10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2016

It’s during these months when I cringe anytime there’s a dog on the beach (though usually dogs aren’t allowed at all), for fear it might go after a fuzzy chick or adult sitting on eggs. I saw the first sign of the impending breeding season on the beach at Deer Lake State Park.

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Florida Eggs Deer Protection 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

However, it is kind of sophisticated in that the females lay very individualized eggs in order to be able to detect the added eggs of parasite cuckoo finches. Among the findings: “Canary traders, mostly with primary education level (63.25%) and Muslim (97.5%), were on average 44 years old and an average experience of 27 years.

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Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The “Owls and Albatrosses” chapter, for example, begins with Doug’s personal experiences observing of the nesting strategies of Malleefowl and a Moluccan Megapode, Australasian “chickens who lay their eggs in unusual ways and do not parent. 70) is adorable as well as educational.

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Science Albatross Research Birds 207

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

It is an industry that has supported bird feeding education, research and wildlife conservation through educational web sites, foundations and the initiatives of the Wild Bird Feeding Industry, the industry trade association. Specifically, there is no mention at all of the role social media has played in promoting wild bird feeding.

America 224

America Industry Squirrels Birds 224

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The lengthy Introduction gives both a personal history and a global history of birds and art, including brief profiles of John James Audubon and the far lesser known Genevieve Estelle Jones, who conceived of a book eventually called Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio in the late 19th century. by Molly Hashimoto.

Birds 145

Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

I am very happy Osborn decided to tell her stories again; enlightening, amusing, and educational, they also give insight into what it’s like to work as part of the Condor Recovery Project–the extended hours, physical labor, stress, and fun. Osborn is a superlative natural history writer.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 171

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. It also, it turns out, contains ‘volatile compounds’ (“small chemical compounds that have a tendency to vaporize at room temperature”, p. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.

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Science Research Birds Turkey 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2012

Once upon a time, people and especially children felt free to interact with wild birds in any way that would satisfy their curiousity — watching and learning, yes, but also harassing and chasing, collecting eggs and nests, stealing nestlings as “pets”, and killing birds for amateur taxidermy efforts.

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Montana Geese Blackbirds Canada 164

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. All swallows are included under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as migratory insectivorous birds and as such are protected by state and federal regulations. Authors: T.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2014

Thirteen different insects have been introduced into Montana in their turn as biological controls for knapweeds, from weevils that attack the roots to flies that lay eggs in the seed-heads. Since then, it has been pulled and plucked, sprayed and dusted, mowed and set on fire. And yet it persists. Photos by me, for once.

Montana 164

Montana Goats Sheep Species 164

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. But, you never get the feeling that you are reading an EDUCATIONAL book. Several features emphasize the book’s educational side.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 228

Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

Given the abundant literature on conflict of interest in the academy, and given that knowledge is routinely used to promote special interests and popular interests over the public interest, maybe we should monitor our educational institutions at least as much as governmental ones.

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Meat Responsible Policies Miami Meat Industry 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

Sometimes females have eggs to lay but no nest and the eggs can end up anywhere from other duck and goose nests…there was even a case in Minnesota where a Canada Goose laid an egg in an Osprey nest and the raptors incubated and hatched it ! Never raise a wild goose or duckling yourself.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. The baffling, mind-boggling public. wrote Maryjane Angelo.

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Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs. in Antigo, WI. She is a lifelong champion of all birds, and a hero and inspiration to me. The phone rang early.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 231

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2011

And with food intolerance becoming even more prevalent in dogs, we think its worth educating dog owners on how to identify the signs of food intolerance in your pet and the steps to take once you do. The two most common food allergies or food intolerances in pets are: Protein including chicken, beef, pork, fish, eggs and soy.

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Pets Vet Dogs Humane 100

Animal Person

JULY 22, 2009

Or educate my neighbors about the alternatives to poker at the dog track (and of course, about dog racing). Or bake some vegan cookies for a vegetarian friend who's convinced that she cannot survive without eggs and butter. Arguing about that line with other vegans, though, doesn't interest me.

