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 186

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 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

Of course, this factoid should be presented with a photo of a male, not a female rosefinch. That paper raises an interesting question: “When less attractive people accept less attractive dates, do they persuade themselves that the people they choose to date are more physically attractive than others perceive them to be?

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

The modal bird song is a song, but not all ‘songs’ are song-like, in the sense that we expect song to come out of the ‘mouth’ (bill) and to consist of modulated air currents (like human voice). Drawing of bower birds from Darwin’s 1871 volume on sexual selection. The top two are individuals with normal song.

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Zebras Birds Humane Raised 251

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

Solid Air is divided into 12 chapters, presented as if Klem was on an auditorium podium giving a logical argument on why people need to take window strikes seriously. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. Did the model work?

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 249

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2017

Falcon Wild is a new book in that long tradition, and this one features a more realistic (though still very slightly romanticized) portrait of a human/animal partnership. Stark, a white Gyrfalcon , is a falconry bird born and raised.

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Falcons Wolves Dolphins Montana 118

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This was a pleasant surprise if only because I’m so used to the more technical views presented in his field guides. Also, I wish I could use the tiny birds for my own presentations. His art is beloved (if you have owned a Sibley calendar at least once in your life, raise your hand) and his bird expertise is widely respected.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2013

However two fossil riverbeds are situated within the South African sector of the park, the Nossob and the Auob and underground water along these riverbeds results in lusher vegetation thus attracting herds of ungulates and their ever-present predators. She then paced across the road and stood on the edge of a patch of taller grass.

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Leopards Cats Namibia Killing 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

I previously wrote a post entitled “Plugging Kids into Birding” in which I presented 10 ways to get kids into birding. This has devastating consequences for their development and, ultimately, the health and future of humanity as a whole. Ken Keffer was born and raised in Wyoming.

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Milwaukee Mongolia Camels Oklahoma 252

Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called " Humane Slaughterhouses ," by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. They believe you can take a life that doesn't want to be taken in a humane way, and I don't agree. It’s how we treat humans, too. For him, the importance of humane slaughter manifests itself in the quality of the meat."

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Slaughter Slaughtered Cows Meat 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. Some are cute, some are dignified (and royal!).

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It is presented in two main parts, the “how” – considering the physical processes involved in the way animals perceive their environment, and “why” of animal behaviour – examining the evolutionary forces that have shaped the more complex behaviours. Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans.

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Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 114

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Darlow presents the information in a simple, straightforward manner that is helpful for photographers of any skill level. Darlow is also a judge in the Humane Society’s annual photography contest the Spay Day Online Pet Photo Contest. And of course, there are plenty of fun photos of cats and dogs in the book as well!

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Pets Spay Spaying The Humane Society 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2011

European Storks are majestic, they’re graceful and stately and all of the positively connotated adjectives that are applied to birds to which humans have a long and pleasant history rooted deep in our western cultural heritage. In fact, there’s hardly a bird in the world that has such a venerated relationship with us.

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Pedigree North America South Carolina Brazil 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Eventually, I found the lone whooping crane present at the refuge by its call. Her writing is based on keen observation of animal and human behavior, and she likes to interweave solid natural history information with larger philosophical themes to challenge and inspire the reader. I knew I’d never heard that before.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 30, 2009

which helps foster the therapeutic and service roles of dogs in the development, support, and inspiration they provide to their human companions, successfully completed the 2009 Let Freedom Bark Ride fundraising initiative and exceeded the fundraising goal of $20,000 in an effort to sponsor the life of a service dog for an individual in need.

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Dogs Charlotte 2009 Campaign 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It turns out that there are new things that can be learned about extinct birds, and that even if the conclusion is obvious–the bird is gone, there is no time machine and we can’t change that–the way in which it is presented can differ as well. “Winter Sports in Northern Louisiana: Shooting Wild Pigeons.”

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

The Kirtland’s Warbler is divided into three sections: The Past, The Present, The Future. I very much enjoyed the first section, which relates the history of the bird and its relationship with us, humans, from its discovery in 1851 up to the fateful Lake Mack fire and its aftermath in the 1980’s.

