillian Stokes’ tale of a huge movement of Common Nighthawks and Julie Zickefoose’s study of a dead Common Nighthawk. I still have not seen a nighthawk this year, living or dead.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Seagull Steve clearly and amusingly lays out the reasons to keep cats indoors, where they belong. Go check out “ The Horrible Truth About Cats (For Nonbirders).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

I was stalking a small flock of White Wagtails at Tempelhof , a virtually impossible task when you are in a flat, grassy lawn area. For some reason I paused and looked behind me and was surprised to see a Common Buzzard in the grass a couple dozen meters away from me. Unfortunately, the sun was behind the buzzard and I despaired of getting a decent shot with the bad backlighting.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Regular readers probably already know more about me than they’d like, but Perry at AllBestBinoculars asked some excellent questions in our interview. Are my responses as good? Check it out !

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Ted Williams has been writing some great pieces on the battle between those who want to enjoy the beach without off-road vehicles and those who want to protect the right to drive at high speeds on the beach and run over wildlife. His latest is on Forbes.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), legendary artist, naturalist, and Great Man of American birding, left a rich legacy. His philosophical legacy lies in the countless ramblers and rovers inspired to identify an unknown bird, bug, or blossom using one of his popular field guides or their successors. Peterson’s artistic legacy resides in the plates of those selfsame eponymous volumes.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Get on over to Julie’s blog, where she is auctioning off a watercolor of an Eastern Bluebird !

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

An interesting post (with interesting links) on io9. Hat-tip to my friend, Scott Andrews.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Check out these images of a Piping Plover that is even paler than normal.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

That’s a lot of birds !

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

There are two things you need to know about A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia , edited by Robert Burton and John Croxall, and produced by the South Georgia Heritage Trust. First, if you are, like me, geographically challenged, then you need to know that this is not about Georgia, the U.S. state. Nor is it about Georgia, the country in Eurasia.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Socialize Your Dog to Other Dogs. Socialization is the single best predictor of a dog’s future personality. Well-socialized dogs are calm and unaggressive even in stressful situations. But socialization involves a lot more than just introducing your dog to a few random strangers every few weeks. Proper socialization is an intensive training process.

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