Smithsonian Magazine Spotlights Wildlife Trafficking
Critter News
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
HUGE article in the Smithsonian Magazine about wildlife trafficking out of Ecuador. Tags: wildlife trafficking ecuador latin america.
How Many Birders Are There, Really? (Updated)
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2020
Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) releases a survey called “ Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis.”. The most recent report was issued in December 2019 and it used data from the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. Every few years, the U.S. million birders.
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50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya review
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The author, Catherine Ngarachu, is the founding editor of Kenya Birding, the country’s only magazine dedicated to birdwatching. Among the many options, there are shorter highlight guides, as well as various wildlife-watching safari guides. Each site gets from 2 to 5 pages (but mostly 3-4).
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Interesting Ads In The Wildlife Industry
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2012
Whenever I get my hands on a trade publication for any industry, my favorite thing to do is see what is being advertised in the magazine. I get one called The Wildlife Professional for the Wildlife Society, that’s put out for wildlife technicians who work in the field. And the weapons don’t stop there.
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Wild Sri Lanka
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2020
As Bill Oddie noticed in his foreword to ‘Wild Sri Lanka’ (2nd edition) by Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne, this island paradise is probably the only country in the world where almost all books on wildlife were authored by a single person. Such a concept seems perfect for a phone app on Sri Lanka wildlife watching. Product details.
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The Cry of the Curlew
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2024
Research by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust has shown that predation by Foxes (of both eggs and chicks) is one of the most serious factors limiting the success of nesting Curlews. It is surrounded by a Fox-proof fence No one seems quite sure how many pairs there are today, but my guess would be between 20 and 30.
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How Many Birders Are There, Really?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2016
Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds tackled the importance of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Fish & Wildlife Service released “ Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis.” Magazines : There are several magazines dedicated to birding. How many birders are there in America?
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What’s Up with the ABA? Part II (Some Suggestions)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2022
This is far from a novel idea: contributors to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology receive Living Bird magazine, which is also freely available online to everyone. * * *. Fish and Wildlife Service , National Audubon Society , American Bird Conservancy , and Nature Conservancy on Twitter. Until now, it has only been open for hunters.
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Birding Ruili, Yunnan
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2024
After reading a glossy celebrity paper – maybe about an Oscar celebration – the eBird reviewer gets back to writing short descriptions of birds but still has the vocabulary of the magazine in his or her head. Recognizing its value for eco-tourism and biogeographical research, it is essential to conserve this magnificent bird.
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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. The Moustached Kingfisher was known by only three samples– one female “collected” in the 1920’s, the other two females “collected” in the 1950’s, according to an Audubon Magazine article.
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Collins Birds of the World by Norman Arlott
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Collins Birds of the World is “ a must for the travelling birder ,” as the BBC Wildlife Magazine reviewer has put it. And I cannot agree more. But I have to disagree with the publisher, HarperCollins, calling it an “ all-encompassing new field guide” – it is a world checklist and I say it with a lot of respect.
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How Many Birders are There, Really? (Addendum)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2021
Fish and Wildlife Service’s estimates regarding the number of birders in the United States. Based on analysis of other information (magazine subscriptions, Facebook “likes,” field guide sales, organizational memberships, etc.), I have previously written about the U.S. I believe that FWS wildly overestimates the number of birders.
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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
TE is practiced by state and federal wildlife managers; but municipal TE needs to happen if the annihilation of native wildlife is to be significantly slowed. This reminds me that the saddest part of this whole kerfuffle isn’t that Ted Williams’ work might no longer appear in the pages of Audubon Magazine.
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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2015
I greatly enjoyed reading these articles on diverse topics such as suet, nyjer seed, the development of humming-bird feeders, rarities at feeders, wild bird feeding in Latin America and the Caribbean, and, importantly, “funding for birds and wildlife.” It’s about packaging, marketing, distribution, transportation, and lobbying.
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Animals Managing to Survive in Afghanistan
Critter News
AUGUST 4, 2011
Apparently, wildlife in Afghanistan is managing to survive despite the horrors of war and violence. It's from Time Magazine. The stupid video won't embed, so here's the link to the web page.
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Cheetah sets new world speed record!
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 2, 2012
© Ken Geiger/National Geographic Magazine. Her run was photographed for a November 2012 National Geographic magazine article that will include never-before-seen high speed photographs and video of cheetah movement. Sarah the cheetah broke her own world record! seconds on June 20, 2012. She was clocked at 61mph.
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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
In fact, early, photographic versions of several chapters appeared in Living Bird and Audubon Magazine (see the above links). This includes, to my delight, a brief account of Project SNOWstorm , a collaboration of volunteer “researchers, banders, wildlife veterinarians, and pathologists” (p.
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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
Cochran followed thrushes for 34 years and is now considered one of the founders of wildlife telemetry (instead of patenting his radio transmitters, he gave away his knowledge), but was a scientific outsider for much of his life.
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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2020
You may have read about Kikinda in the Wall Street Journal or the BBC Wildlife Magazine. Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ? Great Bustard Sanctuary.
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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
I hope they consider this idea for future books Sophie Osborn has a long history of observing, surveying, and studying birds in North, Central and South America as field biologist, research biologist, field manager, and wildlife program director. She also maintains a website of her writings on nature and conservation at Words for Birds.
The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 22, 2018
You may have read about them in the Wall Street Journal , the BBC Wildlife Magazine , or perhaps watched them on BBC, who filmed them here twice, for the Planet Earth II in 2015 and for the One Planet in 2018. Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ?
