10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2023

Strangely, the Oriental Dollarbird seems to suffer a bit from an image problem. Otherwise, why would eBird call it a “heavily built, flat-headed dark blue bird”, which sounds more like a description of a robot or a piece of machinery than that of a beautiful bird?

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Malaysia Indonesia Lifestyle Japan 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2014

Patrick’s Day by doing more than donning green didn’t “celebrate” so much this weekend that you’re suffering today. When I saw a Turkey Vulture soaring serenely over the frozen tundra of Rochester last month, I took the sighting as an example of how confused, in a potentially fatal way, some birds can get.

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2014 Geese Jamaica Turkey 183

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, the financial statements have not been updated since 2018, nor have the annual meeting minutes. T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. A quick tour of the ABA website reveals other issues.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Wrens for example might use anything that will support their nest. Even if you are suffering sub-zero temperatures, spring is still coming and the birds will be looking for nesting sites before you know it. You don’t have to use shop-built boxes.

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Eggs Suffering Cats Protection 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

The HBW entry also has a nice example for an ornithologist saying the word “b t” without using any swearwords: “Race flavirostris [a subspecies] has been considered possibly to merit full species status, but basis for such a separation unclear” At Hongbenghe, some Blue Rock Thrushes apparently suffer from delusions of grandeur. (..)

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 198

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Another one of the shining examples of this is the actual proximity to Mexico, and the Sea of Cortez especially. Now please understand, having lived on the Baja for eight years, and suffering thru 6 hurricanes, I would never wish one of these monsters on anybody.

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Arizona Tucson Seattle United States 148

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, to see the cute Rufous-faced Warbler whose high-pitched trilling sound can be heard frequently. Its minor claim to fame among the water towns around Shanghai is its sex museum – a bit of a rarity in traditionally prudish China.

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Birds Asia Battery Woodpeckers 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2014

For example, if you think one of the birds is a Song Sparrow then type just that, not “sparrow” or anything else.) Guess or suffer! As usual, you are to put your answers in the comments. Please identify which image each of your guesses correlates to by number and give the full common name of each bird you are guessing.

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United States New York Sparrows Suffering 166

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. I also think there are chapters where the photographs crowd out the text.

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2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 248

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

For one example, a dispute over the old rights to a Motown dance act (of all things) is the cause of the murder at the heart of the book.). At the end of Cranes, Danny Maik has a concussion, suffered in the line of duty, and Lauren Salter goes to his house to look in on him.

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Humane 2018 Laws Science 132

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. High elevation species will surely suffer from shifting and reduced habitat, and that process seems to have started already. It also provides a great example of how changing weather patterns can affect birdlife.

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North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 215

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. By way of an example take the Western Gulls that I studied on the Farallon Islands in California.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 262

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 24, 2008

Neither Aquinas nor Kant nor Newman denied, however, that animals could suffer: Descartes and Malebranche thought differently. To suppose that animals could feel would be to suggest that there could be pain and suffering where there has been no sin. For animals did not eat of the Forbidden Tree.

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Suffering Animal Suffering 2004 Vivisection 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2011

For example, I’m headed down to NYC for a full house of family events, which will alas mean no birding. On the other hand, he has seen 42 birds in two days from the line already, so he’s not suffering too badly! Many of us also get a long weekend, though social obligations often eat up a lot of that time.

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2011 ALA United States Suffering 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

For example, here in western New York, our warm winter and dry spring dramatically impacted many of our fruit crops. But apples and those who love them definitely suffered most substantially. Some phenological oddities, however, are blatant enough to catch everyone’s attention. Berries burst early and corn came in early.

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2012 New York Birds Suffering 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2015

For example: Yes, this is a female Cerulean Warbler. I thought this Swainson’s Thrush would make those suffering from wood-warbler-envy a little less sad. The amount of dedication that goes into lugging gallons of water into the woods just shows how special we Queens birders feel the waterhole is. Thanks for asking. And, oh my!

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Umoya, a 21-year-old African elephant, died Thursday, possibly due to injuries suffered during an attack by another elephant. This elephant's shocking death is another tragic example of how elephants suffer in inadequate and artificial zoo exhibits," said Catherine Doyle, elephant campaign director for the group.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2012

They get hit by cars, suffer from parasites, predated upon by coyotes, and die from disease. For example, how many lies can you find in the quote below from this article ? And while I am sick of the cat colonies I am even more sick of the deluded people who believe that by feeding feral cats they are somehow helping them.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Coyotes 215

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This latter style suffers from the problem that it must be refilled very often, because the level of food is constantly being reduced by the feeding. For example, they can only be filled by dismantling the feeder and removing the top container from its feeding position.

