10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

Which would travel to tourism conventions, give fun presentations and hand out cultural knick-knacks? Even if the birds could speak like humans, their instincts would still come into constant play. If the avian realm had self-conscious, talking ambassadors, “spokebirds”, which species would partake in birding conferences?

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Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Protest 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

Though I usually do not mention this in public presentations, as kids (or fathers) might be present in the audience. So, as a preemptive strike, I present to you the Golden-headed Cisticola. Contrary to alleged preferences among humans, the golden-headed cisticola has a shorter tail during the breeding season ( source ).

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 196

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Through public presentations and meet-and-greets with his raptors, Stotts has introduced thousands of people to the wonder we all feel when spotting a hawk, falcon, or owl. Not familiar with the falconry world, I had no idea how rigorous the apprenticeship and training process is, from building your own aviary to a commitment to conservation.

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Falcons Wildlife Collecting Owls 197

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2021

barbata , but present name has priority. perdix , and also that race przewalskii (sometimes subsumed within suschkini , but generally paler) was basal to other taxa included within the present species. Apparently, this is another bird species that feels not so certain about flying (many humans have similar feelings).

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China Birds Austria ALA 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

American painter Jamie Wyeth (born 1946) presents a more realistic depiction of gulls and their caring, sharing ways in Greed , an installment in the artist’s series on the seven deadly sins. Perhaps it’s an unseen human in this vignette that’s eager to share, lobbing citrus skyward at these gulls.

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Connecticut France Game Humane 255

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2021

And it prohibits human infrastructure, e.g. , roads, buildings, dams, and pipelines, etc. Thus, it prohibits cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, bicycles, and motorboats, except in emergencies.

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Puerto Rico Alaska Protection Research 265

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I understand there are still people out there who deny human-induced climate change. The former should number at least a hundred thousand individuals each winter, while the latter should be present in the tens of thousands. Mexican Ducks were also present; these are residents in the area, but not normally on this body of water.

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Ducks Mexico California Fish 130

Animal Person

JULY 1, 2009

Angus directed me to a story about the Calgary Stampede (rodeo) and the Calgary and Vancouver Humane Societies which had me asking: Whose side are they on? The Calgary Humane Society works with the Stampede to make sure the animals are safe (and by the way that's impossible if the animals are being used in the rodeo. Not the rodeo.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

That every human on the planet ultimately depends on biodiversity and nature for stable weather and climate, food, water and fresh air; that is, life providing and supporting services. Tallamy presents data to demonstrate the stark difference between native trees and exotic trees in their ability to support insects.

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Wildlife North America Mammals Breeding 264

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.” But human beings are not uniformly evil. For the next four years, the bird will not touch land.

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West Virginia Rats Albatross Georgia 216

Animal Ethics

MAY 28, 2012

This is human chauvinism. The anthropomorphic side reads: "It is anthropomorphic to attribute characteristics to nonhumans that belong only to humans." The human chauvinism side reads: "It is chauvinistic not to attribute characteristics to those nonhumans who have them and to persist in the conceit that only humans do."

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireos are still present! Mountain Trogons are also still present! Other flagship species from that trip which are still present, but did not give me great photos on this latest outing, are the White-striped Woodcreeper , Transvolcanic Jay , and Rufous-capped Brushfinch. But, thank God, it has not.

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2013 Emotional Abandon Abandoning 164

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Baby birds are cuteness personified, possibly even more so than other baby animals, including human babies, and pose interesting questions of survival and development. Baby birds may be separated from the nest and their parents because of natural occurrences (violent weather, floods) or unknowing human interference or predators.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 267

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

the anatomy that produces bird sound, a specialized item called the syrinx found only in birds; the various ways in which feathers acquire color, nicely presenting a sometimes complicated topic in understandable language; and the still little understood subject of olfaction (smelling) in birds. There is so much here! And, that’s it.

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North America Research Birds Groups 279

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Many of these species are declining in number, having to share their limited geographical range with an expanding human population without a doubt impedes their ability to proliferate as needed. Vincent Parrot began in the 1980s and have continued into the present. Some islands host one or two species, others more than twenty.

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Grenada Parrots Trinidad 2010 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2015

Of course there are differences, as the weavers are typically not very migratory, are much more sexually dimorphic (to the point that many a birder presented with a field of female weavers will shrug and go “who can tell?”) As their name suggests they are happy enough to live close to human settlements.

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South Africa Senegal Ethiopia Africa 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2017

Last night I lay awake from 4 am til almost 5, worrying about the black-footed ferrets I met in Montana and the humans who had devoted their lives to helping them. The environment is currently facing some of the most massive challenges in recent human history, and for the first time we have the knowledge to do something about that.

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Endangered Species Ferrets United States Montana 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

One of the interesting things about web cams is that as they foster familiarity, they also favor the familiar human urge to impose narrative. One of the advantages of these narratives is that – unlike the tales of Ernest Thompson Seton or the images presented in museum dioramas – they can’t be scripted.

