10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

'Slang, code, and abbreviations: linguistic shorthand which can make speakers (and writers) incomprehensible to those outside their own group. To civilians who may have been puzzled by the wildlife crowd’s tossed-off references to peefas, modos or mice cubes, here is a beginner’s guide to Rehabberspeak. BIRD ID. Just when wildlife rehabilitators have made it through the summer, dealt with fall migration, repaired whatever’s been broken during the chaos, and are just about to try to relax …

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 29, 2014

'What makes a healthy pet? Regular exercise, good food, and yes, regular visits with your veterinarian! According to a recent petMD poll, nearly 2 in 10 pet owners hadn’t visited their vet for a routine checkup in the past year. Sure a visit to the vet can be a bit stressful sometimes, but it’s so worthwhile! According to Dr. Ashley Gallagher, of Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, D.C., missing your pet’s yearly check up is like missing 5 years of checkups!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2014

'There’s no species of bird more associated with the North American desert than Greater Roadrunner. Just mention the bizarre giant ground cuckoo and you are instantly transported to a land of bare dirt, rocky outcroppings, and giant saguaro cacti with great arms reaching towards the intense and unabating sun. But Warner Brothers cartoons aside, Greater Roadrunner is a much more adaptable species that we give it credit for.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Sunday morning was a perfect morning to get out on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The crowds from the shorebird festival the day before were gone, the sun was shining, high tide was at 8:15 AM, perfect to still get morning light but not so early as to make a predawn start necessary, and late August is a great time of year to see lots of shorebirds, especially juveniles.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

'Keep your eyes to the skies for chickadees and t**s. Ready to close the books on the summer of 2014, northerners? We in the United States like to usher out the season in style with a three-day weekend. While we used to honor the American Labor movement during this time, we’ve turned our collective focus from work to play and plenty of it. Hope you’re on board!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2014

'Between my return from Borneo and my week-long (mostly flu-ed up) visit to Sydney in August, my life list on eBird had a total designed to drive those with OCD to distraction. After getting a Banded Woodpecker on my last full day my eBird life list was sitting pretty at 1500. Then I had to take out the Green Iora, which, on close examination of the photos, was only a Common Iora after all.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2014

'Henry James knew all about how transcendent this time of year can be, at least up here in the northern temperate zone: “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Beautiful indeed. I enjoyed exquisite weather while criss-crossing Central New York to no avail in search of a Red Crossbill , but enjoyed a Common Nighthawk closer to home as a consolation prize.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2014

'August is shorebird time in much of the birding world, Costa Rica included. Sandpipers, plovers, and other long-legged birdies that zip down from the tundra lands might not be on the target lists of most visiting birders but for us locals, these are some exciting times. Sure, we still get excited to see Resplendent Quetzals , dozens of hummingbirds, and chances at literally hundreds of other resident species (one would have to be more jaded than a collection of Ming Dynasty artwork to not be ex

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

'The use of tool by animals is surprisingly rare. Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. Perhaps even more interesting is how Green Herons and its relatives have learned to use bait to attract and capture fish.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2014

'Last Sunday we had a bit of driving to do. Well, more than a bit of driving due to the fact that we had to get from Broome to Kununurra, which is an 11+ hour drive. In distance it is 1045 kilometres or 658 miles and that is a lot of road, a lot of white lines, a lot of bush and of course, hopefully a lot of birds to write down! We had planned to leave home early, but when we woke at 02:30am and could not get back to sleep we decided to just get up and hit the road.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 26, 2014

'Happy National Dog Day friends! Although, if you have a dog you already know that everyday is national dog day! Dogs Rule, Nonchalantly is a lovely book full of art and words that celebrate everything that is awesome about dogs. Indeed, dogs do rule! The book was created by renown illustrator Mark Ulriksen, best known for his work for The New Yorker, where he has been a regular contributor since 1993, with more than 40 magazine covers to his credit.

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