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The Indiana VMA held its Crossroads Veterinary Conference from Feb. 2-4 in Noblesville. The INVMA presented awards and seated new officials.
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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2019
Yet that is not the overall impression that I came away with while reading this solid and attractive new title from Indiana University Press. Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams – Indiana University Press, $29.00.
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my mother found these footprints down by the river, any clue on wjat they are? we live in indiana so this is uncommon.
Reddit Animals
JANUARY 10, 2023
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Alpha Dogs on NatGeo WILD
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
If you met Kenny and team on the street, you’d never expect that this group of beer-drinking, motorcycle-driving, tattoo-covered guys from small-town Indiana would be some of the world’s finest law enforcement trainers. From the moment I met them and saw their operation, they blew me away.”. Beginning Friday, Feb. 8, at 9 & 9:30 p.m.
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The Gas Station Bird
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2021
You can own a gorilla in Indiana, but not a bear in Michigan. They can spend a little more money and effort, and get an Exhibitor Permit for public display. One’s ability to own an exotic species varies from state to state. For instance, you can own a lion in Alabama, but not in California.
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Canines Go for the Gold at Doggy Olympic Games Across the U.S.
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 27, 2012
Canine athletes are jumping through hoops to capture the gold at Doggy Games in Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio, New York, New Jersey and Texas. Just check out these amazing doggy athletes!
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Calling all Dogs: Celebrate National Dog Day with Free Ice Cream August 25
4 The Love Of Animals
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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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).
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Snapperfest is Turtle Torture
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2011
Julie Zickefoose has a great post about the atrocity happening right now in Indiana. Get over to her blog and TAKE ACTION!
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Purple Finches vs House Finches
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2013
When I was kid, I tried to turn every House Finch we had in Indiana into a Purple Finch. Trying to figure out if one is a little bit more raspberry red from another was the id of choice as the local bird ladies told me. I was also trying to see how far down the pink coloration went on the body. The above bird is clearly a male House Finch.
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Another Whooping Crane Shot
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2012
Yet again a Whooping Crane has been shot and killed in Indiana. Let’s hope that this time the perpetrator gets more than a $1 fine.
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What is the State Bird of North Carolina?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2015
In addition to North Carolina, six other states have named the cardinal their state bird, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. I’m not the only one who appreciates the Northern Cardinal.
Sentencing for Bird Killers
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2011
An Indiana man, Wade Bennett, and a minor have pled guilty for their involvement in the shooting and killing of a critically endangered Whooping Crane way back in 2009, and been sentenced to probation and the paying of fines and fees. Thee is still no information on the more recent killings of the majestic birds.
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Binoculars Review: Swarovski NL Pure 10×32
10,000 Birds
JULY 14, 2022
The old knight in that Indiana Jones cave full of holy grails to choose from would say to me: You have chosen wisely. The very first time I held them, the very first look through them, I just knew: this is it, this is the pair for me. Although I did test them thoroughly later, I knew from that first sight, this pair was made for me.
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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The old knight in that Indiana Jones cave full of holy grails to choose from would say to me: You have chosen wisely. [Dragan]: The very first time I held Swarovski NL Pure 10×32 binoculars, the very first look through them, I just knew: this is it, this is the pair for me.
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105 Obama's Rules Freeze May Help Wolves
Critter News
JANUARY 30, 2009
Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
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The Flight of the Vultures
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2014
But the turkey vultures would certainly leave the places we saw them – Montana, North Dakota, Illinois and Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and eventually New York – and head south. The only bird we saw in every state was the Turkey Vulture. No vast kettles, yet, only ones and twos.
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Come On Hollywood
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 5, 2016
He loves the Willow Ptarmigan so much that he often uses their calls in his movies, such as Jurassic World and Indiana Jones : Raiders of the Lost Ark. My favorite example, however, is courtesy of the famous Steven Spielberg.
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Stamping the First Robin of Spring
10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2015
But apparently Fred was not alone because over the last three years quite a few people from Michigan, Ontario, Indiana, Iowa, and Nebraska have chimed in to say that they too, grew up stamping robins and some mentioned passing it on to their children and grandchildren.
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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
Jan Turner, in Indiana, had her own Happy Meal delivery: “Two infant cottontails brought by a father and son.” . “Three hatchling American Robins in a plastic slice of pie container,” said Bonnie Alexander in Connecticut. Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut.
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Snowy Owl Invasion!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.
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The Last Few Rays Before Extinction
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
The work stands as a tribute to something already long vanished, a ghost of her Indiana childhood. Gene Stratton-Porter ( Photo used with the permissions of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites ).
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What is the State Bird of Alaska?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2016
They have been used not only in Jurassic World, but also in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark , despite the latter movie’s setting in the jungle! They are also rarely spotted farther south: in April of 2014, Corey saw one in New York (he also took the photo above)!
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Kentucky: First in Crane Hunting?
