10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2015

It is now treated as its own species, confined to Africa and the tip of Arabia (Black Kites also migrate here from Europe and Asia). I saw these individuals in Imfolozi Game Reserve, where they were hanging around a kill.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Because of their extra olfactory powers, many other carrion eating birds like hawks eagles and other vultures follow Turkey Vultures to kills. This juvenile bird can be identified by its gray head and black-tipped beak. Here you can see the juvenile and adult on the same perch, the juvie acting submissive.

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Turkey North America Killing Eagles 152

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

Each of the six species in Costa Rica sports beautiful plumage with green and blue hues highlighted with rufous tones, and several also have long, racket-tipped tails. Dressed to kill, the deadly Bat Falcon eats more than bats. The Halloween party never ends for these feathered Fae folk. Spectacled Owl. Not convinced? Bat Falcon.

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Costa Rica Bats Birds Falcons 153

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Hat tip to Pat O’Donnell for the story; the image above is by GDS Architects, via CNN.) Each year, millions are injured or killed when they slam into the sides of glass-sheathed buildings that reflect the sky. Not so nifty for birds, though.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2014

We had a call one morning about a snake and a hawk,” says Tom Sweets, the executive director and chief rescuer of the Key West Wildlife Center , located at the very tip of Florida. The snake was wrapped firmly around the hawk’s tail, neck, and wings, and had enough strength to immobilize the bird but not to kill him.

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Reptiles Chickens Sea Turtles Wildlife Rehabilitation 199

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 19, 2014

Studies show that as many as 48% of domestic violence victims stay in abusive situations out of fear of what would happen if they left their pets behind, and more than 70% of pet owners who enter shelter report that the abuser has threatened, injured, or killed family pets.

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Shelters 2013 New York Pets 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

He has earned his tip. In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 238

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APRIL 23, 2015

However, the ducks’ behavior killed the festive mood for some and left others with a glimmer of hope. In the meantime, and based on the birds behavior, the scale tips towards these birds being escapees until proven otherwise. Villa Marshes is an Ebird hot spot and popular site among Peru’s fast growing birding community.

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Ducks South America Peru Adoptable 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Though in terms of aesthetics, their nests are not much to look at – a paper (in Thai, but with an English summary) describes the nest as “a bulky, untidy ball hanging from the tip of a branch of stick with an average height of 1.39 The dangers of being a geologist.

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 202

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MARCH 20, 2017

3) It is a sequel to Good Birders Don’t Wear White: 50 Tips From North America’s Top Birders , the popular 2007 collection of essays. Suggestions are offered at the end of each chapter—yes, there are still “tips”! Within the framework of sharing the joy, the tips become gifts from friends. White and Jeffrey A.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

It is home to some of the most concentrated and diverse shark populations in the world, including species with a reputation for attacking people, such as great white, bull, tiger, black tip, ragged tooth and dusky sharks. Does exposed human skin, like bare feet, bring them in for the kill? Time of day. Panic and fear.

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Sharks Experience Experiments South Africa 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2018

Here are a few tips to get you started. Along with making the space toxic, pesticides kill bugs, which are a big part of most birds’ diets. Birdwatching is a hobby that many people enjoy, and it’s one that you can experience year-round. Planting Bird-Attracting Trees, Shrubs and Plants.

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Shelters Wildlife Protection Sanctuary 115

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

Hat-tip to Stella. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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Deer 2011 New York New York City 140

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The Greater Flamingo is the bird with the pink bill tipped with black. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators. So, the best way to find a leopard is to find the kill. We observed far fewer Lesser Flamingos, a near-threatened species. How do you tell the difference? Or korhaans.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 251

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

This can also come in the form of crowdsourcing identification tips on unknown birds. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. For birders and nature photographers, this includes “likes,” and comments like “great shot,” and “terrific capture.”

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Ethics Owls New York North America 136

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

These two islands are about halfway between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica in the Subantarctic Indian Ocean, have had relatively few human visitors, and are primarily inhabited with some of the rarest seabirds in the world and a smaller number of mammals. Salvin’s Prion.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 261

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MAY 8, 2012

Marabous have also learnt another trick, and that is to follow vultures and scavenge off the remains of Lion and other large predator kills. They have even been known to kill children who have been incautious enough to approach too closely.

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MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. The adults always show more black and less white in the wing tips and this is especially obvious on the underwing which shows only a tiny amount of white. Yellow legs.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

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JUNE 12, 2012

After a brutal colonization that included genocidal campaigns against the Herero (80% killed) and Nama (50% killed) tribes, the Germans lost control when South Africa invaded soon after the declaration of the First World War. However, Namibia’s colonial history began earlier, in 1884 when it was annexed by the Germans.

