10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

They get a bad rap due to their dependence on carrion to survive, but I look at it a different way: these species do not have to kill in order to thrive! Columbia has chosen one of the world’s most massive flying species as its national bird: the Andean Condor. Most humans cannot say that.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

The northwestern spread of this non-native species made it to my yard a few years ago. The lightest shade of lavender coincides with a 0 – 2% frequency of sightings, the next darker shade 2 – 10%, the next 10 – 25%, the next 25 – 40% and the darkest (almost black) shade is a 40 – 100% occurrence of the species.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2017

I am sure there are many reasons why these nasty pools of varying degrees of “black” water seem to be magnets for a large number of species. This time of year, the cleanest of the effluent, or previously treated water is used to flood the nearby fields that livestock will later graze on.

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Critter News

MAY 18, 2009

It's their way of acknowledging the impact of livestock on the environment. Not only is there reason to believe that livestock contribute to greenhouse gases, but meat is resource-intensive to produce. I honestly believe it will take environmental catastrophe for people to stop eating other species.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2016

Their wingspans can reach nearly 90 inches , and they have been known to prey on cranes and livestock. The oldest known Golden Eagle was over 30 years old, and as a species they prefer open and semi-open landscapes. ” The bird is massive.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

He allegedly proposed to introduce every species of bird mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare to the United States. Starlings are a super competitive cavity nesting bird that aggressively evicts other species from nesting cavities. This is one of the reasons why so many bird lovers dislike the European Starling.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2013

These births are critical to help preserve the species. These newborn cubs will add to the genetic diversity of the Malayan tiger population and contribute to conservation efforts for the species. The births are part of park’s partnership in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan® (SSP).

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These big cats are a species under constant threat from poachers and farmers who fear that the leopards are attacking their livestock. With GPS to track the big cats’ location and WCS camera traps already in place, if successful, the expedition will offer a deeper understanding of the rare and beautiful species.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2012

Have you ever enjoyed one of those brilliant birding expeditions, the outing where every target species takes its cue with machine precision? The lush pastures of the Aripo Livestock Station sustained herds of happy Buffalypso , a special breed of T&T beef cattle named for their Water Buffalo heritage and Calypso-happy country.

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Trinidad Birds Fast Food Cattle 176

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Syngenta advises users to “NOT place baits in locations which are accessible to pets, domestic animals, livestock or birds” or to “contaminate dams, waterways and drains with the bait or its used container.” Motomco also makes “Jaguar” and “Tomcat,” complete with cat icons, of course.

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Combined with Christmas Bird Counts and (relatively) lavish year-end vacation time here in North America, the result is a time when we celebrate owls , finches , and sea ducks ; when the local corvids are cheerfully ticked again; when feeders are filled and the odd overwintering individuals from some surprising species are documented.

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Psychology Livestock North America Turkey 158

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2012

There are groups dedicated to species like Eastern Bluebirds and Purple Martins and with extensive writings on how to keep starlings at bay and even recommendations on how to legally trap and kill them should they drive away North American birds. Unusual abundances of food items, e.g. arboreal insects, garbage, livestock feed, etc.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2017

For many of these species, this is a time when they are at their most precarious, out in the wide open getting a drink. At this end of the waters edge, quite a bit of livestock had had been in and out, leaving large footprints in the mud.

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Livestock California Sparrows Birds 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

For many grassland species, our vast expanses of tilled and plowed fields, orchards and vineyards, pastures and rangeland offer an abundance of convenient food and shelter – and some bolder birds even wander indoors to find these things in our barns and stables. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too.

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Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 118

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. But most importantly its vital to reflect on how close we came to losing an incredible species. According to the ABA, they are not countable. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds!

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Florida Buffalo Louisiana 2004 219

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

A silhouetted Golden Eagle in flight appears on all current bottlings by Ardmore, and over the years, the same species has occasionally appeared on various products by Scottish distilleries like Glenfarclas and Mortlach.

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Eagles Lions Hunting Lamb 158

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The combination of over hunting, and the native animals susceptibility to diseases carried by domestic livestock that were allowed to graze there, completely eliminated these Bighorns by 1915. Home to over 200 species, this amazing area is quite susceptible to the amount of rainfall each year.

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Sheep Oregon Mules Livestock 112

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

They’re all named for livestock. home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Terminology / Cow Birds Cow Birds By Rick • March 22, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share So what do Buffleheads and Bitterns and Hornbills have in common?

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Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 141

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). Their fragile homes, meager belongings and scant livestock attested to this, and yet the people seemed content with their lot in life. Yellow-billed Stork.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 237

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services shows that most livestock losses come from weather, disease, illness, and birthing problems, and not predation.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

For the fifth year in a row, I was assigned the prolific and well-known Aripo Livestock Station at the foothills of Trinidad’s Northern Range. For birders who have visited T&T in the past, the livestock station has always been a staple site for several key species that would be fairly difficult elsewhere.

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Trinidad Livestock Groups Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. Photo by Adam Riley.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. A lot of very important information for pet owners, especially as we go into the summer season.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The sandy forest yielded half-decent looks at several uncommon forest species such as this White-shouldered Tanager. Visitors to T&T may be familiar with the area – the famed Aripo Livestock Station. Access is restricted, and the livestock referred to are highly temperamental water buffalo. Common Ground Dove.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

A reasonable birder could respond to this change in a variety of ways, from satisfaction that another bird species has recovered to concern that FWS is caving to rapacious corporations at the expense of an endangered bird. (If FWS agreed that the species had recovered sufficiently and proposed a rule delisting the vireo.

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Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 124

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The region boasts some of the country’s richest farmland and besides wine, the estate produces rice, cork, and livestock. ‘Tyto alba’ is made at Companhia das Lezírias, a state-run agricultural and forestry estate founded in 1836 on lands once belonging to the Portuguese Crown in the province of Ribatejo, north of Lisbon.

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2013 Barn Owls Owls Livestock 200

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Even the brewery’s spent grains, once shoveled out of the mash tun, are hauled off to a local farm as livestock feed. A Great Horned Owl , the most expected owl species in Colorado Springs according to eBird. Could this be Le Capitaine?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2017

Home to over 400 species of birds, 450 types of native plants, half of the U.S. species of butterflies, and many endangered, threatened or candidate species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.” ” We have been fighting the Sagebrush Rebellion for years now. The list goes on and on.

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North Korea Mountain Lions Legislation Nebraska 102

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. ©2023, Donna L.

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