10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Not having any cooperative birds in the garden at the moment, I opted to follow a train of ants. Next time I will try my local patch of Beljarica backwaters in Belgrade and check how much different the NL experience is. They were passing by my table, soon disappearing from my eyesight. A Little Stint awaited me there this morning.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

I do not (yet) have any accessibility issues, and my only experience regarding anything akin to accessibility has been limited to the period when my daughter was in a stroller, which presents only a tiny sliver of the challenges faced by many. It is an eye-opening experience to view a familiar place from a new perspective.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The ibises were initially trained to follow a microlight aircraft over the Alps. Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience. The project aims to restore the migratory route of the Northern Bald Ibis from the breeding quarters in Germany and Austria to the wintering area in Tuscany.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

He is also a serious birder (and a birding friend), and his birding observations and adventures are used throughout the book to introduce evolutionary questions and illustrate the mental interplay between personal experience and scientific curiosity. The book is smartly organized into 12 chapters. that’s three birds).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2023

As usual, my experience with such boardwalks was somewhat underwhelming, as was Eshowe as a whole, but there were still a few birds worth mentioning at the forest and in the area surrounding Eshowe. The reason to come to Eshowe as a birder is to see Dhlinza Forest, a subtropical forest important for its biodiversity. In a distinct color.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2012

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was any one of the five Iceland Gulls spotted at the Beacon Train Station where a massive-by-New-York-standards twitch for a Slaty-backed Gull seen the day before failed to turn up the guest of honor. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

Nyjer (aka Thistle) for goldfinches was introduced from Nigeria–someone had to experiment with that. Grape jelly for orioles was an experiment too. It may take time to get birds used to the idea of coming to it regularly, but isn’t that true of any new bird food? And think of all the people who offer mealworms to bluebirds.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

“The True Nature of Cats movement is about letting our cats be who they were born to be by providing proper nutrition and enriching experiences,” said Nida Bockert, Purina ONE spokesperson. Tracy Reese is the perfect partner for this unique event.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2018

I was out of the house by 5:30AM, on an F train shortly thereafter. The F ran over the E tracks for some reason so I switched to the 6 train at Lexington Avenue and took it to 96th Street. Even under gray skies and rain a Kirtland’s Warbler in New York City is an experience that no one who saw it will ever forget.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2016

But at Rio Blanco, a resident has trained them to come in to his voice and eat earthworms. It’s an incredible experience to see these cotton balls on stilts as they hop out from the dense mountain forest underbrush and dance around in front of you. This Chestnut-crowned Antpitta was one of four species we’d see this way.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2012

The Blue-tongued Lizard that was also having the same experience was definitely not as excited and was trying its hardest to protect itself. These birds will even stand stubborn on road kill as large road trains up to 53 metres long go by.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2020

So, I too was trained to ignore starlings early on, counting them when I have to, but for the most part, overlooking them in favor of our native avifauna. But I have to admit I’ve been giving a little more attention to them this year than I have in the past.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 7, 2012

The Top Techniques For At Home Pet Door Training, guest article from PetDoors.com. The following list outlines the top techniques for introducing and training your pet to use cat and dog doors. For your pet, getting stuck in the pet door could ruin their pet door experience permanently. ??In Right Size Matters. Door Flaps.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Unlike Sean the martial artist, who is still alive, our Strickland is already dead – when he went to examine the geological strata visible on a railway near Retford in the UK, he stepped out of the way of a goods train on a double track and was hit and killed by an express coming in the opposite direction.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

Pets can be a bigger commitment than many people expect, between adoption, health care, training, and environment, there are a lot of variables to consider. If you experience bugs, there are several similar apps for Android and iPhone, and most have access to the same database. Keep your pet happy and healthy with these mobile apps.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Led by professionals who have experience with organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States, the group is definitely not new to the issues surrounding animals worldwide. Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Imagining birds is not hard for me to do, especially ones hard to distinguish from their little-noticed cousins lingering around train tracks and grain silos, park benches, and the high perch of church steeples. The work stands as a tribute to something already long vanished, a ghost of her Indiana childhood.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2011

True, Patrick has trained extensively in the martial arts and knows birds as well as anyone I’ve ever chased birds with. But Patrick would NEVER so much as tweak a feather of a bird even to enhance a birding experience (right, Pat?) Good thing the ABA Code of Ethics doesn’t apply overseas! Obviously, I’m joking.

