10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2011

Our home is actually under the flight path and some of the street names are quite appropriate-Sandpiper, Sanderling and Godwit are good examples! There is a lot of bird movement around Australia at the moment due to the weather, so time to go and investigate! This group were hanging out with some Plumed Whistling Ducks.

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AUGUST 11, 2013

The feature photograph shows an example of the colours of the gorge and below is an example of some of the precarious rocks balanced along the top of the gorge. A Grey Shrike-thrush was vocal and investigating the area that we chose to sit for our lunch.

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It’s a masterful example of how scientific illustration can inform and be enjoyable to look at, and I’d love to have these plates in mini card form to carry around with me when I visit California.

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MAY 9, 2012

For example on my trip to Australia earlier this year I borrowed the car one day to drive to Ku-Ring-Gai National Park, a location that proved fruitful for Clare later in the year. Instead we turned back and investigated the rock pools along the coast. In the distance you can see Red Rocks- access denied.

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JUNE 21, 2016

More on this here , as well as some audio examples for you to listen to. For example, some of that brainy tissue needed to be a singing, territory defending, mate seeking male bird is added during breeding season, and removed later when not needed. And the more the juveniles paid attention, the better they learned. Here’s the problem.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. It turns out, for example, that “Theory of Mind” is very rare in the animal kingdom. But that’s another story.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2017

In Germany for example, they are breeding in practically every hilly or mountainous region south of the North German Plain and are not really rare if they occur in a certain region. Many wintering “Black-bellied” Dippers in Germany are colour-banded to investigate numbers and site fidelity. And you know what?

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. Undercover investigative pieces have shown that some unhinged workers take out their frustrations on the farm animals. There are many gruesome pictures too. Factory animals are voiceless victims.

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MAY 20, 2013

For example you mat notice that loud bangs are sure to trigger the behaviors, in which case it is best to make the house as quiet as possible so that your new cat feels safe there. You can contact your local police or an animal charity like the RSPCA who can investigate the claims and perhaps seize the animal if necessary.

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APRIL 12, 2011

This being said, we are currently investigating options to team up with a group of American naturalists to produce a series of guidebooks on North American areas. Take these large savannah-like areas in Extremadura, Spain, for example (the Dehesas). Too early to tell though, whether this project will materialise any time soon. -

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JUNE 4, 2019

More examples, shown in the book and online (just search for ‘hats’ and ‘egrets’ and you’ll find articles from NPR , the Smithsonian , and Audubon ), show delicate to huge creations adorned, sometimes overwhelmed with plumes, colorful teased feathers, and even the actual bodies of birds.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

For example, Minneapolis has a bike borrowing program (an idea originally tried in Amsterdam many years ago) that actually works. So, maybe, no matter what one’s opinion may be of this idea of feral cat colonies, it can work here.

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JULY 3, 2009

The scientific investigation of morality, in humans and nonhumans alike, is in its infancy" (39). Furthermore, "We need to be careful about language and remember that [for example] altruism has a specific meaning within biology and isn't synonymous with morality" (82).

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2008

The bird was buried on the golf course—perhaps in an effort to hide the evidence—but was later dug up by Florida investigators. We should make an example of Isenhour the way we made an example of Vick. After impact, the hawk, a protected migratory bird, fell to the ground bleeding from the nostrils. I hope I'm wrong.

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

Recent investigations by nonprofit groups in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania have revealed the atrocious living conditions of egg-laying hens, though their owners said they were humanely cared for. Just because something sounds good on the surface does not necessarily make it a wise decision.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The meat and dairy industries want to keep their operations away from the public’s discriminating eyes, but as groups like PETA and the Humane Society have shown us in their graphic and disturbing undercover investigations, factory farms are mechanized madness and slaughterhouses are torture chambers to these unfortunate and feeling beings.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2019

For example, hummingbirds must find patches where there are still flowers. territory of Puerto Rico, an American territory where researchers have numerous ongoing investigations, including many studies in El Yunque National Forest. For example, most nectivore numbers continued to be low. Much of what exists is from the U.S.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Years of follow-up research conducted by one of Earthwatch’s principal investigators on the Tambopata Macaw project, Dr. Don Brightsmith, shows, however, that within the study area of the clay lick the birds tend to choose the soil with the highest sodium content over soils that are best for neutralizing toxins.