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Montana Eggs Horses Morals 195

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. The humans tended to keep away a range of predators that might take the pups as a form of interference competition.

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Alligators Protection Leopards Birds 120

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

Of course, this factoid should be presented with a photo of a male, not a female rosefinch. In truth, it is present in many parts of China (not mentioned) but not really in Tibet. I am not sure how it is in male opera singers – do older singers sing longer? Alas, it seems they were already gone from Tianmashan in March.

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 208

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

Identifying White-eyes in Australia is easier than here in China, as the Silvereye is the only family member present in most parts of the country. ” If you want to hear about the equivalent among humans as phrased in a country song, please look up the lyrics to “A boy named Sue” Or watch/listen to Johnny Cash sing it here.

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Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2021

In the final bits and pieces of green space that dot a typical human dominated landscape? During migration, the songs of occasional warblers and a Great-crested Flycatcher or two would suddenly be present. That makes sense. I mean, who comes to Costa Rica to bird on city streets? In remnant riparian zones?

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Costa Rica Falcons Farming Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2021

May 29th was my 63rd birthday, and I got the best birthday present possible. Many birds, if you whistle a call that interests them, may swoop in to check you out; but as soon as they see a human there, they will find an appropriately distant perch from which to ponder this cognitive dissonance. So that would be a yes!

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Owls Investigation Mexico Collecting 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

His obituary in The Auk describes him as “without a doubt” responsible for Texas’ laws on bird conservation, “for he was the first in the state to present the real facts concerning the importance of bird life in its relation to human welfare.”

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Chickens Texas Louisiana Wildlife 125

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Survival rates of chicks increase when there are helpers present – and if in captivity this is not an option, humans can also take the place of helpers ( source ). : “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” ” ( source ).

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 211

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2016

The Collared Finchbill is found quite commonly in Taiwan, N Indochina and S China, but being present in Beijing would extend its range by over 450 miles to the north and eBird were keen to get some additional details when I tried to submit the sighting. Terry Townsend lives works and birds in Beijing. I admit to having copped out on this one.

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Taiwan China Humane Breeding 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2016

For humans, you have the drama of sister wives. And for wild pheasants ( Common , in Europe; or Ring-necked , stateside), a bigger group may actually present an existential danger. After all, variety is the spice of life, no? But this breeding and social arrangement has its risks. female birds for every male.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The list starts with those species that are always present: House Sparrows (oh, so many House Sparrows !), And then, there are the locals who turn up for a drink of water or a bath, in spite of their natural tendency to avoid humans. That day, a Wednesday, was special. The Indigo Bunting , however, did stand me up.

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Nashville Sparrows Sweden Mexico 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2022

We might have a few small farms nearby and the gift of a narrow riparian zone out back but in general, the main habitat is that of the modern human kind; housing and streets (lamposts included). On coffee farms, as long as shade trees are present, Yellow-green Vireos sing.

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Costa Rica Farming Sparrows Birds 271

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2019

Curse those ministering, rehabbing angels for their kindness and dedication and for presenting me with such a quandry. The questions that are raised with a rehab bird are things like; without human help, would the bird have lived? It was a rehabilitated bird that had been released into the park. Would it be here in a city park?

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Owls Brazil Reptiles Mammals 175

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

I saw it in a park in Delhi, and indeed the HBW remarks that it “has adapted well to human habitation, and is common and widespread in the parks and gardens of cities such as Delhi” (I once had a visitor from India here in Shanghai, and he asked me if/why there are no birds in Shanghai.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 28, 2011

The American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards presented by CESAR Canine Cuisine celebrates heroic dogs that truly transform lives. For every vote, CESAR Canine Cuisine will make a donation to American Humane Association to help spread the love of therapy dogs to those that need it most.

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Dogs Medical Puppies Campaign 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2017

But then the presentation happened, a presentation by Dale Forbes , Head of Strategic Business Development for Swarovski Optik, for which he was introduced by Carina Schiestl-Swarovski, Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Swarovski Optik. And while the bubbly really hit the spot it seemed like it was a bit of overkill.

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Austria Rights Eagles Birds 194

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 231

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

The prize for presentation goes to the folks who delivered this very small opossum to Michelle Wellard in Philadelphia. “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” . “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks! She even slept with it.” ” I wrote.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2015

The human sense of fairness and empathy is strongly in place by age eight or so, while puberty sparks the sense that authority figures don’t always know best and that heady idealism that old fogies tend to see as self-righteousness. The early teen years are prime time for kids to adopt environmentalism as a cause.

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Adoptable Groups Humane Birds 192

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2013

Its amazing to me that there are still places on earth where wildlife is blissfully unafraid of humans. Lastly, due to its previous inaccessibility to humans and the absence of natural predators, the wildlife is bizarrely unafraid of humans, allowing for a truly unforgettable experience.

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