10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

.* So, it’s a good thing that Ediciones Nuevos Mundo, the publishing arm of The Friendship Association, published Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide by Nils Navarro, Cuban wildlife artist and naturalist , earlier this year. Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Press in 2003.

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Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

From the Press Association. India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said that speeding up justice as well as hefty fines are needed to strengthen the Wildlife Protection Act. But is it enough?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. Press), which Mike reviewed in 2009 , is the one most people will be comparing it to), by a view of birds that encompasses their habitat and ecology. Species Accounts are grouped by family, following what appears to be Sibley and Monroe’s 1996 taxonomy. (I

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Timothy Barksdale is a birder, Prairie Chicken documentarian , and wildlife videographer well-known for his stunning Adventures with Birdman. Advertisers, press and Monday morning news, Hollywood and how people see birders are the issue. The figures released by the United State Fish and Wildlife Service show there are millions of us….

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West Virginia Chickens Missouri United States 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

My friend Ian had purchased Richard ffrench’s classic A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago just before we left, the third edition, hot off the presses. For some reason, Yale University Press discontinued its arrangement with Helms, so there is no United States edition. The bird guide question was a conundrum.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles. … Tags: ducks , features , jamaica bay , migration , queens • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

And, though I think you can argue that the Bronx Zoo, with its numerous buildings and landscaped wildlife areas is not purely ‘natural space,’ I have wonderful memories of traipsing through its wooded areas when I was a girl. (I An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? And for good reason. More field guides?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Filming the plovers of Estero Lagoon Plovers are a significant part of the shorebird family, comprising 66 species worldwide. What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? I am often guilty of neglecting “place&# when birding.

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Florida South Africa 2011 Africa 194

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

list courtesy of JGI press release}. An autographed batting helmet from Philadelphia Phillies player and 2011 MLB All-Star Shane Victorino. .; • Signed scripts from Fast Five and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; • Tickets to see Penn State football at Wisconsin; and. • Online bidding is open to the public through November 9, 2011.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

The boys knew what Owls looked like, they saw Screech Owls (and Barred and Great Horned Owls) at a local wildlife park, and we photographed Burrowing Owl families every year at Brian Piccolo Park. Candlewick Press, 1992. Hyperion Press, 2003. So, they knew that these were Real Owls. Random House, 1960. by Mo Willems.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

Digiscoping has prompted me take up photography and it has reignited a more conscious interest and appreciation for wildlife in me, in particular towards birds. JN: Of course good weather, good light, good birds and very important, and an understanding family that puts up with your obsession.

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Adoptable Suffering Australia Ducks 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Trying to stop her is her furious husband and the authorities, and helping her is a smitten tech guy and an underground railroad of fellow wildlife rescuers. It’s a funny, suspenseful road trip with lots of wildlife. And birders!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 261

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Within families, the species are arranged less taxonomically and more in line with “design and space considerations,” (Introduction), and on the plates themselves, species are arranged to facilitate comparison. Text is on the left, plates are on the right. Both genus names and species names are listed.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press. 560pages, 6.3

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 146

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

–especially when reviewing books like A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia or Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds. But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Press, 2011).

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

She places the cahow’s tale within the larger story of how Bermuda’s endemic plants and wildlife, especially the Bermuda Cedar, were exploited and replaced with invasives that caused more destruction. Beacon Press, 2012. She uses both sources well. . —————-. by Elizabeth Gehrman. Hardcover, 256 pages.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman Penguin Press, June 2023 352 pages; illus. This is a great summer read.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 217

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Collins Birds of the World is “ a must for the travelling birder ,” as the BBC Wildlife Magazine reviewer has put it. of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. And I cannot agree more. Have you ever used illustrated checklists in the field, as opposed to full scale field guides?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

There has been one for the last couple winters at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but I don’t think anyone has gotten as close to it as I got to the one at the Queens Zoo. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

This study suggests that the common pastime of supplementary feeding of ducks has resulted in new foraging behaviours and patterns within urban populations of Pacific Black Ducks, and these findings have implications for urban wildlife management and the co-existence of people and animals in urban environments.” ” ( source ).

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

And one that is easy to use, because, let’s face it, you want to spend most of your time looking at wildlife, not searching for information. There is also a narrative write-up for each species that recounts interesting behavior, family issues, unique biological facts, the animal’s status in Kruger, and notable conservation issues.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. It brings to question the purpose of wildlife management. Street, N.W.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The trip was to visit a handful of sites across North Sydney, which was great for me as they were places I could stand to know better and were close to where my family live (and I was staying). I talked to an American visitor from Hawaii who had brought his wildlife-mad son along. Not that we lingered to look, we were on a mission.

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Owls Birds Neglecting Hawaii 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Crafty Like A Crow Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Almost Squished Wood Thrush (and a fox) About the Author Jory Jory is a native Long Islander living just outside of Albany. Tags: ID Quiz , quiz • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Beware of hybrids.

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2011 North America Deer New York 124

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

publisher and distributer, Princeton University Press. Masked Lapwing is a very easy bird to identify, so there is a question about how the Compact Guide works in the field when trying to identify trickier birds, like Honeyeaters, a family totally new to many North American birders. Press, hardcover, 256 pages, 4.75

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Australia Birds 2017 Groups 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. From a press release about that research: >Common Loons (Gavia immer) nest on lakes across Canada and the northern U.S., Sometimes that one reaches adulthood, but just as often it disappears.

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Humane Eagles Investigation Research 210

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

Number 33, Parabolic reflector, 1888, for example, starts with the invention of the reflector by a German physicist and broadens into the early history of wildlife sound recording technology. It omits Audubon’s uneven business history, his bankruptcy, and the fact that Lucy, his wife, eventually had to support the family through teaching.

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The book sparked constructive conversations about what is a field guide and the efficacy of drawings versus photographs in a bird guide and just how far does one tweak a wildlife photograph for publication. Crossley Books/Princeton University Press, 2013. Birders loved it or hated it or were just confused. flexibound, 304 pp.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

And of course, shuttling wildlife to and fro, and contemplating their place in our lives and our place in theirs. My imagination conjured a frog desperate to return to his home and family, but trapped in a surreal world of artificially-cold air, very little dirt, ostensibly no available water, and precious few bugs to eat.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

De Roy is an incredibly accomplished wildlife photographer, writer and conservation advocate with a fascinating personal history; she gives us little glimpses of throughout her essays, and left me wanting to know more. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly. Princeton University Press, Sept.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This is how, I think, the “Crossley technique” works best—coverage of specific bird families that pose identification challenges to birders at all levels of skill. And Hybrids: Waterfowl tend to hybridize to a greater degree than most other bird families, and the guide does an excellent job of covering hybrids. Barker and Carrol L.

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 121