10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2013

'I agree very strongly with Hamilton Nolan. This, especially, is a nice paragraph: Lawns are a false idol. They represent the ancient American ideal of taming nature to our own ends— an ideal formed in a time before we realized that we had already “tamed” nature so much that we were going to destroy ourselves. The desire for a bright green, evenly clipped, thoroughly artificial lawn comes from the same place as the desire for strict dress codes, all white neighborhoods, and dead hipp

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 12, 2013

'Are you ready for some treats to keep your dog busy? Purina Busy treats are just the thing! Not only do they come in a variety of sizes, textures, and flavors, but they are sure to keep your pooch busy chomping away on them too! One lucky reader and their dog will get the same fun package that I did. There’s an awesome laptop bag with the busy logo on it, tons of fun office supplies for your busy schedule, and of course, it’s packed with all kinds of Busy treats for your dog!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

'Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. Year of the Eagle is his third book. His other books told the story of the cycle of water and chronicled life of waterfowl in the Seattle Arboretum.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder. They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. Like so many trips this one is more about the journey than the destination which brings us to why they have a guest post (hopefully the first of several) on 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2013

'I just read on the news that about 20 Andean Condors (Vultur gryphus) were poisoned in Chile. The birds were observed crashing into the rocks high in the Andean mountains near a hydroelectric power plant. Other birds were seen crash landing. As Chilean officials and volunteers rescued 17 birds they noticed the birds were foaming from the beak. Another sick condor and two dead ones were found nearby.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2013

'A sewage pond is, like a landfill, one of those places by which non-birders get very confused. “Wait, you’re going to a sewage pond? Voluntarily? To see birds? What is wrong with you?” That small minded perspective is difficult to overcome despite Clare’s continued insistence on the excellence of Poo Ponds and my own small contribution from my visits to Florida’s Viera Wetlands and Nevada’s City of Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2013

'After spotting the Cassin’s Finch ( Carpodacus cassinii ) pair above a couple of weeks ago at Lassen Volcanic National Park, I thought I had a new lifer! Now I’m not so sure. I may have seen these birds in my own yard and not even have known it! There are subtle differences between the Cassin’s Finch and its close relative, the Purple Finch ( Carpodacus purpureus ) and more obvious differences between these two species and the other American Rosefinch, the ubiquitous Hou

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Whichever city Lake Balboa is in, it gets my vote because it makes way for ducklings. That’s what Audubon California wants to know. (If the municipality is in California, that is.) Through next week, it’s running a contest to determine the state’s most bird-friendly burg , considering factors like adequate habitat, laws and regulations that benefit birds, and the general populace’s interest in all things avian.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Unseasonable weather can be a double-edged sword. After all, who doesn’t love an Indian Summer or a thrillingly warm day in the midst of winter? But, as some wise sage once said, live by the sword, die by the sword. The blade has come down on my part of the world with decidedly autumnal weather when we should be baking in the sun. Not only does this unpredictable and unwelcome coolth screw with summer plans, but it probably also messes with migrants’ heads.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2013

'Ah, these lazy days of summer will grow more frantic before long. Fit in at least one nap in a hammock before the leaves start falling! The birds I was most amused by this weekend were an inquisitive pair of Carolina Wrens ; everything else kept pretty well hidden. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a cooperative Lesser Yellowlegs on the famed East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

'Today is the deadline for submissions for the next edition of I and the Bird. To those of you who have dug through your photos and blog history to find appropriate posts about the Podicipedids, I thank you, To the rest, what are you waiting for!?! I’d love to have to contribute to this month’s best of bird bloggery as we, together, spread the gospel of grebe-dom far and wide amongst the internet.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

'If one was a serious twitcher – kinda like Phoebe Snetsinger (who saw approximately 8,400 species before her death), Tom Gullick (reputedly the first person to see over 9,000 birds) or me (17 species at last count that I’m sure of) – where would be the most remote place in the world that one would have to travel to see an endemic bird species?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2013

'After over a year of planning and preparation (and after a quick trip to the Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimaraes), I finally arrived at Cristalino Jungle Lodge on the afternoon of August 1st, 2013 to begin my nearly three month long guiding experience here. I quickly befriended all of the other volunteer guides, who have all been extremely helpful and generous with their knowledge and previous experience.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2013

'I have been remiss. More than remiss — negligent. After making all of you, my friends and readers, help me pick a new nemesis bird way back last spring I let the actual finding of that said nemesis bird go by nearly unremarked. In my defense, I was caught up in the giddy rush of chasing down a first state record at the time, and also, it was not the noblest of sightings — two other guys at the Baikal Teal stakeout spotted the bird and said “oh, there’s a Red-naped Sapsuc

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2013

'I’ve just seen something that was a) exciting for the birder in me to watch and that b) completely stumped the zoologist in me: The ultimate altruistic birds. Looking out of my office window I spotted a flock of around 35 Domestic Pigeons high up in the sky in a dense formation dashing from one side to the other. Clearly the flock was being attacked by one of the local Peregrine Falcons , which is a common occurrence but it usually happens so high up in the air that I scarcely get to noti

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 13, 2013

'As the proud owner of two “senior” pets (who both still act like young pets), I am happy to help spread the message that senior pets still ROCK! Here is a cute infographic about senior pets from our friends at BlogPaws and Pet360. The post August is senior pet month! appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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