10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2020

It was over 90 degrees F on a Georgia afternoon, the humidity adding an extra dose of discomfort. In a rare afternoon to myself, I had driven across the Florida/Georgia border to pick up a few things in a nearby town (curbside + social distancing), and discovered a historic estate, open to the public, along the road on my way back.

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Birds Woodpeckers Georgia Species 111

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JULY 22, 2021

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APRIL 7, 2021

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APRIL 2, 2013

College basketball legend Dick Vitale has been going head-to-head in a bracket pick ‘em contest against the sports-predicting dolphins of Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium as part of the Allstate March Mayhem Challenge. Among the upsets the dolphins correctly predicted were Wichita St. over Gonzaga, Fla.

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Dolphins Wichita Georgia Kansas 199

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Amendment. Below are highlights from across the country where conservation and stewardship won the day!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2018

This particular land near the Tennessee-Georgia border is critical as a protection for Taylor Branch, a tributary of the Conasauga River. Conasauga River snorkeling video courtesy of © Georgia Conservancy. Pileated Woodpecker. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Red-eyed Vireo. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Red-tailed Hawk. Photo by © Mike Blevins.

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Bald Eagle Woodpeckers Species Tennessee 85

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. When we come to Gentoo Penguin again in the South Georgia chapter, for example, we’re referred back to its first appearance in Antarctica, utilizing the outline numbers.).

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Penguins Albatross Species Birds 111

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2015

First up: Vonda Lee Morton, who has been a rehabber for 15 years, and started Laurens Wildlife Rescue in Laurens County, Georgia, ten years ago.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Best Friends Pet Care is a leading national pet care company and offers boarding, daycare, grooming and training at 42 locations across 18 states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.

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Dogs Pets North Carolina New Jersey 214

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

A new study conducted in Athens, Georgia, by National Geographic and the University of Georgia put cameras on house cats allowed outdoors. Thirty percent of the cats killed wild animals, an average of two kills per week.

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Cats Los Angeles Georgia Birds 92

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

(Inexplicably, eBird does not consider Puerto Rico part of the United States, but if it were properly included , it would do well, with 107 species.).

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Birds West Virginia Puerto Rico Species 105

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Corey, on the other hand, is Georgia-bound, hoping for some Southern bird hospitality. If you doubt the accuracy of this analysis, test it this weekend and report your findings! I’m venturing out to the farm fields of Hamlin, where all sorts of wild winter birds might be perceived. How about you? Share your plans in the comments below.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Corey spent the weekend making his way south to Georgia, where he has now arrived at Tybee Island. My daughter and I waited past dusk to see a Great Horned Owl land in the bare tree pictured above. It perched on the cell tower instead. No accounting for taste or a sense of theatrics.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Hannah Tostensen, director of the Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia, and Lisa Norton, president of Citizens for Humane Animal Treatment in Brunswick, complained to Bealls' corporate office in Bradenton, Fla., 7 jersey being sold at stores in Darien and Waycross in southeast Georgia. "It

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Michael Vick Animal Abuse Georgia Human Animals 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Corey will be making his way north from his Georgia sojourn. I’m determined to bag a white-winged gull of some sort or another before spring, so look for me at the lake. I’ll be the one combing obsessively through the Ring-billed Gull flocks. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2009

His third dog only got 2nd place, and will probably be assisting border guards near the Republic of Georgia or some other exciting place. I thought he would be too busy writing best selling novels, composing award winning operas or ruling Russia to enter his dogs in contests and stuff.

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Dogs Russia Georgia 2009 100

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own. It is extremely difficult for female pandas to reproduce in captivity, but the city of Chengdu in central China has become the worldwide epicenter for panda reproduction. Meanwhile, at Whipsnade Zoo in the U.K.,

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2016

Alexander Rukhaia focuses his efforts on the “ Batumi Bottleneck ,” an Important Bird Area along the coast of the Black Sea in the Ajara region of Georgia. This year’s awards will be handed out on April 27th, and one of the finalists has devoted himself to saving migrating birds of pray from illegal hunting.

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

Georgia readers should contact this Republican Senator and ask what's up. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has put a hold on Cass Sunstein's confirmation as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

On February 17th they rescued 26 Pit Bulls near Sandersville, Georgia. The ASPCA continually does amazing work on behalf of our animal companions. The dogs had been left to starve, no food, water or even shelter from freezing temperatures. They also had signs of neglect, broken bones, wounds and infections.

