10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2015

Two doves on the wire… Here, I would expect them to be European Turtle-Doves , as opposed to Collared Doves , but they are against the light… until a soft turrr – turrr comes from that direction. The next morning found me at the Reva Pond with a group of primary school kids. Their scientific name is not turtur for nothing.

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Factory Stray Dog Turtles Serbia 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

Only recently was it discovered that one group, which breeds on the Shetland Islands, flies across the Atlantic to winter off the coast of Ecuador – ten thousand miles away from its cousins who breed in Scandanavia and western Russia. Once it was thought that all Red-necked Phalaropes migrated overland to the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.

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Alaska Breeding Kenya Africa 200

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I had spent the morning on Navarre Beach, walking the pier looking for sea turtles and dolphins, then making my way down the beach. I was about 90% sure I had seen a group of Gray Kingbirds at the Emerald Coast Visitor’s Center on Okaloosa Island. Sometimes great birding days are not about all the birds you see.

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Sea Turtles Dolphins Turtles Birds 158

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Small and white and rounded and basicly cute, could it not be the Turtle Dove to the rest of the Laridae ‘s Rock Pigeons ? Gulls are generalists, as a group, and unfortunately that does not get a lot of respect from humans, even though we’re the greatest generalists of all. And what about lifestyle?

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Seals Lifestyle Turtles Parrots 216

Critter News

MAY 5, 2010

Right now, there are still no confirmed deaths due to the spill, but rescue groups are gearing up for the worst. The animals threatened most by the spill are bluefin tuna, sea turtles, brown pelicans, shrimp and sharks. That's when the full impact of the oil spill on wildlife will be seen.

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Sea Turtles Endangered Species Sharks Turtles 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Puffbacks belong to the bush-shrike family Malaconotidae and this group are called puffbacks due to several of the species forming a habit of puffing out their fluffy white back feathers during display. This high elevation east African species is now known as Dusky Turtle-Dove. Pink-breasted or Dusky Turtle-Dove by Adam Riley.

Africa 204

Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 204

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The book’s twelve chapters can be divided into groups of 5, 5, 1 and 1. The first five chapters focus on natural history and evolutionary thought. The 11th chapter is on research and conservation challenges.

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2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 242

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2012

We dipped on the sapsucker but while we were there, a group of birders from Southern California stumbled upon this Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) a few hundred yards from our location. Personally, I’m waiting for the irruption of Snowy Owls to reach northern California!

Owls 176

Owls California Jordan Sparrows 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2019

On one occasion we saw a pair of Red Turtle Doves beside the fishing lake. We were able to observe birds nesting as well as a variety of age groups among the trees. Black-naped Oriole. Walking beside the Pasir Ris Park Connector we watched otters playing in the water. Collared Kingfisher. Oriental Pied Hornbill.

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Singapore Otters Owls Zebras 114

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Perhaps their next product will be named “Gills”—or “Turtle” or “Trout” or Salmon?” Does the product above strike you as black humor, only not funny?

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 257

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2011

Birds gather mud in large synchronized groups, usually within a half mile of the colony, and bring it back in the form of mud pellets like the one seen in the beak of the bird in the center right below. These excursions may continue for quite some time as groups come and go. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjcUhRehtGs

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South America North America California Turtles 166

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar. Browsing is facilitated by section titles at the top of each left-hand page and smaller group titles on the upper right-hand page. plus a chapter on “Vagrant landbirds from North America.”

Ireland 141

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 141

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2022

There were two cars used by project participants, and I, the only birder in the group, drove the first car. Easy species here are Corn Bunting , Hawfinch , Spotted Flycatcher , Red-backed Shrike , Woodlark , Eurasian Golden Oriole , European Turtle Dove. One of the problems was poor communication.

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Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Romania 236

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 5, 2011

Currently, A Chance for Bliss sanctuary is home to 96 residents including 25 horses, 22 dogs, 8 goats, 7 pot belly pigs , 4 sheep, 2 steers, 5 ducks, 5 geese, 5 cockatiels, 4 rabbits, 3 chickens, 3 cats, 1 turkey, a one-winged pigeon, Hines, and a turtle, Bart. The oldest dog, Max, is 17, while the oldest horse, Prince is 36.

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Sanctuary Horses Adoptable Goats 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

An additional, five-page chapter touches on Other Sea Life–Fish, Sea Turtles, Jellyfish and Krill, Kelp, and Landbirds (the possibility of an exhausted migrating bird landing on the boat.). Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the group and a table of contents of subgroups that includes brief but key descriptions.

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Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Over the past couple of decades, at least two paramilitary groups in the Central African Republic have operated with government approval, as reported recently in an article on "armed environmentalism" in The Ecologist, a British magazine. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs.

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Central African Republic Protection Sea Turtles Rhinos 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2011

And, certain restrictions should apply, like no pythons or snapping turtles, or similar. You can have the image in mind of a group of chimps sitting around looking for insects at your next meeting. Dr. James Serpell of the Companion Research Group in Cambridge, says dogs have the same effect on people just by being in a room.

