10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

'There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 sq mi), which contradict the conservation significance of the bird it was founde

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 24, 2013

'Baby loves to look at herself on the screen of the phone, which makes for some cute “selfies”! Does your pet admire themselves on the screen? The post That’s me on the screen! appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

'This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. in Antigo, WI. She is a lifelong champion of all birds, and a hero and inspiration to me. Here is one of her stories: It was a dismal, rainy June day when my summer interns started. The previous three nights severe thunderstorms had pounded the region. The phone rang early.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

'This Peregrine close-up courtesy of Larry Jordan. In a move that’s sure to stir controversy far beyond the borders of California, federal officials have announced that h enceforth, fledgling Peregrine Falcons won’t be relocated from nests built on bridges in the state. The move, which seems limited to just California, is meant to protect endangered shorebirds which have become favorite meals of the raptors.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

'Mousebirds (order Coliiformes) are one of the perennial puzzles in bird systematics. They do not look or act much like any other birds (my photo above shows a Speckled Mousebird , Colius striatus , in Nairobi, Kenya). Mousebirds are social fruit-eaters that dangle precariously at odd angles in tight clumps, feet spread wide and long tails often splayed.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

'One of the most intriguing birds around Broome is the Great Bowerbird. We often see them flying from place to place collecting items for their bowers and they are rather clever at imitating other birds vocal sounds. When they are not imitating they tend to make a screech sound, which is rather rasping and does not sound particularly birdlike. They visit our garden for water, but we have not noticed them removing anything for their bowers.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2013

'Apologies to amphibian-lovers everywhere. The scene that unfolded in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore was quite gruesome to watch. A pair of Whit e-crested Laughingthrushes , Garrulax leucolophus, had found a frog in the moistness of the shade behind a line of trees. They are omnivorous birds and I shouldn’t have been shocked by the enthusiastic way in which they acquired the meal, but there was something predatory in the way that they used their claws to keep it pinned at tarsus’s leng

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

'Remember when Public Enemy proclaimed “Don’t Believe the Hype” to the masses? Wise counsel indeed, but sometimes hype deserves our trust. Summer presents the perfect opportunity for denizens of the Northern Hemisphere to make pilgrimages to attractions various and sundry, and more than a few of these famous locales deserve every bit of the hype they’ve garnered over the years.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2013

'A friend of mine has this contraption called a Mosquito Magnet that uses carbon dioxide to attract and vacuum up mosquitoes from his yard. It works very well. He then takes all the dead mosquitos and puts them on a tray feeder for his feeder birds to eat. I’m not sure how many actually do, but it’s a nice idea. This year, his groundskeeper texted to tell me that a bird made a nest in it and it wasn’t working.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

'The swallows here in Montana have an admirable ability to assort themselves into nesting niches. Bank Swallows live in our many sandy banks. Tree Swallows live in trees — and nest boxes. I have seen Cliff Swallows on cliffs, but even more than that, they enjoy bridges. And then there’s this guy: Birds without a nesting site assigned to them by name seem to be a little more confused.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2013

'It is not every day that you get to see a hummingbird. It is even rarer to see a hummingbird on its nest, seeing as they tend to be pretty well camouflaged. But when a hummingbird chooses to nest on overhead wires it is quite a bit easier to spot. Such was the situation on Saturday morning in Trinidad when Mukesh Ramdass, who was guiding me for the day, suddenly pulled over and told me it was my lucky day.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2013

'If you are a birder on a trip to a country you have not visited it pays to make every second count. That is why on my trip to Trinidad and Tobago I was up early before the other participants and birding whatever area was available to me. Ditto for time between activities and generally whenever I had a spare moment. Birders are always birding and this goes triple for when we are in a place loaded with potential life birds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2013

'Two years ago I wrote about the earthquake that struck Christchurch, killing many people and wrecking on of New Zealand’s biggest cites. Two years on and the city is still dealing with the aftermath, as is the country. This weekend it was the turn of Wellington, where I live, to experience a strong quake, albeit onto one nearly as destructive or tragic.

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