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JUNE 9, 2021

First is the dramatic effect very recent technologies have on our knowledge of migration, our ability to solve longstanding mysteries.

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Birds Breeding Species Alaska 105

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

Sixty or so days later, they fledge and, with no guidance from their parents, take off across the Atlantic – the equivalent, Morgan-Greenville says, of a four-month-old human baby “walking out of the house to make its own way in the world.” For the next four years, the bird will not touch land.

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Birds Albatross Rats West Virginia 105

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Unicoi State Park & Lodge, Georgia. Birders will find an annual fall hawk watch and a February Great Backyard Bird Count at this Blue Ridge state park. Red Crossbill. Photo by © Michael Todd. While a small park of only 1,050 acres, it’s surrounded by the massive Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area.

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Birds West Virginia Woodpeckers Virginia 81

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

By Sunday, the Best Friends Rapid Response Team had helped get 200 animals at the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter ready for transport to Georgia, far outside the hurricane’s expected path.

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Shelters Animal Georgia Pets 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2016

Over the weekend, I visited Sapelo Island on the coast of Georgia, catching a glimpse of baby Barn Swallow chicks for the first time since my summer years on Kennebago. From the kayak, we gazed upward, beaming when we caught a glimpse of their wiggling heads and heard their cheeping voices. Barn Swallow chicks.

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Birds Georgia Ducks Species 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. Yes, there was an American Kestrel inside!” said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee.

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Birds Wildlife Rehabilitation Transported Wildlife 111

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

Only 20 or so miles south of Georgia, we had experienced about 500 cases, our uptick slow, steady, and manageable. The trails may have been buzzing with joggers, dog-walkers, and bikers, but the water was empty. As of June, COVID-19 had barely touched Tallahassee, FL.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2018

Harris Neck NWR (Georgia). Nisqually NWR (Washington). Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware). Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). Chinteague NWR (Virginia). Desert NWR (Nevada). Forsythe NWR (New Jersey). Horicon NWR (Wisconsin). Ding Darling NWR (Florida). John Heinz NWR (Pennsylvania). Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii). Laguna Atascosa NWR (Texas).

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Wildlife Birds Las Vegas Species 81

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2014

Since listing, sound science, work towards habitat protection, acquisition and restoration and regulatory reforms its range has expanded north and west, and now includes portions of North Carolina and Mississippi, with significant nesting in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

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Bald Eagle North Carolina Endangered Species Breeding 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

They say that leads to obesity, atrophied muscles and cardiovascular problems, while the wet concrete they stand on can cause foot disease and lameness, which {Suzanne} Roy {of In Defense of Animals} said is the leading cause of euthanasia.

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MAY 26, 2011

In addition to the deployments in Missouri and Tennessee, American Humane Association has been providing emergency grants to states across the South and Midwest that have been hit by severe weather, including Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina. Helens and 9/11.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

A prime example is the story of Georgia, a dog rescued from the Michael Vick dog fighting ring. It’s not just a great book about dogs, it’s also educational. So many of the dogs at DogTown come from situations where other people thought there was no saving them.

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Rescue Michael Vick Dogs Dog Rescue 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

However, most states have less than 100 species, including: Missouri (98); Wyoming (97); Delaware (83); Massachusetts (81); Maine (76); Louisiana (73); Maryland (62); Idaho (57); Georgia (54); Nevada (53); South Carolina (49); Vermont (34); Alaska (34); New Hampshire (31); Indiana (27); Kansas (23); Tennessee (17); Ohio (16); South Dakota (14); Montana (..)

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Birds Rhode Island West Virginia Puerto Rico 51

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2014

Aha, Georgia, so it’s too small for a Carolina Wren and there aren’t any House Wren s in your area during breeding season.”. In any case, Vonda posed the question and the photo; ideas poured in from various rehabbers, who passed it around to other rehabbers (FaceBook can be a wonderful thing). More photos were posted. Commentary followed.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

He is also the past President of the Humane Society of Forsyth County (Georgia), a no-kill animal rescue shelter. Tim Link, President and CEO of Link’s Wagging Tales, Inc., is an author, speaker, radio show host, animal communicator and Reiki energy healer for animals. For more information about Tim, visit [link].

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For Animals Animal The Humane Society Emotional 124

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2012

This species has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and other islands near South America, a handful of islands in the southern Indian Ocean and a number of New Zealand’s sub-Antarctic islands. One such species is the Black-browed Albatross, which is possible but not guaranteed in December.

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Albatross New Zealand Species Birds 63