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Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. We’ve all seen guilty dogs slinking away with lowered tails, for example. It’s no coincidence that the two species that pass Hare’s pointing test also share a profound cross-species bond.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Still, it is the result of long-term, close behavioral study, and points toward areas scientists might want to investigate further. All the single ladies, take note.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”. Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans.

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Critter News

APRIL 29, 2010

I'm just going by equivalent examples in the US. Sounds like they may roll over on the issue. I don't know, but I'm just not convinced the Australians are that committed to phasing out this practice. Big industry never wants to change anything that "works." It's just too "hard.".

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2023

If you aim to achieve some kind of immortality, you might do worse than follow the example of Oana Mirela Chachula, a biologist at the National Museum of Romanian History, Romania. The Bar-backed Partridge was also one of four focal species in an investigation into illegal bird hunting in Southwestern China. Quite elegant, in fact.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Being lazy, a bunch of researchers used camera traps to investigate the species rather than following the birds directly (which would have had some health benefits). Red and yellow are the colors symbolizing several different things – for example, McDonald’s, the People’s Republic of China, Mastercard, and Kodac.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

However they are not at all related, hummingbirds are allied to swifts but sunbirds (and spiderhunters) to white-eyes, flowerpeckers and other passerines; a perfect example of convergent evolution. A plethora of colorful and busy sunbirds occur in South Africa, many of them filling niche’s occupied by hummingbirds in the New World.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I investigated where the Beach Stone-curlew had been and noticed it had recently deposited a small pile of waste. An example of just how windy it had become is the state of this Blue-winged Kookaburra perched in the tree in the turnaround area! Family of Brolga. Blue-winged Kookaburra in the breeze!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. The Flame Bowerbird, for example. Mostly adult males.

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MAY 28, 2016

For example, I could leave my house right now, at 11 in the morning, and drive for four or five hours through different ecosystems that probably host four hundred bird species. As with any Big Day, the route has to give a chance at as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. We still managed to see Emerald Tanager.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

One of the most spectacular examples of communication among birds that is all about mating but involves no song is the bower and gifts assembled by the male bower bird, where just like in humans, a nice place to hang out, a pile of cool but useless presents, and excellent dancing often leads to a second date.

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MAY 19, 2011

But in the vast in between where most birds exist there are all sorts of contradictory examples. Little tiny birds with their little tiny wings and high daily energetic demands fly zillions of miles, while larger birds migrate shorter distances, for example. And birds that only walk (i.e., And then there is the loon.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2008

In 2004, for example, The New York Times broke the story about a PETA undercover investigation that found routine animal abuse at AgriProcessors kosher slaughterhouse. Animal suffering and human suffering are undeniably interconnected. Since then, the paper has repeatedly reported on the abuse of migrant workers at AgriProcessors.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) met Defendants Crooked Arm and Shane in Montana, as part of “Operation Hanging Rock,” an investigation into the unlawful sale of migratory bird feathers. Another investigation — Operation Silent Wilderness — also resulted in a number of MBTA prosecutions.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2020

But instead of half the surnames beginning with “Mc” or “Mac”, there are dozens of Scottish whiskies that incorporate the prefix “Glen-” in their name — labels like Glenfarclas, Glenfiddich, and Glenlivet, to mention just a few of the more famous examples.

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APRIL 5, 2015

A prime example of tall tree birding and its challenges is in the photo above, which is the best I could do out of the three Golden Whistlers that presented themselves to us on Sunday! Once again a dull part of the forest with its challenges, but it had found a good spot to feed as it investigated the trunk of the tree for insects.

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JULY 4, 2022

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below?

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AUGUST 10, 2021

For example, wind turbines are designed to generate electricity, but they incidentally strike eagles and other birds. The Service’s Office of Law Enforcement would investigate incidental take at a particular site or project if they receive a complaint and/or have reason to believe that unlawful take occurred.

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