10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2015

Black-headed Gulls somehow managed to build 31 nests on a few dead tree trunks left in the water, but Common Terns require bare soil and not having any on inner dykes – which were a safe haven, they build 16 nests on the higher outer dyke, a place exposed to foxes and stray dogs. Photo by Teodora’s Dad.

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Factory Stray Dog Turtles Serbia 221

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). In Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure , Susan Fox Rogers offers a series of elegantly written essays on learning to bird.

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Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 219

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2013

Fox Sparrow : The thought of splitting Fox Sparrow has been around for many years. They happen, and are not completely understood…that said, the differences between the groups (“Thick-billed”, “Easter”, “Sooty”,” Slate-colored”) are more often than not quite drastic.

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San Francisco Fox Sparrows California 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2012

But I am still foxed in finding a name for a group of Skylarks which was the reason for looking in the first place. In Hong Kong, I found a small group of 5 Oriental Skylarks and the field guide confirmed that they do form flocks during the winter, but gave no indication of the correct venery term. Merry Christmas.

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Hunting Collecting Groups Fox 151

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it? They need to learn by trial and error (often deadly to the chicks) where to safely place the nest, how to keep young in a tight group and hide them to avoid predators. Try to get it too another family group or contact a wildlife rehabber.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

Critter News

MAY 7, 2011

From Fox News (blech). Several groups, including Spain's Plataforma Prou, the Mexican Association for Animal Rights, or Amedea, and the Proyecto Proteccion Animal, have been consulted on the bill, Moreno said. I'm very, very surprised. And not very optimistic. Mexico is notorious for its bullfights and lack of animal rights.

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Los Angeles Legislation Animal Rights Spain 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2015

Back to the Uvac Dam where a large group of conference participants is leaving the shuttle bus as I stop the car… While I am carefully reversing through the scattered bunch, a lucky few saw the main prize landing at the hilltop vulture restaurant: the huge Cinereous Vulture (or Eurasian Black Vulture)! And a bit more.

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Europe Serbia Russia Breeding 246

Critter News

MARCH 21, 2009

Portuguese environmental groups - including SOS Lynx, A Nossa Terra and Almargem - have denounced the deliberate shooting of the country's only nesting male Iberian Imperial Eagle. Tags: Stupid eagle portugal fox hunting. I come from a Portuguese family and I have no problem dumping on the Portuguese. This makes me angry. March 2009.

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Portugal Eagles Spain Killing 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

From Latino Fox News. That move prompted an uproar in northern Mexico after animal rights groups argued the government was barking up the wrong tree, and they demanded the town stop what they called unnecessary “dog killings.” Clearly, there's no spay/neuter program in this place.

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Stray Dog Dogs Stray Spay 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2016

It gets very confusing when I’m trying to look at subspecies descriptions in multiple field guides (“Slate-Colored Fox Sparrow” in Sibley West, for example, is “Western Slate-colored Group” in Stokes West). The group pages show how much the taxonomy of certain bird families has changed over the past 13 years.

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North America 2003 Birds America 155

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. We need to create a clamor here, one that can’t be shoved aside by special interest hunting groups. Quick: what’s this?

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Tours groups that I guided to Ethiopia ten years ago had to endure very basic accommodation, almost no surfaced roads and low levels of service. White-rumped Babbler A near-endemic, this attractively-scaled babbler is not uncommon is small noisy groups in woodlands and thickets. Males have dark heads whereas females sport sooty ones.

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Ethiopia Eritrea Africa Mammals 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2015

When such a company runs a nature reserve, it is a bit like having a fox to watch over your chickens. And, of course, there was a group of youngsters barbecuing. Some time ago, they applied for the tax payers funds and got them under a condition to build a series of bird towers and observation platforms. And a table, too. And so did I.

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Serbia Birds Spain Hungary 238

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

But as she stayed and mice were being tossed out, she decided it wasn’t for her, and she left the birds, and the group. One wouldn’t tether a rabbit out to get a shot of a fox or a coyote, or is that somehow different?

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Owls Mice Tethering Chickens 188

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

They decided to study foxes, which are closely related to wolves and dogs. The Russians began by breeding a group of foxes according to one simple rule: they would walk up to a cage and put a hand on the bars. Foxes that slunk back in fear and snapped their teeth didn’t get to breed.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits. But, what about the rights of those who cannot defend themselves?

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Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 186

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each year these groups combined, rescue and find homes for over 2,000 abandoned Southland dogs and cats, animals that most likely would otherwise have lost their lives. Jane Lynch, currently starring in the new Fox series “GLEE” and the current theatrical hit “Julie & Julia,” returns again this year.

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Rescue Los Angeles Unwanted Pets Stray Cat 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

and, after spotting a Nashville Warbler at Chilao, pointed out a young Yellow-rumped Warbler , one of what turned out to be a group of Audubons, and then a MacGillivray’s Warbler. A Spotted-Towhee and a Thick-billed Fox Sparrow lurked in the bushes (another Catherine spot). A Green-tailed Towhee staked out the parking area.

