10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

In an effort to better understand the “human dimension” of its conservation efforts, several surveys were conducted, including the National Birdwatching Survey (NBS). A core portion of the birdwatcher survey involved discrete choice experiments (DCEs). The survey was a join effort with the University of Minnesota.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. This is the chapter where Osborn talks about “second chances.”

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

However, the typical birding experience for someone down here also includes a large menagerie of other species such as Orange-winged Parrot , Mitred Parakeet , Egyptian Goose and Nutmeg Mannikin. Their loud, descending whistles, gurgles and screeches are a common feature of parks and suburban neighborhoods in parts of Miami-Dade.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2013

Its amazing to me that there are still places on earth where wildlife is blissfully unafraid of humans. Lastly, due to its previous inaccessibility to humans and the absence of natural predators, the wildlife is bizarrely unafraid of humans, allowing for a truly unforgettable experience.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2022

They have also been the subject of numerous articles and have given many presentations and other talks. Apart from helping share this much-needed information, it’s a concrete way they can help, and it can be such an amazing learning experience going through the process of a Birdability Site Review.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 16, 2023

One of their most unique qualities is their self-awareness, which is a sign of higher cognitive abilities that are usually reserved for humans and a few other species. The Research on Elephant Self-Awareness In the 2000s, a team of researchers led by Diana Reiss conducted a series of experiments on Asian elephants using the mirror test.

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Elephants Emotional Research Dolphins 52

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2012

This was an amazing experience which confirmed the continued destruction of the forest caused by the insatiable expansionism of humans. I am presenting this grim picture because I was very shocked by the destruction which parallels the destruction in my own country but only in a much, much, much larger scale.

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Brazil Ecuador Birds Humane 149

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Steve Howell has spent decades of experience in the field studying the birds of Belize, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico. It’s faster than committee work, more direct than bureaucracy, and it presents a clearer and more complete portrait of the range and value of the biodiversity of these countries. Fantasy is the key word here.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2017

But then the presentation happened, a presentation by Dale Forbes , Head of Strategic Business Development for Swarovski Optik, for which he was introduced by Carina Schiestl-Swarovski, Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Swarovski Optik. Some are related to my experience using the BTX and some are from the product specs.

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Austria Rights Eagles Birds 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2011

Tolkien, and Edgar Allan Poe , on flags and other trappings of the state from medieval times to the present day, and in imaginations always, Corvus corax has proven fascinating from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Found in literature as varied as Shakespeare, J.R.R. How could it not be so?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. 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. But that’s another story. Just eat the food.

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 220

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. The Kirtland’s Warbler is divided into three sections: The Past, The Present, The Future. Rapai is clearly fascinated by Leopold’s life, and frankly, so was I.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 220

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

The incipient ferociousness of the hawk set against the skyscrapers, the Red-tail’s stillness against the human rush. I thought of this experience as I read Still the Same Hawk , a collection of twelve essays about nature and New York City, edited by John Waldman. This is what got me, the incongruity. Some of them are even birders.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Used in their entirety by humans , thereby ignoring the reality that the carcasses play in the lives of other creatures, such as scavengers.) This is about using animals and presenting yet another variation on the theme of humans believing they have a right to make food, clothing or art from the body of other animals.

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Butcher Ethics Killing Vegetarian 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. Cocker presents Eurasian Larks as a prime example of one of the recurring themes of the book, our culture’s tendency to cherish a bird in poetry and myth and to simultaneously exploit, even ravish, the actual bird. .”

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The experiences of children observing birds, touched on in the U.S. American tourists are not in short supply, and the camera lingers over stacks of hawk guides and rows of expensive optical equipment as we overhear the chatter of counters and birders in Spanish and English.

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Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 266

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It is presented in two main parts, the “how” – considering the physical processes involved in the way animals perceive their environment, and “why” of animal behaviour – examining the evolutionary forces that have shaped the more complex behaviours. Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans. How did I know that?