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Namibia Angola Lovebirds South Africa 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

These Blasts From The Past New York City Canada Goose “Kill Zones&# Revealed Help Save Migratory Birds! Hat-tip to Stella. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

We boarded the 8:40 pm red-eye from JFK to Reykjavik on May 28; the intention was to sleep on the plane but with the excitement of travel and possibilities swirling around my head I didn’t sleep a wink (*tip – Iceland Air offers free stopovers for up to seven days as you travel from the US to Europe!

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Iceland Puffins Europe Birds 182

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Once having spent enough time in this park a birder will notice that it offers the “kill eight birds with one stone,&# feel in terms of hitting multiple habitats. The round head and smooth face always tip me off as well when I see these birds in migration. We rarely get those birds on the Front Range.

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Denver Colorado Birds Delaware 162

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Simple tips to keep pets happy and safe while you work. If you have a bird, small mammal, or reptile in a terrarium, don’t leave them in their normal place while you paint or sand paint fumes and dust that are only a mild annoyance to you can make small pets (particularly birds) very sick, or even kill them.

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Pets Dallas Mammals Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I’m not sure why all the birds scattered at its approach, Frigatebirds are known for stealing the catch of other birds, not for killing elegant, cinnamon-chested Avocets, but scatter they did and only a couple of hundred came back down. I was just happy to enjoy the show, one that apparently is just as good in winter as in spring.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 201

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MARCH 7, 2011

I can also imagine how much it costs, which kind of kills the dream a bit. Hat-tip to Stella. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. 5 Responses to “Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?&# Wicked, right?

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 189

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. Consequently, the killing of some animals for food, if done painlessly, is not morally objectionable. They, too, may be killed and eaten on the view under consideration, provided, of course, that they are killed painlessly.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Lower m[andible] straight, upper m[andible] compressed, rather curved & slightly notched atthe tip. Tail short, 12 equal f[eathe]rs, rounded at the tips. Bill strong, 1 inch long. Nostrils at the base oval. Tongue at the extremity bifid. Legs strong, outer toe not connected with the middle. Iris yellow. What a horror! What a wrong!

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

There are moral reasons to go vegetarian: recognition that it is wrong to contribute to unnecessary animal suffering the injustice of exploiting animals and killing them for no good reason If human have rights, then many nonhuman animals also have rights, and confining and killing these animals for food violates these rights.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The latter is even captured in a somewhat gruesome video , in which the hornbill plucks a caged bird out of its cage and kills and eats it. At 15h59, the female picked up the fourth chick and killed it by repeatedly crushing it with her beak. Then she tried to feed it to the remaining chicks.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 124

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The illustrations of bird behavior–a Laughing Falcon with a kill, Swainson’s, a Crested Caracara with its head thrown back–offer opportunities for a little individual style to shine through. The colors are rich, much deeper and beautiful than the muted inks in my copy of Hawks of North America.

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Mexico America North America Falcons 155

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

Many people find themselves with a few hours to kill during transit and could potentially add a few ticks to their trip list as they pass through. This post might give you a few ideas for what to see during a stop in Dubai and a few tips on where to go and how to get there.

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UAE Broker Fast Food Wounded 172

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport. Some time management tips; It may take some time to disembark and fulfill the formalities. If you knew there was an Asian Glossy Starling close by wouldn’t you want to go looking for it?

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 159

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

This sleek, stunningly patterned cat was a formidable hunting subject, and in its cunning sometimes ended up hunting and killing the hunter. They are distributed from the southern tip of Africa (still occurring in the suburbs of Cape Town!) to the far reaches of freezing Siberia.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

It was the same day George Floyd was killed. Everest, becomes a torturous exercise in exploring one’s personal mythology and spirituality while maintaining this relationship (and includes this Birding Tip: “Avoid trying to bird in the presence of non-birders…” (p. I remember that day.

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Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 219

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.

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Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 176

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JULY 4, 2023

The tip of the iceberg when it coming to counting every artwork in the world that depicts owls, but a fair representation of the diverse ways artists and artisans have painted, sculpted, etched, and drawn them across countries and cultures. Owls are in danger from the usual threats–habitat destruction, climate change, human intrusion.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 200

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

When they walk, their tail hangs down, but when they run, their tail sticks up, with the bushy tip hanging down. Ostrich kicks can kill a human or a potential predator like a lion. They use their sharp lower canine teeth (which look like straight tusks) as weapons while squealing at the top of their lungs!

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