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Los Angeles Woodpeckers California Birds 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

In the case of fox hunting (a true bloodsport), dogs are domesticated animals that are killing, not for food, but for sport. There is no wind and the habitat is perfect for cottontail rabbits and the much larger jackrabbits (actually hares), the preferred quarry of this group of three birds. My reasons for this are as follows: 1.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 269

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2013

One very helpful feature are the “Identification Tips” offered for groups of birds. These light blue boxes paint an overall view of the group as a whole and articulate guidelines for differentiating species within the group. A “Quick Alphabetical Index” on the inside front cover offers quick entry to bird groups.

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Birds North America Groups Falcons 154

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I’ll never forget an orphaned Northern Cardinal nestling that I really fussed over a few years back,” said Arden Zich of Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, Illinois. “We “I’ve been locked in a chicken coop once or twice, too. It’s a theme.”. “I’ll

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 216

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. A lot of the invasive species that we have nowadays are species that were brought into the country in very small numbers a long time ago and generally in good faith.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. The Turmi area is home to the Hamar tribe who numbering nearly 50,000 are one of the largest ethnic groups living in the Lower Omo Valley (with an approximate population of 200,000 tribal people). Hamar mother and child.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 237

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

So we don’t get lost in the new re-arrangements, species covered in the book are listed in the Introduction in taxonomic sequence, grouped together by genus, accompanied by explanations of changes. So, there are separate descriptions for birds normally grouped in the Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and Dark-eyed Junco complexes.

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North America Sparrows America United States 143

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Also, we saw a Blue Grosbeak , some Fox Sparrows , and both species of kinglets. So is the response of people from all over New York City and beyond. Volunteers were doing everything from distributing supplies to pumping out flooded basements. Desi also cracked us up by imitating Black-capped Chickadees.

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Battery Birds Suffering New York City 103

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Nonetheless, they adjusted their behavior to allow Babyl to remain with the group. Caledonian crows live in small family groups and youngsters learn to fashion and use tools by watching adults.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Ahead of the first trip, I wasn’t thinking much about mammals, and yet, you cannot miss them, from Nilgais near villages to Indian Flying Foxes in town centres, not to mention those ubiquitous and irresistibly cute Palm Squirrels eating seeds left for parakeets. On that first trip, I even saw some of the last 500 (Asiatic) Lions !

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Asia Mammals Sri Lanka Bhutan 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The author, conservation biologist Caroline Fox, is observing the albatross’s shadow to the side of the boat. Fox notes the albatross in her “soaking-wet notebook” and watches it circle and fly back into the masking glare. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In the latter case, there’s no linguistic alternative to the vulture while in the first case, depending on your level of frustration, alternatives range (in the order of mild anger to disgust) from fox to cuckoo and hangman. You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls.

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Germany Birds Hunters Owls 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Up to 256 bird species, deer, black bears, foxes, big cats, Gila Monsters, and 16 species of bats call this area of southeastern Arizona home. ( The Friends of Madera Canyon group publishes a good bird checklist.). Peregrine Falcon. Photo by © Mark Schraad. Cooper’s Hawk. Photo by © Mark Schraad.

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Arizona Tucson Birds North America 135

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Actually, I was bested by an entire group of teenagers, all gathered – along with 36 adults – on Hog Island , Audubon’s famous camp off the coast of Maine. Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families).

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 249

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently. You can see two adult males, one in the middle and one on the right side of the screen and an adult female running up to the foraging group from the cover at the edge of the yard. www.youtube.com/watch? Let us also not forget the two-legged predator with a shotgun.

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California Eggs Gophers Rattlesnake 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2014

As a group, yes, we are anti-hunting,” she said. Foxes, coons, coyotes, possums and hawks all get a free meal that lasts for days on some of the larger shoots.”. Since no one was vilified by gun club defenders more than Friends of Animals , I called its New York director, Edita Birnkrant. It will never happen.

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Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2019

Much like Madera Canyon, this area has its premier species, in the form of a very small group of Rufous-capped Warblers. This area boasts a “life” list of species of 224, so I have quite a ways to go, with my paltry 47 species in 6 visits. Here is a female Black-capped Gnatcatcher.

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Florida Sparrows Mexico Fox 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Paul and I led our group down into the marsh where we quickly encountered many Nelson’s Sparrows, a single Saltmarsh Sparrow, and a great many individuals that we could not identify to either. Now called “New Inlet”, this area makes for easy access to to some of the marsh grass habitat along the sound side of the island.

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North Carolina Rattlesnake Sparrows Owls 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2021

The roadmap out of lockdown here in the UK has allowed us to meet up in small groups to indulge in outdoor activities, so birders have been gathering in loose flocks to greet the migrants as they head north.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Ducks 152

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

The lake was filled with families of Dusky Moorhens and Purple Swamphens (or Pukeko as we call them in New Zealand), all tending small groups of black chicks. Near the entrance lay Bushy Pond, one of the many lakes and ponds that fill the park. Pairs of these a are common sight on open grassy areas in Australia.

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New Zealand Ducks Australia Japan 170