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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
–especially when reviewing books like A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia or Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds. I’ve been fortunate to see two Penguin species in the wild (African and Galapagos) and have dreamed of seeing more–maybe even all!–especially
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Suit Filed Against the Minerals Management Service
Critter News
MAY 17, 2010
From Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine. Tags: oil drilling minerals management service 2010 oil spill wildlife Gulf of Mexico.
Teaching Ornithology in High Schools
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
In 2018, I read an article in Birding magazine by Jeff R. Although the class focused “on birds, students also pick up some botany, geology, hydrology, forestry, fisheries, meteorology, and wildlife management,” students also learned “the names, habits, and importance of local animals and plants.”
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Birdersploitation?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2011
Audubon Magazine had pages of coverage , the bird blogosphere – including 10,000 Birds – has posted YouTube clips of previews and run interviews with everyone from the birders who the characters in the movie are based on to the director of the film. No ads in birding magazines or birding blogs. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret. 2019), and now this book. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States. Back to Lendrum–McWilliam interviews him.
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Walrus in Trouble Too
Critter News
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
I'm finally getting caught up on some reading and came across this article in the Defenders of Wildlife wildlife. I'm very proud of supporting Defenders because I think they do great work and they have a really good magazine too. Very depressing sometimes though. The summer issue had a good article about walruses.
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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: A Review
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2014
Written by David Callahan and edited by Dominic Mitchell, the book originated as a series conceived by and written for Birdwatch magazine, a monthly magazine out of Great Britain. Author Callahan is a birder, trained taxonomist, and staff writer for Birdwatch magazine. The series looked at 25 objects. Number 57, Great Northern?
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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2013
One of the highlights of the trip for me, and for some of the other media folks being hosted by the Fallon Convention and Tourism Authority, was a kayak tour of Tule Lake in the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge. Our guide, former wildlife refuge manager Mike Goddard, pointed out a pair of Cinnamon Teal in flagrante delicto.
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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Nonetheless, I visited some excellent habitats, especially the flooded wetlands, and saw some good birds,” wrote the UK Birdwatch Magazine journalist Mike Unwin of his bird tour of northern Serbia 15 years ago. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, wildlife is still more commonly sold to foreign hunters. A birding year in Serbia.
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Mastering Bird Photography: A Book Review by an Amateur Bird Photographer
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
I first became familiar with the photographs and photo essays of Marie Read through their publication in Living Bird , the Cornell Lab of Ornithology magazine (British-born, Marie lives in the Finger Lakes area). Her photos have appeared in numerous magazines, educational exhibits, calendars, and she has won prestigious photography awards.
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Joy for Orphan Elephants
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat. The above excerpt is from the September issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands now.
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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2023
Education and Publications: The ABA produces publications, including the “Birding” magazine, which provides articles, tips, and news related to birding and bird conservation. They also offer books, field guides, and other educational materials to assist birders in identification and learning about birds. According to the U.S.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2012
Talking to Jan Södersved the editor of the Birdlife Finland magazine Linnut whilst we were both in Portugal in early October suggested that all of the owl species in Finland had had a very productive breeding season. Short-eared Owls do breed in Britain but every few years an ‘irruption’ of the like we are seeing occurs.
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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2019
So, I highly recommend reading “In The Aerie Of The Philippine Eagle” , by Greg Breining an excellent article published in the September 2017 issue of Living Bird , the magazine of the Lab of Ornithology, before or after viewing the film. Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth (documentary film).
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Long before I moved in New Zealand, or visited or even knew much about the wildlife here, way back then I knew about the Poor Knights. I started diving as an undergraduate in Southampton, and being unable to travel frequently at the time I consumed diving magazines and dreamt of visiting far flung destinations (something still do, actually).
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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
In Birding magazine, ABA President Jeff Gordon argued that adding Hawaii would “bring an unjustly excluded community of birders into full membership in the ABA family.” Fish & Wildlife Service. and Birding magazine will print achievements for just about any list in its “Milestones” section.
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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced
Critter News
AUGUST 9, 2010
This years’ judges for the competition were: Sophie Uliano, author of New York Times bestseller Gorgeously Green; Summer Rayne Oaks, model, spokesperson, and expert for Discovery Network's Planet Green; Brita Belli, editor of E/The Environmental Magazine; and Josh Dorfman, author and host of The Lazy Environmentalist on Sundance Channel's The Green.
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The Nonessential Whooping Crane
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. It brings to question the purpose of wildlife management. Street, N.W.
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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Robert Dean is a former British musician and now wildlife illustrator who lives in Costa Rica; he has illustrated The Wildlife of Costa Rica: A Field Guide (2010), The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide (2010), The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide (2007, 2014), and the forthcoming Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao: A Site and Field Guide.
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Year of the Eagle
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2013
Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. Year of the Eagle is his third book.
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Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction–A Review
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2013
Articles on the Bermuda petrel have appeared in scientific journals and popular birding magazines, and Wingate has been the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and has received the Linnaean Society’s of New York prestigious Eisenmann medal.
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Melange Monday
Animal Person
MARCH 23, 2009
Next, there's Parade magazine on the Iditarod , which frankly I can't even talk about this year and is a disgraceful display of barbarity. The Fish and Wildlife Commission and Governor Crist need to hear there is an outcry in order for Nosey to be confiscated. Please, read the action alert at the end of this email. education [link].
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