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
photo by Cyndi Routledge Dr. Gassett, 30,000 people come to one wildlife area in Indiana ( Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife Area) each year just to watch these big gray birds. Everywhere cranes gather, from New Mexico to Indiana to Tennessee, people come to watch them. More than 10,000 people hunt cranes in North America each year.
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Snowy Owl Mania!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2013
Not to be outdone, Indiana Dunes Birding has a report on the Snowy Owls in the Hoosier State. At the Nemesis Bird Tim Shrekengost featured Snowy Owls digiscoped with his iPhone 5. The Stokes checked out some Snowy Owls in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
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Big Years in 2013
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2013
Greg Majewski is a relatively new birder but he is not letting that stop him from trying to reach 250 species in Indiana this year. Rangel Diaz is doing a big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, hoping to reach 300 species, and keeping a blog about it. Check out EPIC Big Year 2013. That would be more species than are on his life list!
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How to Know You’re Raising a Birder
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2011
Both she and her brother Mason love spending time outdoors, but Ivy is more likely to interact with the environment for its own sake, rather than as a setting for a Tusken Raider attack or Indiana Jones adventure. She also has a surprisingly sophisticated sense of humor about birds.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Even some states that technically have checklists barely qualify: the great state of Illinois has just a single checklist with two species (from an airport).
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Get Thee To A Wildlife Rehabilitator
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
The state of Indiana has been soliciting comments for a bill which would make the above scenario legal for 90 days, creating an uproar among those who are licensed to care for injured and orphaned wildlife. This is always, always a bad idea.
Review: Levenhuk Karma PRO 10×42 Binocular
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2016
Plus they managed to survive a momentary lapse of reason on the beach at Indiana Dunes relatively unscathed.). They feel great, they function beautifully, and they’ve seen me through most of my best birding days. But just as in a good romantic relationship, it’s natural to wonder what one might be missing.
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Kathy Hershey: Parker, the Playground’s Vulture
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2016
Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. The voice on the other end of the phone was panicked. There’s a huge bird chasin’ the kids around the trailer park! You better do something about it, or we’re gonna shoot it!”. It was happening again … Parker was back.
Want to Escape the Heat? Go Birding in Costa Rica!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2017
We have a lot of mountainous land and it’s way cooler up in them hills than down by the coast or back in the heat-stricken states of Indiana, Virginia, and nearly every other state and province south of Alaska. Yep, come to Costa Rica to cool off!
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Snapper by Brian Kimberling
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2013
Our guide through the woods and towns of Indiana is one Nathan Lochmueller, who looks back to tell the tale of a coming of age that involves a lot of crawling through the woods on breeding-bird surveys, a lot of beer, and a few scrapes with implacable forces like the law, armed KKK members, and snapping turtles.
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4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 3, 2010
He’d come from Indiana, seemed nice and quiet, very well behaved. But when an animal is so damaged or developmentally challenged by its beginnings that it doesn’t accept its new situation; that can make for a difficult transition. So well behaved that the neophyte dog owners left him alone the day after bringing him home—uncrated.
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Arrowood Farm Brewery: Bramble Farmhouse on Raspberries
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2020
The old birds, together with the four young from the first nest, literally lived in the patch. […] I did grow a bit warm under the collar when they insisted on devouring every ripe raspberry on the place.
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2013 Big Year Update
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2013
Greg Majewski is hoping to reach 250 species in Indiana this year, a relatively modest goal but one that is fitting for a new birder. He’s hoping to reach 300 species and blogging it at EPIC Big Year 2013. So far he has logged 216, well on his way and good enough for third in his county so far.
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Serbia – birding overview of a year in the Central Balkans
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 16, 2018
That number drops to still good 200 in winter. The peak season is the second half of April and the first half of May.
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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
I’d like a hit squad to visit the people who call me in the middle of dinner or at 3 AM to tell me they have a baby raccoon they found two weeks ago,” wrote Kathy in Indiana.
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Animal Minds
Animal Ethics
MARCH 18, 2007
Their guest is Colin Allen of the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington. The March 11, 2007 episode of the Stanford University radio program "Philosophy Talk" focuses on animal minds. Stanford Philosophy Professors John Perry and Ken Taylor host the show.
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We’re Not Racists, So Why Aren’t There More Birders Of Color?
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2011
I grew up in Indiana and a phrase that I remember hearing was, “I’m not a racist, but have you ever noticed that…&# and whatever followed the “but&# was the most horrifically racist thing you could imagine. “I don’t doubt that there are some great mexican people.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2014
We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. “Long story made some what short,” wrote Heather Merritt, with Birds in Flight Sanctuary in Warren, Ohio. “We Finally my colleague Doty worked her magic in Michigan, and we let him go there.
KwaZulu-Natal
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. With this quote I have the pleasure of introducing my home province (state) for this month’s 10,000 Bird’s Africa Beat. At 36,433 sq.
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