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

I really enjoyed getting a look into a world that few people will ever really know, and especially getting to know the human dog bonds that go into such work. What I didn’t realize is how my work with Puzzle in the search field would improve my communication with other humans, too. by Susannah Charleson. Avoid Hasty Conclusions.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. It would be far better than doing nothing at all.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2017

For nearly a hundred years, after the eggers, meat-hunters, plume-hunters, and a human-influenced gull population boom, puffins were absent from the island. Hordes of these delightful black-and-white beauties were present and I did not get tired of photographing them. Also impossible to ignore was the sheer number of Black Guillemots.

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Animal Person

JUNE 13, 2009

You get the idea at YouTube but the experience is vastly different on a great television. The cinematography did present a bit of a problem for me in that I often had difficulties with scale--I didn't know how wide or large things were, and though it might not necessary to know, I like to nonetheless. But that's me.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Your past employment, your experience, a little about yourself and your achievements and any qualifications that you may have. Highlighting your experience and making it apparent why that is necessary for the job you want to go for. It’s a natural human thing to do. Make the right impression with how you present yourself.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation. Humans were drawing owls 36,000 years ago, as Ackerman points out! They are also hunted.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Newly found 8mm footage discovered in Jane’s home attic will be revealed during the evening which offers an intimate portrait of the private person behind the world-famous icon, whose work from her maiden research trip to Africa in 1960 to the present has transformed our perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals.

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Los Angeles Tanzania Africa Research 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans. While people with dogs often experience the greatest health benefits, a pet doesn’t necessarily have to be a dog or a cat.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Masson tells Benjy's story--and Benjy stories--while explaining his theory about the mutual domestication of dogs and humans. You may know that dog/human coevolution has been a popular topic in the past decade, and if so, this might help: Masson "takes E. The point is that, as Chapter 3 is titled, "Dogs Make Us Human."

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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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Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2013

Despite all the people, the birds were incredibly active, rarely shy, and a reminder that natural wonders like the cherry blossoms interact with more than just us humans. The Grebes were gone, but present were the ever ubiquitous Canada Geese. I wanted to bird among the blossoms. Morning was absolutely the best time to go.

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DC Washington Birds Geese 186

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. He clearly loves feeders and presents colorful photographs of seemingly every type sold in the U.S., Places for the birds to perch near the feeders?

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2017

He has led birding tours, taught at Hog Island Audubon Camp, made presentations to many birding and ornithological associations, is a past president of the Wilson Ornithological Society, the Association of Field Ornithologists, and the Nuttall Ornithological Club, and is currently on the Council of the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 12, 2011

If you have cats, consider turning on the faucet so a soft steady drip is present. Most often pets are not allowed in these shelters due to reasons of human health safety. Leave at least a three to five day supply of dry food and water in no-spill containers. Who can I turn to for help?”

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Pit Bulls Pets Shelters Medical 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I photographed this Guianan Cock-of-the-rock at a lek site near Surama, deep in the rainforest zone of Guyana, and my incredible experience with Andean Cock-of-the-rocks was at a display lek on the edge of the town of Jardin, in the coffee-belt of Colombia, both just incredible birds that make the heart soar with joy!

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2020

Far less experience the two in a single morning. Our international borders remain closed at this point, but swift action by the relevant authorities in the face of legal threats and dissenting voices has led to our present position. Numerous Black Vultures , Snowy Egrets and Brown Pelicans were also present. Brown Pelican.

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Trinidad Pelicans Humane Fish 217

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 29, 2008

The degree of restriction placed on human behavior, furthermore, is relatively slight. Whereas it once used to be argued, as by Newman , that the least human good compensates for any possible amount of animal suffering, the current doctrine is that it requires a considerable good to compensate for such suffering.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. This is big, global-level stuff with amazing findings but worrisome data.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 243

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2009

They will have the opportunity find a forever home, experience unconditional love or transition to the Other Side. Whichever circumstance they experience as a result of their rescue, is better than where they came from and any of those options are desirable and welcomed by them. Cherie can be reached through her website [link].

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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