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Critter News

APRIL 15, 2010

Octopus are highly intelligent creatures.not that ANY creature should suffer like this. This link has a video with some examples. Live octopus are apparently being served LIVE in some New York restaurants. Good grief! PETA is arguing that this practice violates New York's anti-cruelty laws. It's apparently a practice around the world.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2012

Chickadees for example, primarily eat seeds, if the bill is misshapen to the extent that they cannot open up the seeds, they cannot eat. Ed - To see the range of birds that suffer beak deformities, check out the amazing Birds with deformed bills gallery on Flickr! ) Well, there are several reasons why.

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Alaska Science 2000 Suffering 182

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

And, even worse than being hated, they often suffer being called Canadian Geese , which is just not fair to these non-Tim Horton’s-coffee-drinking creatures.) For example, two of the birds had neck collars. Their population grew and grew and grew and grew and now they are hated. It’s not my fault!

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Geese Canada New York City Birds 162

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Just like people, pets that are not treated right can suffer from stress and other health problems, and an inadequate diet, for example, will make cats more prone to infections and illnesses. In recipes where food is to be baked, for example, make sure the food is thoroughly cooked and therefore safe to eat. Options for treats.

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Cats Rights Chickens Pets 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

By weird things I don’t mean human weird things, like for example wasting their time in wild places looking for unusual feathered animals and ticking them off a list, but things that fall outside of their usual repertoire of normal behaviour. It is easy to forget sometimes that birds can do weird things.

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Albatross Hawaii Seals Parrots 179

Animal Ethics

JULY 8, 2012

The central case of cruelty appears to be the case where, in Locke's apt phrase, one takes "a seeming kind of Pleasure" in causing another to suffer. Some cruel people do not feel pleasure in making others suffer. For example, a woman is not cruel if she occasionally fails to feed her cat. Let us term this sadistic cruelty.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

So common that my local bird guide actually gave the species as an example of a very common bird he was still happy to see during the COVID lockdown when it showed up in his backyard. The Collared Kingfisher is even more common – it can frequently be seen sitting on wires and posts along the main roads.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

" However, various lines of scientific & behavioral research show that reptiles not only feel pain & experience stress the same way mammals & birds do, but that they are also likely capable of a range of emotions including anxiety, distress, excitement, fear, frustration, pain, stress, and suffering.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2015

White suffered through a bad childhood and was beaten at his British boarding school; he reacted by becoming a sadist himself, beating smaller classmates and helping to push one out a window.

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Falcons Michael Vick Whales Whaling 219

Critter News

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

For example, why should an animal with years of life be sacrificed so someone can have a meal that may last 30 minutes and which gets flushed down the toilet shortly afterwards? Why should an animal suffer excruciating pain so a women can dab makeup on her face? Why are we so callous in taking it away from them?

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Animal Suffering Animal Rights Meat Tagged Animal 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

It is a bit hard for me to think of much of an overlap between birders and stamp collectors, but if it did not exist, why would (for example) the Republique Federale Islamique des Comores issue shrike-themed stamps? And here is the Collared Finchbill , who like me suffers from being less social than others.

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 195

Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2008

For example, here's Econista's take on Natalie Portman's vegan shoe line. The desire to end the suffering of animals is noble and necessary. This is an interesting post from Econista, a "guerilla environmentalist and fashionista" blog that, sadly, is not often updated. It's too bad because I like the content and commentary.

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Vegan Industry Suffering Tagged 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Wildlife Refuges Under Attack: 3 Examples of Recent Onslaught. Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. Jury Delivers Surprise Acquittal In Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation Trial.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 20, 2013

However, while we all enjoy a chuckle at that funny cat image, it is easy to forget that out there in the real world many cats are suffering at the hands of cruel owners. Not only do these poor cats suffer physical damage at the hands of their owners, but often they end up emotionally scarred as well.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Studies have also found that: Pet owners are less likely to suffer from depression than those without pets. Having an ever-present dog or cat, for example, can help ease separation anxiety in children when mom and dad aren’t around. People with pets have lower blood pressure in stressful situations than those without pets.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

I know on some level, I think that’s something almost all of us can get behind…no one, except the most callous and cold-hearted of the human race things its fine to torture animals, or deny that they are capable of pain and suffering. For example, when the U.S.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 208

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2013

A pitfall of the compact and bridge cameras is that many of them suffer from shutter lag. Lean back against your car for example. The trick is getting the bird in the frame for long enough for the Servo Focus to work its little miracle. If you use a compact or bridge-type camera, the ‘sport’ function does a similar job.

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Branding Adoptable Suffering Raised 159

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

So, while this fact does not need to concern us, if we are thinking about ethical principles, for example based on rational arguments leading to deontological ethics, that changes when we are talking about how to move society towards this ethical ideal. And the only way to totally alleviate that suffering is to not use the animal.

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Psychology Campaign Animal Rights Movement Suffering 100