10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Last week, we quite impulsively jumped in a rental car and drove 2600 miles round trip to south Texas to pick up 34 new species. It seems his family of 5, had rented a condo that sleeps 8, at Atlantis Resort, on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. This is only my second ever Yellow-throated Warbler , my first was last week in Texas.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

It belongs to the Parulidae family, but along with the rest of the Basileuterus genus is non-migratory. rufifrons occasionally strays to southern Texas or Arizona, but on the whole, they are seldom seen north of the border. The Rufous-capped Warbler, B.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Three months of non-stop morning sickness left me drained, and I cancelled planned trips to Texas and New York, where I would have added a plethora of birds to my year list. I am determined to instill the same love for the natural landscape in my friends and family, especially any new, tiny members. I did not fall into that category.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The STK families will be departing the panhandle of Florida, with flights possibly hugging the Gulf coastline. You’ll have to catch the Harris family when their flights leave from south central Texas and southern Arizona. Peregrine Falcon. Photo by © Mark Schraad. Super Hot-spot: Little Crawl Key, FL – Atlantic Flyway.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Red-billed Curassow ( Crax blumenbachii ), a large, ground-dwelling bird belonging to the same family as the more familiar Plain Chachalaca of southern Texas, was never a very widespread species. Having a family of endangered Red-billed Curassow willingly approach me to within such a short distance is definitely one of them!

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Brazil California Condor Parrots Texas 238

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced. Checklist lists 955 species in 86 families, with 152 rare/accidental species, three extirpated species, five introduced species, and nine endemics). For context, the IOC version 13.1

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico. ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.” And, “the border wall” is a character in that story.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

It is worth pointing out that titmice belong to the family Paridae , an expansive international clan made up primarily of what we call “chickadees” in the states but are known as “t**s” in the Old World. What do you expect of those decadent, debauched Europeans? The Black-crested or Mexican Titmouse ( B.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2012

But this winter I played it safe and booked a weekend away to a place that should not have a freak ice storm: the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas where I can grab great looks at birds like Crested Caracaras. so for me, you really can’t beat the birds for your buck in South Texas. But how about you?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ontario is larger than Texas, more than 1 million square kilometers of forests, cities, wetlands, tundra, rivers and lakes. A map of Ontario is reproduced on the inside front covers and the Quick Index, a one-page listing of bird families, is on the back inside cover. state and Canadian provinces. by 1 by 7.5

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North America Birds Owls America 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2011

Found from coast to coast in the United States and southern Canada, the White-breasted Nuthatch is missing only from portions of the Rocky Mountains and from a wide band that stretches from the Gulf of Mexico north through Texas into the Great Plains. All twenty-eight species of nuthatch are of the genus Sitta and the family Sittidae.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Co-hosted by local YMCAs nationwide, the events will feature a two- to three-kilometer community dog walk, as well as healthy and fun activities for the whole family. San Diego; Austin, Texas; Miami; and Portland, Ore. San Diego; Austin, Texas; Miami; and Portland, Ore. The first event will take place in Chicago on September 24.

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Pets San Diego Chicago Austin 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

Namibia’s 2,1 million people are spread over an incredible 318,696 sq mi (nearly 20% larger land area than Texas). It is usually an extremely secretive bird and only readily found at very first light when family parties emerge onto the tops of boulders and utter their strange, shrieking choruses.

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Namibia Angola Lovebirds South Africa 271

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 21, 2012

It honors dogs of all breeds — from working dogs to family pets — and encourage pet owners to do something special for their dog. Canine guests must be on leash and accompanied by a human companion. Founded in 2004, National Dog Day is observed annually on August 26. For a complete list, visit www.bestfriendspetcare.com.

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Dogs Oklahoma Maryland North Carolina 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. The authors’ interest expanded into this book, published by Texas A&M University Press.

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America Industry Birds Squirrels 249

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

Mangrove Warblers, in particular, turn up in the ABA listing area with some regularity, particularly at the southern tip of Texas, where higgledy-piggledy is the name of the game.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The morning that we were slated to go approach Marion Island, Erik and I woke at 4:00am to get a good spot.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. From June 1 to September 26, Hog Island offers week-long residential birding and nature programs for adults, teens, and families. Soon the girls emerged.

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Puffins Eggs Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle 274

Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2008

This time it's an exceptionally irresponsible, ignorant comment, especially considering the recent news about the growth in dogfighting in Texas. As the quest for the first dog continues, Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx thinks he's come up with the perfect solution for the President-elect and his family. "A

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Pit Bulls Obama Puppies Texas 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

The Southeastern guide goes a bit more west, to eastern Oklahoma and Texas, so its northern borders lie at the north boundaries of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. And, to be fair, many field guides don’t list families or other groupings in their Table of Contents; it’s something my librarian mind doesn’t understand.).

