10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2017

Then, in one of my freshmen science classes, there was a discussion about extinct species, which then lead to the topic of threatened, or endangered species, and what we could do to help out. Well, high school turns in to college, college turns into a job and the need to make a living, and I never found, or helped out the Snowy Plover.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2019

The game-changer was the new scope, Swarovski 25-60×65 STX , which truly allowed me to follow those tiny tracks in the mud. Quarter of a century later, I jumped at an opportunity to study environmental sciences, and guess what awaited me there? When there was hardly much else left, I accepted the shorebirds.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The internet has been game-changing for birding, just as it has been disruptive in other fields. My impression is that most young birders are eBirders, a trend that will surely continue due to its convenience, accessibility, and contribution to science. In that world, a mimeographed newsletter was a giant leap forward.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Supporting local conservation organizations and participating in citizen science initiatives allows us to contribute to the protection of Shanghai’s bird species and their habitats. It’s like playing a game of hide-and-seek, except the birds are losing, and we’re winning our concrete trophy. Green Spaces?

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 25, 2014

For example, wouldn’t it be great if your pooch could say “okay, I’m tired of this game now, let’s play something else,” or “my bed is getting lumpy, do you think it’s time for a new doggie mattress?”.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences. We arose each morning at 4:30am to find out that we were late to the game. Prince Edward Island is about 45 km2 and Marion Island is much bigger at 295 km2 with 80km of coastline.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2013

A large portion of North American birders are relatively new to the game, with less than ten years under their belts. Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., Hello my birding sons and daughters.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. There is little that is less polluting and less harmful to the planet than hunting wild game responsibly. Toney Union, N.J., Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J., What is greener than forage-fed meat?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted. Why should “the biologist&# be able to unilaterally bestow game bird status on a crane? Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

I used to play Subbuteo as a kid … a kind of tip-kick football game that was named after this species (apparently, the inventors first wanted to name the game “Hobby” but that was rejected as too generic, or so the story goes). The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2012

You could raise both, given that there are 40 million Pheasants released in the UK each year and previous research by the industry’s own science lobby (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust) had found little evidence of raptor take (0.6% of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

The species readily takes to nesting in small artificial boxes, and the scientists of PRBO Conservation Science have over 450 such boxes scattered across the island to monitor the species. The Cassin’s Auklets of the Farallon Islands, where I encountered the species, have been the subject of a long term study going on for decades.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

Her children’s books–which include the charming Mama Build a Little Nest , other picture books, and chapter books–evince an easy familiarity with birds, their science and birding ethics. She’s written a series of nature activity books, and I Love Birds!: © 2019 Jennifer Ward, © 2019 Alexander Vidal.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Pickrell, an Australian science writer who grew up in Great Britain and studied for his master’s degree at London’s Natural History Museum, is clearly engaged with his subject. There is a lot of science here to explain. Pickrell puts the pieces together in 11 chapters.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Why not just shoot the biggest one? The biggest gobbler, the biggest buck… And this? Here’s the petition.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. These Chinese authors should have taken a look at the (extremely white) “ears” of the pheasant first.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

If we were just birders, or photographers, this would be dreadful behavior, but we were here to watch people engaged in Science. And Science requires Sacrifice. The aim of the game was to band raptors, and specifically to band Golden Eagles. Enough to draw the attention of a predator. Do I sound facetious? I’m not.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

Let the games begin. Finally, Scott writes that "we have the responsibility to set aside emotion as much as possible and make rational, science-based decisions on policy in an effort to balance the concerns of all involved.". What's all this about emotion, anyway?

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

He did so and won the support of the Clinton administration and Senate Democrats by maintaining the underpinnings of sound science as the basis for all E.S.A. Critics in and out of Congress have been quick to question the motives for the delay.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Image taken in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. He discovered numerous new species for science including this barbet and was the first person to confirm the existence of both Gorillas and Pygmies. This image was taken in Namibia’s Erongo Mountains. Notice the attractive spotted flanks of this Spot-flanked Barbet.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

In fact, I realized, since the Wild Turkey is also not a native species here I have not seen a single native game bird since I came to Montana – a rather disturbing bit of evidence of how hunting interests can trump conservation and science if not watched carefully (as if the need for a national bison range in the first place was not evidence (..)

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

But it is all for science, I hear them say. eBird describes the Grey-capped Greenfinch as “a bright gregarious finch”, so I am glad I am not one of them, preferring to spend most of my time alone. Swinhoe’s White-eye was just promoted to the rank of a full species in 2018.

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