10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The river at the top is the Columbia , which forms much of the border between Oregon and Washington. The meanderings and backtracks in the wooded area were looking at groups of Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets, etc. A Google Maps image is below that, for those unfamiliar with the area.

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JUNE 11, 2019

In 1806, Lewis and Clark saw condors near the Columbia River, which makes up much of the Washington-Oregon border. But this potential population of California Condors will be a “nonessential experimental” group. But condors have not been in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century. What does that mean?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2013

She has lived in Maine, California, France, New York, and currently makes her home in Washington, DC. The Washington DC cherry blossoms burst forth in an explosion of pink and white color, rimming the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial down on the National Mall. Her blog can be found at: [link].

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AUGUST 19, 2011

obscurus , which is found near the coast from Washington to northern California. I think we all know in which group I belong. All of these images were taken in Washington’s Olympic National Park in the vicinity of the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Here's the whole story from the Washington Post National. Washington wildlife officials say eight sea lions have been found dead in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks — all apparently shot. This has happened before. I don't know whether these are disgruntled fishermen or regular jerks.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The long-running dispute between the US and Mexico over Washington’s ‘dolphin safe’ labelling practice for tuna products is likely to see a WTO appeal, after the two parties together asked for an extension of the appeals deadline.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2018

We got on their boat, a 45 foot Gulfstar in Bellingham, Washington, and went straight to Sucia Island. Here is a small group of the Pigeon Guillemots near their rocky Cliffside nesting area. Out on one of the rocks that were visible during low tide, a small group of Harlequin Ducks had gathered.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Read the full article in the Washington Post. A group of animal rights activists sued the U.S. government Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a rarely used law they say treats them like terrorists if they cause a loss in profits for businesses that use or sell animal products.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

Fish and Wildlife Service 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior Department of the Interior 1849 C. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C. We need to create a clamor here, one that can’t be shoved aside by special interest hunting groups. Gould, Secretary U.S. Street, N.W.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2017

Although some of the most popular Pacific pelagic trips depart from Monterey Bay in California, there are also regular trips out of Half Moon Bay, California; Newport, Oregon; and Westport, Washington. There are also smaller breeding colonies in Washington and Oregon, including Oregon Islands NWR. The target birds tend to be similar.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Actually, I guess I should give credit to one of Santa’s helpers, as the early arrival of this package was made possible by FedEx and my wife, who happened to be in Washington last week. Here is one of three large groups of peeps, mostly all Least Sandpipers. We still have a nice group of Large-billed Curlews.

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Pelicans Seattle Oregon Branding 140

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JULY 5, 2022

There are now multiple sites where people can contribute data on window strikes and bird deaths, including NYC Audubon’s dBird , FLAP’s Global Collision Bird Mapper , iNaturalist, and, on a social media level, the Facebook group Dead Birds 4 Science , run by the indefatigable Heidi Trudell. ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

It also has a nice group of trails that wander thru the pine and fir forest that borders the park. Next week we are taking a boat trip up into the San Juan Islands between Washington, and British Columbia. The area is a fair sized city park, with a large fishing lake in the middle of it. Little Big Year species– 820.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

After all the brewhaha about improving the conditions at the King County animal shelters in Washington State (where we live), I'm still seeing this kind of stuff. Tags: animal shelter management seattle State of Washington King county. When is King County going to clean up its act? What is up with this "progressive" county government?

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Critter News

APRIL 19, 2012

For the full story, go here to the Washington Post. The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a goat’s legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was training for agency personnel.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2016

Each year several hundred boats leave the cold, dreary weather of Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, and sail their way down the west coast. When we were at anchor here for the first time, I headed to shore, in search of the new group of Mexican birds that I had long dreamed of.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Two environmental groups — Friends of Animals and Predator Defense — disagreed and filed suit against FWS, arguing that the plan to remove the Barred Owls violated the MBTA and other environmental laws. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, but the result was the same.