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North America America Oklahoma Missouri 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Galveston FeatherFest 2011 Galveston FeatherFest 2011 By Mike • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share Texas has been on my mind quite a bit lately, as has spring migration. Really… you too?

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2011 Deer New York Texas 140

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2014

In the ABA region, southeast Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas host many sites right along the Mexican border that fit this description. There is no shortage of bulbuls here, a family well represented in the Oriental region but familiar to birders in the Western Hemisphere only as the introduced Red-whiskered Bulbul.

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Thailand Birds 2013 China 169

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

It was reportedly unforgettable, but then again most members of the celebrated psitticine family are unforgettable, though these days it probably has more to do with their dominance in western cultural traditions as primary avian cracker-wanter and pirate accessory.

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Parrots Mexico United States Stray 246

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 2, 2012

You can search by breed, age, gender, and size, so you can easily narrow down to animals that are more likely to fit with your home and family. Julia resides in Galveston, Texas in a cozy little house in the country with her husband, young son, and their Labrador retriever, Darby. Cost: free). Pet First Aid (iPhone).

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Pets Medical Adoptable Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

And I, like some dowager countess in a birding vest, am expected to know each one’s family at a glance and greet them by name. led by Rich Hoyer); Surbound Expeditions (Florida, led by Alfredo Begazo); and Field Guides (Texas, led by Rose Ann Rowlett). The Sunbird/Wings team celebrates with Rally director Manuel Bryce.

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Peru Birds South America Owls 255

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2011

However, that doesn’t mean they can’t make great companions for the right adoptive family. The no-kill shelter I adopted them from didn’t know too much about them except that they were found half-starved in the Jasper area after Hurricane Rita tore through areas of the east Texas coast.

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Emotional Rescue Dogs Adoptable 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The fury this meal caused my friends and family back in America motivated me to examine whether eating any animal was justified. Foer stop writing about food and stick to the stories. Howland Northport, N.Y. At one point during my year living in China, I ate dog. Why was a dog more worthy of not being dinner than a pig?

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Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” The mosaic of wetlands, open water, bottomland forests and prairies provides habitat for numerous mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish and nearly three hundred bird species.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

Our working life together is framed by loss and urgency—a person missing, time passing, a family and community desperate for answers. And yet somehow six years into my partnership with Puzzle, a golden retriever and certified search-and-rescue K9, we have forged a common language. We need it in the search field.

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Rescue Dogs Humane Dallas 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

yuck), the parula was the face of the family. Where its range sneaks across the border into the southern tip of Texas, it inflames the passions of everyone who would gaze upon it. The week before our annual trip, I learned that a Tropical Parula was being seen at a roadside reststop near the tiny town of Sarita, Texas.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We have escaped the clutches of the Bahamas, and are finally back “home” in Tucson, Texas. We also got an extra stop in Dallas, Texas (Hey wasn’t I just here) but again no birds could be added, unless I count the House Sparrow flying around inside the terminal.

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Bahamas Costa Rica Abandon Abandoning 146

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. of Texas Press in 2013 (I haven’t examined either title). Text is on the left, plates are on the right.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Species accounts are organized by family; Broad-winged, Spreadwing, and Pond for damselflies and Petaltail, Darner, Clubtail, Spiketail, Cruiser, Emerald, and Skmmer for Dragonflies. Within families, species are organized by genus.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 249

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

I was attending the 3rd Global Bird-watching Conference in Gujarat and suddenly surrounded not just be species that were completely new, but entire families of birds. We’ll just have to take Jochen’s word that there had been swiftlets in this sky… Donna sure had a good time on her visit to Texas in November!

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 169

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

You find them in the south from Florida to Texas and down into Mexico, occasionally as far north as the Carolinas in the east and up the Mississippi River as far north as Illinois. It is one of several species in the Mallard -complex of ducks, along with American Black Duck , Mexican Duck , and quite a few others.

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Ducks Florida Illinois Mississippi 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. There is evidence that a unique Canadian prairie population of lesser sandhill cranes is being selectively wiped out, since they migrate over the most heavily hunted areas of Texas.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Didn’t every household have a copy of a Peterson Field Guide on the shelf, maybe a third or fourth edition that family members grew up with, which they could quickly consult to see the arrow pointing to that belly band? .” I was puzzled by what seemed like a universal lack of knowledge about hawks and falcons.

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