10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
As part of my effort to keep concerned wildlife enthusiasts informed about the proposal to hunt Eastern Flyway sandhill cranes, it is my duty to tell you that there’s another vote coming up. This time, it’s the full commission– nine members of the Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 24, 2011
Busch Gardens’ Jambo Junction patrons will have the opportunity to see something quite rare: a baby aardvark. The young male aardvark was born at Busch Gardens on April 10. Busch Gardens’ animal care experts stepped in when they saw that the mother was not attentive. There are only about 35 aardvarks in zoos in North America. With fewer than a dozen successful births each year, aardvark births are not common.
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Critter News
MAY 25, 2011
From examiner.com. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is just about ready to chalk up a win against a California seafood dealer who imported endangered whale meat from Tokyo and sold it to Califorian restaurants. Today, according to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Ginichi Y Ohira was charged in Los Angeles federal court with selling whale meat in violation of the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2011
The New York Times has an article about how Snowy Owls can serve as both harbingers of and ambassadors about climate change. Such a charismatic creature can certainly get attention… a.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2011
Digiscoping is really hard. Isn’t that what everyone keeps saying? That it is almost impossible to get a good quality shot. That it is only really for record shots of something sitting still. Digiscoped with a Swarovski STM80 HD, TLS800 and Nikon D300s. Click images to enlarge Well, the winners of the Digiscoper of the Year Competition each year show another picture.
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2011
If we can all agree on one thing, it’s that chickadees and tits are terrific birds. Who, after all, doesn’t love a chickadee? Not for nothing did 10,000 Birds readers elect the chickadee as the Most Beloved Backyard Bird of 2008 ; if we had run elections in other years, chickadees would no doubt have been front-runners. These birds certainly have a big fan in Alex Washoe, a freelance writer and bookseller in Seattle, WA.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2011
If you’re a British birder, or a birder looking in to British birding, you could be forgiven sometimes for feeling it bears all the hallmarks of a good soap opera depending on where you surf. Every new rarity seems to elicit a storm of controversy; they (the birds) are either elaborate hoaxes organised by a secret network of bird hoaxers intent on hijacking the British List and destroying it’s credibility; or were suppressed by the inner circle of the birding equivalent of the Knight
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
You’ve no doubt heard the famous expression, “If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain.&# The pithy lesson contained herein reminds us that we control our own destinies, that if someone will not come to us, we must perforce go to them. But what if the mountain had come to Mohammed? I’ve just experienced a phenomenon nearly as fantastic.
10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2011
A few months ago I shared with the 10,000 Birds community the plight of Griffon Vultures in Cyprus , and it has only been getting worse. A census conducted on March 31 indicated that there are in fact only only 6-8 Griffon Vultures left in Cyprus. But there is cause for hope on the horizon. I had written then that… There are rumors of a plan to capture Griffon Vultures breeding in Greece and release them here in Cyprus, to rescue the population.
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2011
Seeing one of the world’s rarest birds is not something you’d usually think an easy task. Species with a world population in the hundreds tend to be endangered or critically endangered and confined to remote and difficult to reach locations. And while Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) are both endangered and generally confined to remote and difficult to reach areas, there are some in more accessible locations.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
This last week I had to take someone to Otavalo, so I took advantage of the trip and drove to a little secluded and out-of-the-way town called Oyacachi. I had never been there before, but I heard that they have some nice hot springs for relaxation and that the place is very small and special. The town is tucked behind the Cayambe mountain on the eastern slope of the Andes and it takes about two hours drive from the town of Cayambe.
10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2011
An interesting study out of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, NC that birds such as vireos will modifying the pitch or length of their songs in response to growing noise pollution. Coincidentally, I also change my song in response to excessive noise: “Hey @$$face… I’m talking to you!&# Same thing, right? a.
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
Lumpers, rejoice! Splitters and armchair tickers, cry into your beer. The Yellow-rumped Warbler will remain the Yellow-rumped Warbler , at least for the foreseeable future, and will not be split into two, three, or even four species. That is, if you believe in the authority of the American Ornithologists Union, which voted down a proposal to split Dendroica coronata 7-4 (with three of the four in favor voting for a two-way split while only one voted for a four-way split). a.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2011
Though we obviously recognize that extreme weather causes death and destruction to humans we shouldn’t overlook the damage that it can do to wildlife as well. Birdchick has the sad tale of the destruction of a Minneapolis heronry. a.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2011
Just like last year when I spent a goodly chunk of a Saturday at the end of May at Jamaica Bay I spent this past Saturday birding one of the premiere birding destinations of the northeastern United States, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Though I had hoped for nice variety of passerine migrants I was disappointed by the number and variety of birds that fit that category, but was pleased with some nice shorebirds breeding birds on territory.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2011
Joining this story a post late? Click here to read part 1. After our slow start to the day we were amazed when, while waiting for Clay’s flat tire to be repaired, Brian counted up our list and realized we had tallied 94 species. We had thought we were doing much, much worse than that and our hopes of getting a decent count for the day were renewed.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2011
[[ Corey, I used to like you. Really I did. I liked you when you answered my quiz incorrectly. Then I could feign some sort of false sense of superiority. I could imagine that I outfoxed you. Now what am I supposed to feel? Here you are, one of the two blogmasters at 10000 birds, a good birder, a good blogger, a good friend, and a good husband and father.
