10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2012
Colombia is not only home to nearly 20% of all avian life on the planet but this birding mecca also accommodates an incredibly high percentage of highly sought after species. Nearly 80 species are endemic and found nowhere else in the world. Moreover, Colombia remains the best destination to see many species that are very tough to find elsewhere in South America.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 20, 2012
The story of homeless Scarlett is, probably, one of the most touching, unbelievable and heart-stirring over the last decades. Being homeless, at first, this cat became one of the top-figures in press, both newspapers and TVs: even Oprah Winfrey has talked about her in own talk-show! In 1996 Scarlett saved her five children during the fire and not so long ago, in 2008, she died after a long-term sickness and ensuring consequences of skin burns.
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Critter News
MARCH 21, 2012
I've finally decided to take the plunge and really learn about animal experimentation. It's a horrible topic and I post news articles about the abuses from time to time. But I want to be able to argue about it intelligently, citing science, not just morals. Apparently, there is a lot of argument out there than animal experimentation is even good for humans.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2012
Buteo lineatus , the Red-shouldered Hawk , is a gorgeous bird. Before January I had come across the very red birds of the western United States and the “normal” birds in the eastern part of the country but when I first laid eyes on the pale form of Florida I felt like I was seeing a whole new bird. The pale Red-shouldered Hawks of Florida are, to use just one word, beautiful.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2012
It’s tough to make out what species the baby bird is but it sure likes bluegrass. Lead singer Josh Williams managed to keep the song going and the crowd sure appreciated the unexpected guest star in this video shot almost a year ago at the Doyle Lawson Bluegrass Festival in North Carolina. If bluegrass isn’t your thing the fun starts at the minute-and-a-half mark of the video.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2012
The title of this post pretty much says it all. A couple of weeks ago I watched and photographed a young House Sparrow getting fed by its mother. I also watched, but failed to get pictures of, the same young bird being fed by two different male House Sparrows. These particular birds were in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, but the same story is taking place all over the world right now, as few species have successfully adapted to as many locations as the House Sparrow.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2012
Whoo-hoo! It is now, on 20 March 2012, spring! Take that, southern hemisphere! Here in New York it has felt like spring for, well, to be honest, most of the winter. Though lately, with temperatures clearing seventy degrees Fahrenheit and the sun beating down it has felt more like mid-May than the vernal equinox. Whatever, regardless, it is definitely my favorite season now and the birds sure seem to know it.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2012
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, March 2010 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus is a much-maligned and persecuted creature. Like cormorants and shags the world over they are hated by fishermen who blame them for decimating fish populations. Their rather unkempt appearance at a distance does not make them a favorite of those who like their birds to be aesthetically pleasing and they look rather goofy when they stand with wings outstretched in the sun to dry.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 19, 2012
Have you ever wondered about the origins of music? If you love nature, maybe you have noticed that a lot of animals, and other parts of nature like rivers, make sounds that seem musical. In his recently released book, The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World’s Wild Places , Bernie Krause explores the sounds of the natural world all over the globe.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 21, 2012
Lick granuloma is a serious skin problem in dogs and occurs when dogs continuously lick a certain area, which then becomes inflamed and sore. It tends to be most common on the legs; however any area can be affected. The most common cause of lick granuloma is psychological, usually due to stress, boredom or a compulsive behaviour. However it can also be physiological such as bacterial and fungal infections, trauma which causes nerve damage, allergies or bone disease.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2012
Residents of the Americas may find this hard to believe, but the ubiquitous, adaptable House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) is declining in its native lands. We should all be concerned about this, if not out of love for this prosaic passerine then because the sparrow may very well be a signal species for more encompassing environmental threats. World Sparrow Day is celebrated annually on March 20th to raise awareness across the globe about the decline of the House Sparrow and how it impacts all o
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2012
Maybe the proposition isn’t that simple, but you can vote to allocate $40,000 from National Geographic Germany to Fundación ProAves to support conservation of the practically extinct Fuertes’s Parrot. Yes, rhinos, red pandas, chamois, and other charismatic creatures also deserve help, but this is a birding site so you know which way we’re voting!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2012
Oriental Plovers Charadrius veredus are a species of shorebird that we see in varying numbers around Broome and they may be on the beach, feeding on insects across the plains or at the ephemeral lakes. During February there have been astonishingly high numbers some years and this has been as a result of insect activity. After good rains we get a variety of locusts and this will attract various insect-feeding birds from afar.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2012
