10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2013

'With a Rustic Bunting in Homer, Alaska, Neil Hayward has tied Sandy Komito’s American Birding Assocation area big year record of 745 (+3) species. That is a lot of birds in what is essentially Alaska, Canada, and the lower 48 states in one year. But whats with the (+3)? That’s where things get kind of fun. In Sandy Komito’s record-setting big year he saw 745 species that were already on the ABA checklist and three that were not yet on the checklist.

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Alaska Falcons Canada Species 230

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2013

'Baby recently got some new treats to try thanks to Rachael Ray Nutrish! They sent her some of the new Soup Bones and Savory Bites. As always, we weren’t sure if they would be a hit or not, since Baby is an odd dog and doesn’t always love treats. So, what was the verdict? They were a hit! Baby tried the Soup Bones Minis. Since she is a smaller dog they were just the right size for her.

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Dogs Rights Animal 172

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 20, 2013

'On November 30, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first chick to hatch at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction featuring a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. The nearly two-week-old king chick is now weighing in at 30 ounces (882 grams) and currently being raised by its parents with routine check-ups from the SeaWorld Orlando Aviculture Team who monitor the chick’s weight and overall development.

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Penguins Transported Eggs Raised 169

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2013

'As you can see in the picture above, all Snowy Owls do not just sit there like lumps of white awesomeness just waiting for a birder to come along and take their picture. Sometimes, if you are lucky, Snowy Owls fly! Well, I guess everyone knows that Snowy Owls fly – they certainly don’t walk from the Arctic. But I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times that I have seen a Snowy Owl fly that wasn’t a direct result of people getting too close to an owl a

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Owls Wyoming New York Birds 185

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2013

'The promise of rain and high winds ahead of Tropical Storm Karen might have brought a few warblers down into New York’s Central Park during a visit last month. I stood, eagerly waiting, ready to give them a good watching as soon as they dropped into the Ramble, but the storm veered out across the ocean and left the city in the gloom under a blanket of low cloud.

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New York Birds 178

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 14, 2013

'This book can best be described as charming, fun to read, and even a bit enlightening! Told through the perceptive of one very lucky cat, we get a glimpse on what it might be like to live inside the home of the Dali Lama. ‘Oh! How adorable! I didn’t know you had a cat!’ she exclaimed. I am always surprised how many people make this observation. Why should His Holiness not have a cat?

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Cats Rescue Animal 151

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2013

'The Pygmy Nuthatch ( Sitta pygmaea ) is a non-migratory bird that lives primarily in Ponderosa and Jeffrey Pine forests in western North America. These Pygmy Nuthatches were seen in June nesting in a pine tree at Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Click on photos for full sized images. They are one of the few cooperatively breeding passerines in North America and a third of the breeding pairs have 1–3 male helpers, usually progeny or other relatives.

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North America America Collecting California 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2013

'I would never have noticed the little brown job if it hadn’t “tuck-tucked” from a bush just after I walked past it. I turned around, got my bins up, and was entertained to see a tiny brown bird with an even tinier upturned brown tail scolding me. This is a bird that weighs about eight grams, less than 1/10,000th of what I do. Yet it was daring to take exception to my presence and letting me know that I was unwelcome in no uncertain terms!

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United States Birds 165

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2013

'Keep your eyes to the skies. Snow is in the air! This penultimate weekend of the year inspires last-minute panic: how are you going to get everything you need before time is up? Some folks will go to extraordinary lengths to cross off everything on their sizable lists. How about you? What will you do this weekend to improve your 2013 year list? (You knew that’s what I was talking about, right?).

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2013 Birds Rights 163

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Out east on Long Island you can find what is arguably the most productive inlet in coastal New York in terms of birding.* The jetty-lined Shinnecock Inlet seems to be a magnet for marvelous birds which makes it, of course, a magnet for birders as well. When a Black Guillemot was reported there on Friday while I was home watching Desi, who was sick with bronchitis, I was really hoping it would stick around until Saturday morning.

Ducks 165

Ducks New York Battery Birds 165

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2013

'Frank Izaguirre is a nature writer based in Pittsburgh, PA. His ornithological travels have taken him from Costa Rica to Tierra del Fuego to the Pantanal. He has a voracious appetite for the memoirs and travelogues of Neotropical ornithologists and naturalists, the more obscure the better. When not reading, writing, or birding, he can’t figure out what to do with his hands.

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Costa Rica Colombia Colorado South America 170

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2013

'The location of Broome means that our sunrise and sunset times do not vary a great deal during the year. The variation is only about 90 minutes and we don’t have “daylight saving”, so the clocks never get changed. Various governments have forced us to trial it in Western Australia in 1975, 1984, 1992 and 2006 and we have then had to vote on it and it has been rejected.

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Australia Birds 2006 182

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 18, 2013

'Have you seen the fun pet goodies at Target for the holidays? Seriously, there are some great items. Everything from “Ugly Christmas Sweaters” to Christmas stockings just for pets, and of course treats and toys too! We have a very fun Christmas giveaway for you thanks to Target. The giveaway will close tonight, Wednesday December 18th at midnight, so enter fast!

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Pets Dogs Animal 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2013

'Many, many things happened in the area of bird science this year, so this review can not be comprehensive. But I’ve compiled a sampling of this year’s news and events for your edification. I’ve organized them by date (month/day) of the approximate reporting or blogging time of the item of interest, which does not necessarily reflect the actual date of occurrence. 01–15 Who could forget the catfish that figured out how to eat birds ?

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Science 2013 Elephants Birds 193

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