10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Winter is one of my favorite times to bird, mainly due to the proliferation of shorebirds that stalk their prey on the sandy beaches near where I live. The Florida Panhandle hosts a range of shorebird species, and it’s not uncommon for me to see half a dozen on a casual jaunt along the water. Friday evening was one such birding trip. I had managed to finagle my way out of work a little early, and still had at least an hour of daylight left when I arrived on the barrier island located in N

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 17, 2015

How cute and fun are these “elves” making toys at Santa’s work shop? OK, you caught us, they aren’t elves but they are shelter pets Santa’s Workshop and Marnie the Dog is Head Elf! And for every share of the … Continue reading → The post Santa’s Elves have furry faces! appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Tradeoffs in behavior, and plasticity. We assume natural selection has shaped birds to avoid predators. Noticing predators, reacting to them perhaps with an alarm call, and escaping them, as well as other behaviors, keep the bird alive and thus allow it to reproduce. We would expect, then, that natural selection favors birds that are good at these things.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Since this is the season of love and harmony and all things nice, I sincerely and originally had planned to write an equally nice, loving and harmonic post on a beautiful group of birds that’s mostly found in SE Asia, the broadbills. Turns out this post will not be so much about the birds themselves than about the striking disharmonic off-key note that pierces our eardrum the moment we see the birds in the field and then look up their name in our field guide.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The Marbled Godwit ( Limosa fedoa ) in the photo above, shown landing at Fort De Soto County Park in Pinellas County, Florida, is used with permission from my friend Mia McPherson of On The Wing Photography fame. I didn’t get a shot of the Marbled Godwit near Seal Rocks in flight but I wanted you to be able to see the bird with wings outstretched so Mia came to my rescue.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It’s the time of the year again, where I leave the sometimes ephemeral Austral summer of New Zealand for a foreign clime. This year I’ve chosen to forsake the summer entirely and head to my parent’s home in Cheshire in England. The skies are grey, the temperatures low, but the house at least is warm (a trick New Zealand has yet to master), the food plentiful and the birds good.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The 2016 Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival will be 20-25 January 2016 and I can’t wait! I recently learned what field trips I will be co-leading and thought I would share them here so if anyone wants to make sure to meet up with me they can choose my trips. (Or, you know, if you want to avoid me this will make it easier as well!) Without further ado, here they are… 21 January 6:45AM-11:30AM – Salt Lake Wildlife Management Area: I’ve never been there before but the

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Marble Bar is situated in the Pilbara area of Western Australia and is the largest shire in the world. Marble Bar has some interesting history and was first gazetted in 1893 following the discovery of gold three years earlier. The rock formation that was originally thought to be marble is in fact jasper and is throughout the area. It shows the most magnificent colours when wet, but is still spectacular when dry.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2015

By the second weekend of December, you may not know what you’re getting for the holidays, but you probably know which Christmas Bird Counts you’re participating in. That’s right… the 116th Christmas Bird Count begins today ! Unless your count was held earlier than normal, as is done in Costa Rica , most CBC celebrants spent this weekend scouting, which should make for excellent Best Birds of the Weekend.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Need a fun and easy idea for your pet this holiday season? Why not DIY your own pet toys? Best Friends shows you how in this cute video. The post Best Friends Animal Society shows you how to DIY pet toys appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2015

If there was such a thing as a birder holiday, the peak of spring migration would be the high point on the calendar. We would listen to the spring migration chorus on the radio, have contests to see who could find the first Louisiana Waterthrush , and there would even be cartoons about wood-warblers for the kids. For the adults, maybe there would be intense dramas that feature the perils and triumphs faced by migrating birds.

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