Lago de Yojoa, Honduras, February 2009 Let’s say that you are a serious birder on your first trip to the neotropics and are hoping to see as many species as possible. And let’s also say that you’ve already had a great morning field trip where you saw a ton of new birds and a filling lunch that left you in no need of any refreshment until dinner time.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2012
Faith and Begorrah, I’ve made it through another St. Patty’s Day without ingesting corned beef, cabbage, or green beer! My liver lingers on in the same (sorry) state in which it entered the weekend. Can you say the same? My weekend was devoted to a seemingly endless celebration of my son’s 8th birthday, which meant that my best bird was bound to be a backyard species.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2012
For far too long there has been a bird that North American birders have mocked, derided, persecuted, hated, and, perhaps worse of all, ignored. It is a common bird, seen in cities, suburbs, and agricultural lands. One reason it is so widely disliked is its ubiquity, another is the fact that it is an introduced species. It is accused of driving native species out and it has the protection of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act withheld from it.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2012
The Metropolitan Transit Authority, the agency in New York City that is in charge of the subway system, among other things, has installed a soundtrack of “distress and predator calls” in the Roosevelt Island subway stop , hoping that the audio will drive pigeons and their feathers and droppings away from the station. It won’t work.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2012
1. The votes are in, and Red-naped Sapsucker is the winner and my proud new nemesis, although Gray-crowned Rosy Finch also made a strong showing. Congrats to Red-naped Sapsucker, and thanks to all who voted and shared their own nemesis stories. He’d like to thank his mom, his agent, and of course the Birding Academy. This is just such an honor and a break-through for sapsuckers everywhere, and when he thinks about how he was teased for his name in school, or all the years that he was consi
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2012
Our buddy Kirk Mona AKA The Twin Cities Naturalist delivers a truly compelling time lapse video of a Common Raven stripping fur from a dead coyote. Kirk even explains with his characteristic perspicacity what the corpse-robbing corvid is up to. Learn something cool today and check out this post! a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2012
Ah, spring is here (at least on my side of the world.) Rather than wax with my usual eloquence on vernal splendors, I’d like to share a silly song that always comes to mind this time of year. My kids just loved the movie Lost in the Woods by Sisbro Studios. Laura and Robert Sams clearly love nature and film making and kids, all of which come together splendidly in Lost in the Woods.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2012
Manhattan, April 2010 In the busiest and most developed borough of New York City, Manhattan, which is what most tourists think of when they think of New York City (if they are thinking at all), the signs of spring are sometimes subtle, but most are, like much of Manhattan, in your face. How, for example, can one miss the fact that thousands of flowers flood the parks seemingly overnight?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2012
March Madness has such a grip on the United States that even birders are thinking in terms of seeded tournaments. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has been running a fierce competition pitting one beloved North American species against another. Their March Migration Madness has reached the Airborne 8 Bracket and all you have to do to get in on the action is Like the Lab’s Facebook page.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2012
Scientists have wondered why the outstandingly adaptable Ethiopian Bush-crow ( Zavattariornis stresemanni ) refused to expand outside of its postage stamp-sized range. Apparently, these quasi-corvids are too cool for school and like it that way. a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2012
The ABA Bird of the Year for 2012 will not be Green Heron. I’m not allowed to say what it is until 20 March but, really, does it matter if it isn’t the finest of North America’s avifauna ? a.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2012
Facebook has turned out to be a fertile platform for engagement, interaction, and even in some cases amusement (you know who you are) among the world’s birders. Gunnar Engblom just made it easier to join the conversation with the new World Birding & Conservation Facebook list. Want to follow many of the biggest birding and bird conservation organizations, bird blogs, and industry leaders?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2012
Sure, it’s a made-up bird , but as Seagull Steve says, “But wouldn’t this be an awesome bird? … Not only is this a concretely epic dream-bird (essentially, an avian unicorn), but the dream was followed by actually lifering Vermilion and Fork-tailed Flycatchers the very next day. What does it mean?” Good question! What does it mean?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2012
There is a great article about Passenger Pigeons by Bill Loomis in The Detroit News today. It is well worth a read. a.
Critter News
MARCH 22, 2012
I was disappointed that Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was one of those that signed a petition to keep this cruel and unnecessary torture of animals around. I guess I won't be reading his books! For the full story, go here to latino.foxnews.
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2012
From the Seattle PI. A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted a permit March 9 to the Northern Arapaho Tribe allowing it either to kill or capture and release two bald eagles this year.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2012
The data seems mixed. Jim McCormac has a good rundown and some theories. a.
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