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Dogs Pets Lovebirds Pythons 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

A little longer than its predecessor (by eight pages to be exact), the East Coast guide is your handy dandy, pocket-sized, all-in-one guide to the seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles, fish, and other creatures you are likely to encounter on pelagics or whale watching trips, from Bar Harbor, Maine to Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida.

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Pennsylvania Texas Whales Whaling 160

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2010

Disneynature’s next big-screen splash “OCEANS” has launched group ticket sales to boost its efforts to save coral reefs with proceeds generated from the film’s opening week. “ Groups of 20 or more can reserve tickets today by calling 1-888-DISNEY6.

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Bahamas Dolphins Sea Turtles Protection 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Within species, or closely related groups of species, beaks vary by small amounts that result in important adaptive fine tuning, as we see in the Grand’s studies of the Galapagos Finches; Beak related behavior is at the cutting edge of survival for many bird species. Expression of facial patterning genes across amniotes.

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Alligators Chickens Research Birds 209

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

We’ll take these two similar, yet very different groups of birds separately. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. Thailand’s Adopt a Vulture Program – YC Wee, Bird Ecology Study Group. millions years ago. But there’s no need to keep pushing. New World Vultures.

California Condor 177

California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

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. A lone gosling or duckling is vulnerable to all sorts of predators like raptors, bass, herons, fox, snapping turtles and foxes (just to name a few).

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Turtle Dove , Britain’s fastest declining breeding bird Like most birdwatchers, I enjoy doing survey work, though it can be frustrating. A few years ago I helped with the BTO’s Turtle Dove Survey. This was perhaps not surprising, as the Turtle Dove is Britain’s fastest declining bird.

Ireland 211

Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 211

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2023

On the slow crawl into the farm, the first sighting was a small group of Green Ibis – a new species for me. I honestly don’t understand the need to sneak up on a snail but then again what do I know, when I was little I had a pet turtle that ran away. Most notably of which was a pair of Blood-colored Woodpeckers.

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Farming Guyana Birds South America 212

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Try Bermuda Petrel, Pterodroma cahow , one of the group of seabirds called gadfly petrels. It isn’t in your book of seabirds? (It It certainly isn’t in MS Word’s dictionary, because my draft is full of red underlining every time I type it.)

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Currently she does full time voluntary work for the local Australasian Wader Study Group, which aims to understand and analyze the factors determining shorebird numbers in a rapidly changing world. She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. Renato-yes…plenty of diversity here!

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Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

You can easily see that this blog post is trying to appeal to two very different target groups – birders and those who like independent/alternative music. An Oriental Turtle Dove (Wolongshan, China). Well, nevermind. Common Chaffinc h, Visselhoevede area, Germany. Not really exactly my style of music though.

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South Africa China Germany Birds 218

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Here and there the occasional Cape Gannet can be seen plunge-diving in the distance, while Kelp Gulls in loose groups fly past on their way out to the trawling grounds.

Albatross 178

Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring …. I know that because they did their lake tours with me.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2021

You are one of a select group that read this rubbish and an even more select cadre that reach the bottom. Welcome back. Did you enjoy that list? Thanks for sticking with me. The post Collaborative list – May 2021 appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Sparrows Niger Tigers Turtles 219

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Thanks mostly to David Lindo, The Urban Birder, there are a few British bird groups touring the country every year now, even the BBC came to film the world famous Long-eared Owl gathering in the town of Kikinda with more than 700 birds in some winters. What has changed in the meantime? eBird bar chart. #4 eBird bar chart.

Serbia 152

Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2018

What did find right off the bat, was an amazing group of people, all willing to help out in so many ways. It is the location that I found it in that make this photo so special, well, maybe not for the turtle. Our first three days were spent bouncing around from area to area, looking to find the species on my wish list.

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Texas Tucson San Antonio Owls 127

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

I was fortunate to spend time scanning open fields, wetlands, and the inlet separating Hong Kong from China with this large group of friendly and avid avian observers. Imagine me there raring to see more exciting Asian avifauna while the rest of the group screeches to a halt to spend 45 minutes admiring birds I see all the time in New York.

2014 209

2014 Eagles Asia Groups 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2015

Groups of Cape Turtle Doves feeding on the grass were occasionally joined by a nervous and much larger Rameron Pigeon, and Southern Grey-headed Sparrows and a single Bokmakierie hoped around as well. Another group that sings Africa to me are the antelopes. Common Fiscal using a sculpture as a perch to watch for prey.

Africa 157

Africa South Africa Stud Birds 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2013

Lying about 70 nautical miles west of Key West, Dry Tortugas National Park is a small group of low lying islands rich in history and in wildlife.

United States 167

United States Sea Turtles Baltimore Abandon 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

” I wonder if the rules of the European Song Contest could also be adapted, with the worst performers being turned into birds or maybe turtles. In Indonesia, Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpeckers can be ordered online – offers are posted in closed Facebook groups. In 2015, the price for this bird was 35 USD ( source ).

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China 2017 Birds Indonesia 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

As we wandered along the trail we soon encountered family groups of both White-winged Fairywrens and Variegated Fairywrens. Evidence of other life during flood was a turtle shell and we were under no doubt that this environment was constantly changing throughout the year. Turtle shell. Orange Chat.

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Feral Pelicans Ducks Pigs 146