10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

A reward of $1000 has been offered for information helping authorities track down the shooters; more info is here. Or, rather, jerks who give the vast majority of ethical hunters a bad name.) Please get our endangered species out of your sights, and shoot something else. Seriously, hunters. (Or, News Whooping Cranes'

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

Author Rebecca Heisman has crafted a book about bird migration, scientific process, and creativity that’s informative, engaging, and inspiring. Each chapter is written historically, illustrating the sometimes unexpected ways in which ideas percolate and information travels.

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Science Illinois Investigation Research 207

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches).

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Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

Nearly wiped out by human heedlessness, development, and pesticide use, under the protection of the Endangered Species Act this handsome fish eagle has made a stunning comeback, rebounding in numbers and recolonizing areas where many thought they were gone forever.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species Washington 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. Each essay is entitled with the “big idea,” subtitled with the name of the bird species (common name and scientific name), and numbered.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2015

Here are the basic contents for each state guide: a flexibound cover, the ABA Mission Statement and Code of Ethics (I like that this is the first thing you see when you start perusing the books), Foreward by Jeffrey A. This is clearly done to allow readers to view similar species opposite each other.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

In addition to splits, selected rare visitors have been added (Lesser Sand-Plover, Zenaida Dove, Red-vented Bulbul and African Collared-Dove are some of the species new to the East book, Streaked Shearwater, Stonechat, Red-flanked Bluetail and Japanese White-eye are some of the West adds), and selected exotics.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

The feature distinguishes birds from other species; All birds have them, no other species do. Beaks vary across different kinds of birds, and this great diversity in beaks is part of the great diversity of the 10,000+ species of birds that exist today; Beaks thus facilitated the diversification of birds. So how did beaks evolve?

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Alligators Chickens Research Birds 229

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The commentary is both fun and informative; Hashimoto is a graceful writer who effortlessly combines the personal with the instructive. The index lists bird species by whole name, which is less than satisfactory. Bird species are not capitalized. Several are also listed here, but only for the Northwest. Western Scrub-Jay (pp.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

Besides that, I teach environmental ethics courses for biology students at the university and currently I am working also on an exciting project of producing a simulation game called ecosim (primarily an education tool for students) in which the player has to fulfil conservation tasks in an interactive ecosystem (e.g.

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Badgers Ethics Africa Spain 145

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birders often venture into various habitats, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, or coastal areas, to encounter different bird species. The primary objective of birding is to identify bird species based on their physical characteristics, behavior, and vocalizations.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 11, 2008

While many city water departments are aware of the problem, most of them aren't sharing that information with their customers. Here is an AP story highlighting the impact these pharmaceutical substances are having on aquatic and avian species. More information on bottled water is available here. See this AP story for details.

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Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

None of this does justice to the earth, and our unique place in it as a species which has great privileges and also appropriate responsibilities. And finally, who is to decide when a video is entertaining versus informative? Juluri's focus on animals used to entertain humans is intentional and speaks to the legal battle he refers to.

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Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

In addition to heaps of information at www.RPAforAll.org about RPA's 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry, there is now a current list of all 50 governors with address and their state's LGU. Let me know -- any time! -- if you'd like assistance or more information. Thanks and best wishes!

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Animal Person

JULY 3, 2009

Narrative from seasoned ethologists provides interpretation informed by their knowledge about a particular species and its behavior, and their attention to context and individual peculiarities" (37). Bekoff and Pierce "advocate a species-relative view of morality. Tags: Books Ethics Language.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

The reasonable rates really do not adequately reflect both the level of comfort and the personalized service ethic. Frank runs very informative and productive day-trips from the lodge. This is worthwhile to pick up some rocky terrain species and the scenery is stunning. Paradise in Portugal is a perfect example of this.

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Five species of frigatebird ply the planet’s tropical skies and seas. Ringer Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) Cormorants are more speciose than other families in the order; 30-40 species range widely on every continent and many islands. Feeding Frenzy at Jamaica Bay.Or

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 157

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 27, 2011

How many different species of animal or plant would there be if the globe warmed, as opposed to how many there are today? I wish scientists would inform the public of all the consequences of global warming, so that the public can decide for itself whether to expend its scarce resources in preventing it. In law, this is called fraud.

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Laws Suffering Humane Animal 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2022

I guess I would therefore usually not include them in this post were it not for the information below. eBird seems to be critical of this species’ work ethics, stating that “it flies lazily over open fields or marshes” Maybe the owl is just sleepy, not lazy. No wonder species definitions are so problematic.

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Birds China Pythons Breeding 230

Animal Ethics

APRIL 15, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Japan’s Whaling Obsession ” (editorial, April 1): Japan strongly supports the international protection of endangered whale species and advocates for the sustainable harvest of species in abundance only. Japan Information Center Consulate General of Japan New York, April 4, 2007 Jiro Okuyama Dir.,

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Animal Ethics

MAY 30, 2008

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about the removal of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) from the endangered-species list. The editorial board of the Times is intellectually dishonest, so please don't let this be your only source of information about the delisting. Here , for example, is a news release from the U.S.

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Wolves Idaho New York Times Endangered Species 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

For more information about the effect of sonar on marine mammals, see the NRDC's extremely comprehensive report: “ Sounding the Depths II: The Rising Toll of Sonar, Shipping and Industrial Ocean Noise on Marine Life.” The NRDC's press release in response to the Bush administration's actions can be found here.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. If the whole thing passed you by then Mother Jones did a good piece on why zoos sometimes have to kill individuals for the good of the species. We live in a world of information over-saturation.

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Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

Her children’s books–which include the charming Mama Build a Little Nest , other picture books, and chapter books–evince an easy familiarity with birds, their science and birding ethics. The chapters on native and exotic species, migration, L.A. 52 Ways to Wonder, Wander, and Explore Birds with Kids the latest.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The guide covers 747 breeding residents or regular migrants, 29 introduced species, and 160 vagrants, a total of 936 species. The authors emphasize in the Introduction the great degree to which the text and illustrations are based on current scientific information. Another departure from the norm!

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Australia Birds Penguins 2015 111

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2019

There are, all in all, 380 photos (I counted) of 181 species that Kai observed over three years. Kai notes in the brief Foreword that 329 species have been reported on eBird for Nanhui, 496 in Shanghai, 1314 in China. Species are organized by type of species, Non-Passerines followed by Passerines. teleconverter.

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China Birds 2018 Ducks 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Very little information was available at the time, so we hired a car and off we went, following the few tips we had managed to gather but mostly our noses. Blue-moustached Bee-eater is rainforest species occurring in just a few scattered sites in Ghana, it was previously considered a subspecies of Blue-headed Bee-eater.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 204

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2023

I would do a lap of the lake and take in all of the different species of birds that called the city home. Visiting Albert Park in winter recently, all wrapped up in layers of clothing – ethically sourced down is good! We were able to report the Australian Magpie to the ABBBS and got information back about the individual.

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2015 Shelters Ducks Transported 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

But, the limited space also means that information is sometimes compressed and limited. 68), informal birding headquarters near the marshes at Cley, where birders answered the phone because it was likely to be another twitcher on the other end, asking for the latest rare bird news.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Ashy Tailorbird is a good example of the different perspectives of describing a bird – while the English name focuses on the body of the bird, the Latin species name ruficeps refers to the rufous head. The split makes the bird one of the six species endemic to Sabah, Borneo ( source ), four of which I saw during my week at Sepilok.

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Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 229