Michigan 223

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

For me, a bird called the California Condor has taken over more of my thoughts lately, and I decided it was time to see one before giving a presentation about it to the Rachel Carson Commemoration at the National Aviary in May. Condors, like all New World vultures, can disturb the human psyche. My first view of them was at a distance.

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California Condor California Idaho North America 204

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

So, while waiting for evolution to produce new birds for our life lists is inadvisable, we sometimes catch a break and every few years get a new species or two when some genetic research or study of breeding distribution presents enough evidence to split what was once considered a single species into a few new ones.

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Ohio India Hawaii United States 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

But it was present, and in a place and time that suggested that it would always be so if in small numbers. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. What could we have done? After all, it was never common. Certainly warblers have faced long odds before. John Bachman.

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South Carolina Cuba Missouri Mississippi 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Between staying warm/cool, finding food, avoiding predators, migrating thousands of miles every year, finding mates, raising chicks and doing all this at the mercy of the elements, it makes sense that they have more brainpower than just simple instinct to run on. Picture being a Blackpoll Warbler being born in the boreal forests of Alaska.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 200

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Latimer refers to his previous two posts where he has "documented the ethical and moral shallowness of the 'animal rights' credo itself, which is based more on an anti-human self hatred, taking the form of a 'moral' squeamishness concerned more with stamping out human 'cruelty,' no matter what the social or economic costs might be.

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Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

They are often present on Laysan Island and Kure Atoll as well; a female-female pair on Kure Atoll have yet to involve a male in nesting activities. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. They were secure in their isolated home here until humanity came to Laysan in the 1890s.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 199

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2012

Let’s face it, we could all do with a little objective feedback when it comes to image and presentation in an attempt to attract the opposite sex and find our ‘happily ever after’.

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New York Game Birds Raised 184

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. Another question this raises has to do with migration itself.

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Research Humane Compassion New York 188

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 12, 2011

With June 1 marking the first day of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season, it’s crucial to raise awareness about the importance of planning for pets’ safety before it’s too late. If you have cats, consider turning on the faucet so a soft steady drip is present. VCA veterinarian Donna J. Who can I turn to for help?”

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Pit Bulls Pets Shelters Medical 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

From the point of view of religion, however, the question presents a challenge. And I suspect that people become vegetarians for precisely that reason: that by doing so they overcome the residue of guilt that attaches to every form of hubris, and in particular to the hubris of human freedom.

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Meat Vegetarian Battery Fast Food 40

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2009

As an Animal Communicator, Cherie has made it her mission to give all animals a voice, deepen the human animal relationship and help raise the compassion level for all living things. Cherie can be reached through her website [link]. You may also contact her directly at cherie@cheriev.com or 818.577.5247. Article Source: [link].

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Rescue Compassion Emotional Suffering 100

Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

According to this argument, the view that eating the meat of nonhuman animals is morally permissible but eating the meat of human beings is morally forbidden is analogous to racism or sexism. Moreover, since it is morally wrong to kill and eat human beings, it is morally wrong to kill and eat animals.

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Morals Vegetarian Speciesism Killing 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 177

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. The question that must be raised, however, is how the conclusion not to eat meat follows from this. So, if one wants to change the present practice, the best means is to stop eating meat.

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Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

What the utilitarian who defends human carnivorousness must say, then, is something like this: that the amount of pleasure which humans derive per pound of animal flesh exceeds the amount of discomfort and pain per pound which are inflicted on the animals in the process, all things taken into account. Is this plausible?

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Vegetarian Morals Vegetarian Cooking Slaughter 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

The excellent Introduction gives background on how birds produce sound, how sounds are presented visually, how to “read” a spectrogram, the naming of bird sounds, and the biology of bird sounds, and how bird sounds are recorded and spectrograms created. Yes, if you are going to use this book, you must read the Introduction!

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North America America Birds New York 163

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). One of the central papers, Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds (Jarvis et al.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. If we all decide to consider animals as precious as humans, the only logical place for us is back in the jungle.

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them. It is also probable that very subnormal adult human beings do not. KBJ: Martin forgot about the human beings who lack a right to life, including infants. This would not necessarily mean that animals have no rights.

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Morals Vegetarian Suffering Killing 40