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Vegan Feral Cats Morals Spay 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Which brings us back to the first seven chapter of the atlas, the ones that I skipped over to talk about the birds, but which are integral parts of the atlas as a scientific and educational volume. Mulvihill, Director of Education at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. Aims and Purposes, by Robert S.

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 222

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. The male and female position themselves close to each other, on top or in back, so that the eggs are fertilized as the female releases them.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 182

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 203

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

There is additional back-of-the-book material I haven’t described yet that adds to its educational utility–a lengthy Selected Bibliography and Further Reading section; a list of Useful Websites, the requisite indexes by common and scientific name, and a regional and a topographic map on the inside back cover.

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Brunei Birds Asia China 173

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Many people of no great education and of no prestigious social position certainly belong to my envisaged moral elite. I eat eggs though they may come from battery hens. Let us think of the more moral members of society as a moral elite, much as the generality of scientists form a scientific elite. I am myself not so heroic.

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Morals Whales Whaling Chickens 40

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

Environmentalists recognize the meat industry as extremely ecodestructive – including fish, dairy, eggs, feed crops with their massive use of water & topsoil and toxic runoff killing rivers and oceans, and the killing of billions of free-living animals to protect farmed animals and feed crops.

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Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

Animal Person

OCTOBER 18, 2009

There are new Francione-style abolitionists and new people to veganism who debate about the ethics of consuming eggs from their neighbor's chickens. And it doesn't seem to matter as there is a cadre of new bloggers and writers, including several who analyze the mainstream news as it relates to animals and also religion. I don't get it.

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Vegan Morals Chickens Animal 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It depicted a Common Loon ( Gavia immer ) sitting on eggs on a seemingly crude nest. Born in 1937 in Hong Kong of British missionary parents, James Fenwick Lansdowne arrived in Canada in 1940 and was educated in Victoria, British Columbia. Common Loon ( Gavia immer) This was a different artist. tridactylus).

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Birds Woodpeckers Canada Collecting 209

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Kristof’s column.

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New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. The good included the development of a new, more open, conservation strategy that embraced communication and education of the community. It was the end of prescribed burns as part of the Kirtland’s Warbler recovery plan.

Michigan 223

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

There is also a strong educational component here. And, the 1996 volume includes information on nests and eggs, a topic not covered by the Peterson guide. When not relating taxonomic stories, Rick Wright the teacher patiently walks us through simple and knotty identification processes. This is the advantage of a text-heavy guide.

North America 143

North America Sparrows America United States 143

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As a chemist by education, I am proud to point out that the color of the birds is mainly determined by the lutein contained in their food (lutein is part of the plants on which the insects feed on before in turn being eaten by the magpies).

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 220

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

To avoid quarrels about different education styles, each adult attends a separate chick after fledging (source: HBW). It is also a major dispenser of Durian fruit, which makes me doubt the taste of this species a bit – apparently, in Malay, it is even called the Durian bird ( source ).

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 125

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Later introductory chapters are easier reading and educational, especially if you know little about turtles. Press, 2009).

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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 191

Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

Generalizing from a handful of ignorant vegans to the entire vegan population does a disservice to those of us who have spent years educating ourselves on human nutritional needs and how to meet them on a plant-based diet. Without a concerted effort by the consumer, restricted diets of any kind may fail to provide adequate nutrition.

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New York Times New York Vegan 2007 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Box after box of egg. Before Richard Owen hit on the inspired idea that museums could be places for the education of the masses, they were simply large collections of important objects used for academic research. The large room the collection was held in was a profoundly weird place.

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Collecting Solomon Islands New Zealand Fiji 216

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

On our first morning after breakfast, my group and the teens piled onto a boat and headed out to Eastern Egg Rock, once again the breeding ground for Atlantic Puffins (as well as a host of other seabirds) thanks to biologist Dr. Stephen Kress. A Magnificent Frigatebird’s feathers weigh more than its skeleton. What was it like?”

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 249

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

It is probably true that there is a near 100% overlap in the rodents and other small terrestrial animals, as well as ground bird eggs, eaten by Coyotes and feral Cats. a study at Ohio State University shows that coyotes keep down the cat population in the more natural urban/suburban areas in two ways — meals of cat and cat education.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 253

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. The Harrison guides are out of print.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 222