10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2012
The end of January is a cold time for those of us who live in the northeastern United States. This past January I had the great pleasure of temporarily escaping winter by going to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. I had a great time and hoped to be back again in 2013 but life gets in the way sometimes and we don’t always get what we want.
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 10, 2012
When we got a copy of Dogs of Courage: The Heroism and Heart of Working Dogs Around the World for review we couldn’t wait to open the pages and read the stories inside! We were not disappointed! The stories of working dogs will warm your heart and open your eyes to just how much our canine companions really know! Dogs of Courage is a tribute to all the working dogs who perform acts of bravery, and service, everyday.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2012
We had a snow storm approaching Minnesota last weekend and the day before I headed over to the bird feeders at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge to see if they were getting any Pine Siskins or Common Redpolls (surprisingly, no). The feeders were incredibly active which is to be expected before a snow storm. I do enjoy watching a really active bird feeder with dozens of Black-capped Chickadees zipping to and fro, Northern Cardinals dotting the surrounding shrubs awaiting their approach an
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
I’m sure you’ve all heard of Africa’s famous Big Five , but do you know there is also an equally fascinating Little Five ? Africa is famous for its large, charismatic mammals, and the Big Five epitomize the most sought-after of these fantastic beasts. Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari.
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4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Have a tissue or two handy! Luckily Billy found a happy ending, sadly many puppy mill dogs aren’t as lucky. Please, if you are getting a puppy or kitten, consider rescuing from a rescue or shelter, or find a very reputable breeder. Sadly too many dogs sold in pet stores come from puppy mills like this one. Gratefully more and more people are becoming aware of puppy mills, hopefully someday, they will be a thing of the past.
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 8, 2012
Beneful brand dog food is launching a video series featuring some fun-loving dogs that spread random acts of play in the most unexpected places. As you can see, there’s a lot of cuteness involved! Now, go PLAY with your pup (or kitty, or whatever adorable pet you have)!
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2012
Bringing a distinctly tropical, Caribbean influence into the resident avifauna of extreme southern Florida, the White-crowned Pigeon ( Patagioenas leucocephala) is one of the few species that have managed to colonize the southern tip of the state from the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas — the center of its range, although there are also populations in coastal Mexico, Central America, and the Lesser Antilles.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2012
They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false! Gollum (the film version) It can’t have escaped your notice that there is a film from New Zealand out today that people are quite interested in. It’s certainly inescapable here in Wellington, as you can see from this shot I took in Wellington Airport on my way to South Island last week.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Tuesday morning started off like every Tuesday. We were awake just after 5:30am as it is light and we had coffee and got ready to face the day. At 06:30am I went to take our recycling bin out to the front of the house whilst Grant put his work boots on and I didn’t get far. I had just reached the front of the house and less than 10 metres from me I was faced by a Buff-banded Rail !
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2012
It is spring in Argentina. This brood of three Chalk-browed Mockingbirds were waiting for a parent to return with food in the Costanera Sur Reserve by the Rio Plata in Buenos Aires. I concentrated my camera on the chick on the right which was best placed, but not best pleased when an adult delivered a food parcel to one of the other siblings. All three of them competed as loudly for their parents’ attention, but my chick had to wait for a few passes before it got its share.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2012
If you are interested in seeing some Tumbesian Endemics, very close to the Guayaquil Airport in Ecuador, then you must visit Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco. This tropical dry forest is being protected by Fundacion Pro Bosque to conserve the 6078 hectars (15,000 acres) of this fragile ecosystem which boasts amazing life and many endemic birds. One of the most important endemic birds found here is the Great-green Macaw ( Ara ambigua ) which is considered Endangared due to habitat destruction and
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2012
Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. After our awesome birding on Bigelow Road Will and I decided to head up to the Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretive Center , which was just a bit north and west of our location. They have good feeders set up and a previous visit had netted me Evening Grosbeaks , to say nothing of the fact that the volunteers often have good information as to what birds have been seen where.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2012
This is one of those weekends where actually watching birds gets in the way of writing about them, so I’ll cut to the chase. See any nice birds lately? The best bird of my weekend was Japanese Waxwing spotted where else but in Japan! The vision of a waxwing with a crimson terminal tail tip was both incongruous and exciting. Corey’s BBOTW was a Brown Pelican at Montauk Inlet, a good bird in New York State, especially in December!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2012
A Northern Saw-whet Owl , turned in two months ago in Brooklyn after it was found injured, was released in Central Park today after being rehabilitated. I’m linking to this article mostly because of the great picture of two park rangers releasing the bird, which was tagged with the moniker Owl Jolson during its recovery. If you want to see more pictures of a saw-whet check out this post from last month.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2012
This photo came over the rehabber network, and I’ve been trying to track down its source ever since. Can anyone lay claim to it? And can we not toss our beer cans?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2012
A pelican is always a good bird to see in New York State. Both American White Pelicans and Brown Pelicans are rare but regular, almost always showing up at least annually, usually somewhere along the coast for Brown Pelicans and either along the coast or on Lake Erie or Lake Ontario for American White Pelicans. This year, however, the Brown Pelicans have been scarce and there haven’t been any that could be chased.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2012
In June 2012, I had the great fortune to visit Trinidad and Tobago in a group that included birder and artist Matthew Dodder. Matthew began birding (and drawing birds) as a boy in Boston, during the Great Blizzard of 1977. He teaches Advanced Birding at the Palo Alto Adult School in California, regularly leads field trips throughout the state, and is a pelagic trip leader out of Monterey Bay and Half Moon Bay.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2012
NARITA, JAPAN, DECEMBER 2012 – The art and science of layover birding deserves more rigorous study and perhaps a federal grant. From what airports should one sally forth during a layover of many hours? Better yet, what airports are worth converting that layover to a full-fledged stopover of 24 hours or more? While planning a much-needed escape from the Western Hemisphere to Singapore, I had to explore the layover birding potential of Narita International Airport, one of two airports servin
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2012
It’s depressing to contemplate that two extinct species could be summed up in a single book — but if it must be so, it should definitely be a book as magnificent as this one. The Dodo and the Solitaire is a large, handsome book that offers as complete a record as is now possible of these two birds, cousins slaughtered so quickly and completely that the world may never fully understand exactly what was lost.
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 14, 2012
A 3 ½ foot-long, 35-pound dolphin was born at Discovery Cove ® on Friday, November 30 at 10:22 a.m. Just look at that beautiful baby! This dolphin calf is the first born at Discovery Cove that was conceived through the use of “sperm-sexing” research, which involves separating sperm carrying a female-producing X chromosome from sperm carrying a male-producing Y chromosome.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. After leaving the Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretive Center Will and I made a beeline down Route 86 to Saranac Lake. Our plan was to head through there and Lake Placid before heading for Elizabethtown where hopefully-not-too-old-information had placed Bohemian Waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks. But, as we pulled into Saranac Lake, we managed to get signals on our smart phones and Will read in an email that Pine Grosbeaks had been spotted that very mornin
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Corey let the cat out of the bag a couple days ago. I am really excited to say I’ll be heading down to Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida, next month as a correspondent for 10,000 Birds. It won’t be my first trip to Florida. In fact, I’ve visited the Sunshine State several times. This will, however, be the first time I will have been able to devote myself apologetically to the birds of this amazing state for an entire week.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2012
Assuming you survived the calendar craziness of 12/12/12, it’s time to come to grips with the truth you may have been denying: the 2012 holiday season has now started. I’m typing this from a coffee shop on Singapore’s famed Orchard Road, which is glamorous testament to the fact that the Yule Season is embraced all over the globe. So how’s that holiday shopping coming?
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