10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs. It reminds me a lot of Rare Birds of North America , the 2014 book by Steve N.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

But they don’t live in North America. I new him because we enlisted his Dryfus Lion and one of his tigers to carry out experiments with bones (this is something archaeologists do). I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. Unless we put them there.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

Solid Air: Invisible Killer- Saving Billions of Birds from Windows is the summation of Dr. Klem’s expertise, experience, and professional life–what we scientifically know about bird and glass collisions, a handbook on how to prevent them, and, not insignificantly, the story of a remarkable career. Did the model work?

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2011

Anyone who has gone bird watching in North America, however, knows another kind of phoebe, a bold little genus that turns up with remarkable frequency from the arctic circle to the equator. This phoebe of phoebes is considered a loner as far as its own kind is concerned, but doesn’t appear to mind human presence.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Just in North America north of the Rio Grande! With deep local roots in the New York City activism scene and experience, post Hurricane Sandy, of the damage that climate change can cause , Occupy Wall Street has morphed into an organization with a ton of organizing and direct action talents.

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Critter News

JUNE 20, 2010

A study released by the associations that accredit zoos across North America said that the occurrence of deaths was not a fluke. It reported that human error surrounded more deaths than at any other zoo and forced immediate plans be taken to make sure of the animals’ safety.

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Zoos Animal Abuse Bats Goats 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2012

Birding the Dry Tortugas in late April has always been high on my bucket-list of the best birding experiences in North America. Day-trips to the Dry Tortugas are of course possible but the best way to experience the islands is on an extended 3-day guided tour. That means I used to be very young. Almost infantile.

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Florida Kentucky France North America 250

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2013

Travis got to experience things he normally wouldn’t (like spending about 5 hours every day in a pool) and seeing the world famous Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team (I can post a photo of them right? This pair first appeared four years ago, and are amongst the most northerly known breeding Pacific Loons in North America.

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Eggs 217

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. Except for the falconer’s jesses and bell, they were to be allowed freedom to pursue life in the wild, life with minimal human contact. The concern possessed him.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Larry starts us off right with an owl that makes birders drool: I was able to see and photograph many great birds in 2014 but my Best Bird of the Year would have to be the Great Gray Owl , the largest Strix in North America. The experience, the place, and the bird combine to make this my BBOTY.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 245

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. This is why 1,000 to 3,000 birders turned out to see the Magee Marsh Kirtland’s Warbler, possibly the fussiest bird in the world.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 258

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

The 6 th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America , for example, includes “extinct” and “probably extinct” species in a chapter, mixed in with accidentals.) Other species are less known. Laughing Owl, 1909, New Zealand, photo taken by Cuthbert and Oliver Parr, pp.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 270

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. Jim Carpenter is the founder of Wild Birds Unlimited, the popular bird feeder and seed franchise. Places for the birds to perch near the feeders?

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Early research suggested that “Fragmented distributions and population bottlenecks due to human activities appear to have increased genetic differentiation among populations” (Leberg 1991). The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Which would be weird. Kiva 78(1):37–60. Reitz, Elizabeth. Historical Archaeology, Vol.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

In Better Living Through Birding , Chris tells us stories of his life, a very unique life, but he also crafts his experiences so we can relate to them as birders and as people. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. And, as he did a decade ago, the joys and benefits of birding.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

The longer Introduction lists and briefly summarizes topics covered in the Portfolio (evolution feathers, coloration, variation, senses, movement, physiology, migration, food and foraging, survival, social behavior, birds and humans, threats). More narrative, more dense, maybe a little less fun.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Kitsissunnguit is relatively easy to get to for humans and is only a 1­2 hour boat trip away from the city Aasiaat. Due to their great protectiveness against dangers such as gulls, arctic skuas, ravens, falcons, foxes and humans, a lot of other bird species reside just outside the Arctic terns colonies. Greenland’s Birds.

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North America Eagles Breeding Fish 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Add to that Liguori’s earlier Hawks From Every Angle (2005), the entry from the Peterson Field Guide series, Hawks of North America, second edition , by William S. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. Clark and Brian K.

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North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. The new offspring of that year hang back and leave later, finding their way to their wintering grounds using something other than experience, and something other than being taught by their parents. More alarm calling. Apparently.

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Humane Eagles Investigation Research 261

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2016

Amy Evrard has a PhD in social anthropology from Harvard University and loves to write about human relationships with nature. As a clumsy person, she enjoys the experience of literally stumbling through nature, learning as she goes, experiencing the magic of finding something interesting. But that makes her sound awfully stuffy.

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West Virginia Birds Chickens Maryland 124