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Critter News

APRIL 18, 2010

Surgical simulators and supervised operating room experience work just fine. A paper published by the New England Journal of Medicine backs him up, asserting that simulators are effective training devices for medical residents. Harvard and Yale don't see the need to use (or kill) animals, so why do those three schools still do it?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

That summer of 1938, when he was ten years old, Cade read of two brothers, Frank and John Craighead, who wrote of their experiences with falcons in National Geographic. Curious and inventive, he figured out he didn’t need their assistance, just their instructions to help him capture and train a young Cooper’s Hawk.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2012

Many organizations exist throughout the United Kingdom to assist farriers and people desiring to be farriers to become registered and remain well educated through classes, training and competitions. When the horse experiences extreme pain it may not flex the leg properly causing the digital flexor tendon to contract.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2016

It may take a bit of training to obtain a mindset strong and focussed enough to blend out the surroundings, but once that is achieved, watching Common Moorhens at these artificial locations is a pure treat since you can get close and can watch them do many different things that have nothing to do with getting startled at having emerged from reeds.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2011

Sadly, however, one of the reasons people are hesitant to adopt these dogs is because of the assumption that such dogs are always “damaged goods,&# and can’t be re-trained. Before I ever started with the training of Juliet and Foxy, I arranged for vet appointments. Here is what I learned from working with them.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Now up and running for over two years the Walkway Over The Hudson , which was once a bridge for trains to make their way over the Hudson River, is a pretty darn cool place to take a stroll. The first train crossed December 29, 1888. mile long walkway. After the Civil War, the idea was taken more seriously.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

Experience is the best teacher, we’re told, but sometimes past experience can be misleading. Search dogs and handlers train for reliable communication about important issues in the search field, whether unstable terrain, a snake on the move, or the presence of human scent rising from the rubble. Past experience?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

When I look into the eyes of a senior dog, I see a world of experience and wisdom. They require little training since they already know the rules. Some older pets have special medical needs, but after all they’ve given us through the years, it’s an honor to take care of them in return. Wisdom of the ages. They might be just like you!

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Yasha paved the way for what would later happen with Chaser, as Yasha often would take part in many classroom behavioral experiments. Using play and positive reinforcements rather than relying on treats or punishment, he started training her to recognize items by name, and by group. The book is a very interesting read.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 9, 2010

Contrary to what you might think, pet grooming does not have to be a stressful experience. Do a little research on the Internet and you’ll discover several clever tactics pet owners have found to make regular grooming a positive and enjoyable experience. Regular nail clippings and teeth cleanings can nip these problems in the bud.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2012

In my experience, I’ve noted how birders, particularly newer birders, can have a tendency to jump to conclusions when they see any sort of bird that doesn’t match up perfectly with the picture in the field guide. New Jersey mystery sparrow.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

After a few tense moments and some mild panic, we had all trained our telescopes on a Snow Leopard stalking across a far mountain slope. Seeing a wild Snow Leopard is every wildlife enthusiast’s dream, probably the ultimate and most elusive wildlife experience on the planet. The distance was extreme, estimated at 2.5-3km,

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Half the fun of this site is the process of getting there by an old, repurposed “banana train!” I would also like to give a big thank you to Pico Bonito Lodge for their hospitality and providing such a great birding experience for the second half of our trip in Honduras. We first visited Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Fred Tavares of the Brazilian team had the following to say of his team’s experience in the Amazon, “There are so many birds. The journey involved a two hour boat trip, eight hours by car across the Andes, a bus trip, train ride and walk! The challenge is trying to remember them all!”

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The work of these researchers won’t just satisfy the curiosity of the millions of people who love their dogs; it may also lead to more effective ways to train ordinary dogs or–more important–working dogs that can sniff out bombs and guide the blind. Other facilities are operating in the U.S. and Europe.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. I imagine that Rapai’s reportorial training dictated that he stay in the background. This is a story I would have enjoyed reading about it in the Introduction.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

While people with dogs often experience the greatest health benefits, a pet doesn’t necessarily have to be a dog or a cat. The rewards of training a dog to perform a new trick, for example, can teach kids the importance of perseverance. Playing with a pet can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine, which calm and relax.

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