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2011
Although we have not had any rain for quite some time now and the overnight temperatures have dropped to about 17c we have still got a lot of water lying around. The day time temperature is still in the low 30′s and this really does not vary during the year, but when the humidity is also in the low 30′s instead of the low 80′s it really feels quite different.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2011
My colleague leavesnbloom over at the Nature Blog Network posted a really useful and cogent look at Copyright and Plagiarism. I learned quite a bit from it. If you’ve got a blog that you want to protect from scrapers, aggregators, and outright content thieves, you’ll want to read this ASAP! a.
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2011
I usually spot Ruddy Turnstones in winter, hunkered down on windswept jetties being blasted by salt spray in the company of Purple Sandpipers. Either that, or I see them in spring with hordes of other shorebirds feeding on the eggs of Horseshoe Crabs. Until last weekend I can’t recall ever spotting a Ruddy Turnstone actually turning a stone so you can imagine how pleased I was to see several doing just that on a rocky beach at Brigantine on the day after the World Series of Birding.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2011
Looks like cuckoos and cowbirds hardly have a monopoly on brood parasitism. A study of over 69,000 nests around the west coast of Scotland turned up some pretty unlikely culprits. 13 different seabird species, chief among them Common Eider and (Eurasian) Oystercatcher , stand accused of egg dumping or laying their eggs in other birds’ nests. Actually, the act seems less nefarious than oblivious since most incidents place eggs in the nests of predators!
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2011
What a weekend. My daughter’s birthday week (yes, we celebrate full weeks and more in my household) began with a bang and a rainbow cake, followed by some heinous plumbing problems. My house still smells like sulfuric acid, which came from the plumbing problem, not the cake! Fortunately, I didn’t have to go far to see my best birds of the weekend.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2011
I often wonder what the true first colonists of Colorado had running through their minds when they first encountered the Colorado Rockies. The Native Americans had already been experiencing this poetic mountain range for generations. I imagine these explorers had the same reaction as the Lewis and Clark expedition as they moved from the tallgrass prairies of North Dakota and Montana into the northern Rockies of western Montana.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 23, 2011
Celebrity Casino Royale, hosted by The H.O.M.E. Foundation , will take place at Avalon in Hollywood, CA on May 24th, 2011. The star-studded, red carpet event benefits spcaLA, as well as the I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation. Guests will have the opportunity to play against celebrities and poker stars, while enjoying an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and delicious desserts.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 26, 2011
Following the devastating tornado that ravaged Joplin, Missouri, American Humane Association has mobilized its famed Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ team to help the animal victims there. Red Star, which has a nearly century-long legacy of animal relief, is reaching out with critical help and on-the-ground sheltering and support services to assist with emergency operations and provide much-needed care for innocent animal victims.
Critter News
MAY 23, 2011
Wow. That sucks. From the Montreal Gazette. An animal rights group based in the United States has ranked Quebec “the best province to be an animal abuser” in a report on Canada’s animal welfare record. The Animal Legal Defence Fund says in its fourth annual report ranking Canada’s 13 provinces and territories on their animal protection laws that only Nunavut ranks worse than Quebec.
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2011
Larry has a nice series of shots of American Avocets at his usual blogging home, The Birder’s Report. a.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 23, 2011
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10,000 Birds
MAY 27, 2011
Birders around the world are united by their passion for glass, by which I mean high-end optics. We crave ever more advanced binoculars, spurring our favorite optics manufacturers to increasingly miraculous innovations (insert your favorite new binocular here!) So why do so many of us still carry our marvels of modern optical technology around our necks the same way cavemen carried their waterskins, with primitive straps dangling in a decidedly non-ergonomic fashion from our fragile necks?
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2011
The Beat Writers at 10,000 Birds are perhaps the single greatest conglomeration of nature writers ever to be assembled in the history of the internet. We are pleased to announce that such a stellar crew of scribes has yet another impressively talented member interpreting the natural world for the readers of 10,o00 Birds. That’s right, there is another Beat Writer at 10,000 Birds!
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