10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2011

When my friends over at YourBirdOasis sent me a super squirrel-proof bird feeder to review, I had to think about who I knew who could really put the device to the test. After all, I have my local white squirrels well in hand. Another wonderful feature of the Squirrel Buster Plus is the adjustable trigger weight of the spring.

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Squirrels Investigation Ethics Birds 171

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2023

Naturally, I had to investigate. A Squirrel Cuckoo was also bounding along the branches with their smaller relative. A Squirrel Cuckoo batters a grasshopper high in the canopy. This species is distinctly South American and does not share the same trajectory as the Yellow-billed Cuckoos. Then a second, and a third.

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Trinidad Squirrels Investigation Bears 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. Strangely, there do not seem to be many papers on this species. In one paper , you can find fascinating sentences such as “The new species is most similar to D.

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 202

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

A bit beyond the basics but still fundamental are chapters on bird feeding consequences and problems (squirrels and raccoons, too many blackbirds, hawks and cats, woodpecker damage, window strikes, extreme weather, and bird feeding in special situations, including retirement centers, condos, and apartments. I came late to bird feeding.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger'

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Tigers India Killing 2012 238

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JANUARY 5, 2022

There’s an unofficial series of posts on species of birds that occur in threes in T&T (see: bitterns , trogons , antshrikes , spinetails , manakins , hermits , honeycreepers , and resident warblers ). We stopped periodically to investigate various patches along the road. Broad-winged Hawk. Slowly, we continued.

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Trinidad Birds Tigers Groups 236

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APRIL 2, 2014

My Dad is less of a biologist and more interested in history, but is also laid back and happy enough watching us have fun, but we even managed to find some historical sites to investigate. Between the 22 of December and the 31st I managed to see 171 species of bird, this had climbed to 219 by the time I had left of the 11th of January.

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Birds Bats Elephants Family 180