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Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 118

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Led by professionals who have experience with organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States, the group is definitely not new to the issues surrounding animals worldwide. The group offers information on everything from how to start an accredited, recognized sanctuary, to the best was to acquire necessary resources.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

They would fly over the bulrush in small groups of five or six birds and wind their way through the maze of waterways. v=HYPyMs3_v88 During autumn migration, hundreds of thousands of Greater White-fronted Geese travel the Pacific Flyway to Washington and Oregon, some travelling directly to the Central Valley of California.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

A Black Oystercatcher , seen up in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, not only had a couple of bands, but what looked to be a small wire antenna along its back. The program established clear protocols for marking shorebirds, with color coded flag bands for each country, or country group.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

It's in response to a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups, including The Humane Society of the United States. District Court in Washington, D.C., The ruling today affects wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. says the 2007 decision by the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders. That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. I am a birder, after all.

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

This is a story of inhumane treatment and a story of psychological torment for these animals,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive officer of the Washington-based animal rights group, said at a news conference Wednesday. It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 7, 2015

FRIEDRICH Washington, Jan. 1, 2015 The writer is director of advocacy and policy for Farm Sanctuary, a national farm animal protection group.' There is no difference between cruelty to a pig or a dog or a hen or a cat, and so the sooner we relegate these awful devices to the dustbin of history, the better.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

She was clearly not a young bird and was banded, so once she was warm and fed, I called the Bird Banding Lab in Washington, D.C., A group of us gathered to release her near the spot where she was found. One of the animal keepers brought her to me, and I put her in my clinic. She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues.

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

Gregory is the president and CEO of UEP, an industry trade group. Efforts for such a ballot initiative in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Vermont have failed but efforts are currently underway to establish similar legislation in Colorado and Washington.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

It covers seabirds and marine mammals and miscellaneous living things–creatures likely to be found on day trips from the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction to the group and a table of contents of subgroups that includes brief but key descriptions. Probably Long-beaked.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2008

So, I belong to this book group of 5 to 7 women. I've been with the group for a while and it's not bad. There is one member of this group who works for a pharmaceutical company. I do enjoy reading books and discussing them, but I have a quandary that I'm going to post about.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

“This is just massive, massive, unprecedented,” said Julia Parrish, a University of Washington seabird ecologist who oversees the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), a program that has tracked West Coast seabird deaths for almost 20 years. “We may be talking about 50,000 to 100,000 deaths.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

That one or two or a few might still exist somewhere “incognito,” perhaps in the company of doves or rock pigeons, maybe even somewhere deep within the Olympic Rain Forest of Washington State. Some of them simply vanish, then tempt us with their possible existence (think Ivory-Billed Woodpecker ).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

She’s previously written on 10,000 Birds about birding in the Washington DC cherry blossoms and weddings and birds. . As we turned a corner in one of the reed channels, we spooked a group of Ring-necked Ducks , the male’s yellow eyes glowing even under the clouds. I was becoming frustrated. And they call frequently!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2017

White’s Thrush contains two subspecies, aurea and toratugumi; and Scaly Thrush includes the subspecies dauma, major, and horsfieldi, each of which also is recogized as a monotypic group. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. Nilgiri Thrush and Sri Lanka Thrush are monotypic. Reference: Rasmussen, P.C.,

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

Is it treasonous to worry about the influence of interest groups on regulation? Is it treasonous to fear that centralizing more power in Washington will result in unforeseen negative consequences? Government regulation is inevitably a political animal; it’s never guided purely, or even largely, by disinterested science.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 22, 2008

Common-sense, rational reforms reflect the emerging consensus of mainstream animal protection groups like the Humane Society of the United States and millions of Americans who care about animals. Hope Ferdowsian Director of Research Policy Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Washington, July 14, 2008

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. Be cautious in repeating claims you find on the Web, especially those made by members of chat groups.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 8, 2008

Dog lovers who are unable to make a lifelong commitment to a pet can volunteer with animal shelters and rescue groups, and provide foster care in their home for an animal awaiting permanent adoption. Michael Markarian Washington, March 31, 2008 The writer is the executive vice president of the Humane Society of the United States.

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