10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Baldy , enjoying my local birds at the Forest Park waterhole , an hour in autumn at Tanner’s Spring in Central Park , a pretty rough pelagic trip in New York waters , compiling the Queens County CBC , finally seeing a guillemot in New York , a spunky Winter Wren. New York State’s first Elegant Tern.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2015

New research suggests that the phenomenon of contagious yawning can also be seen in birds. Scientists from the State University of New York at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta to natives) studied parakeets (also known as budgies ). Click here to go directly to the study.).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2015

Finally, avians have earned their place as a good-luck charm: At least one member of the New York Mets credits their recent success, at least in part, to a parakeet that’s been spotted around Citi Field as of late. Researchers are planning to ask the American Ornithologists’ Union to make the split official.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Using the Birds of Peru field guide to identify a species of antshrike This course has three admirable objectives: To train the next generation of Neotropical bird researchers, both international and Peruvian, in efficient and standardised mist-netting, bird ringing/banding, and bird ageing skills. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 10, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Greening the Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas ” (news article, June 5): Your article about reducing methane emissions from dairy cows is welcome because of the attention it draws toward the substantial contribution that both beef and dairy cattle make to global warming.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2013

So, the good news is I defended my thesis successfully. The bad news is I then celebrated too hard, fell down, and broke my wrist. Still, the tip was all I needed to jump online and do some quick research (and all praises to the internet for making such things possible!)

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

2 Responses to “Terrifying Truth about Crow Intelligence&# Jochen Mar 9th, 2011 at 6:09 am Their intelligence goes even further, and researchers have shown that Ravens master a feat that even 6 to 7 year old (human) children usually can’t accomplish: they can analyze what someone else knows / can know and act accordingly.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Universities like Harvard, Columbia and Cornell regularly use the research facility. Share Your Thoughts « Lewis’s Woodpecker in New York State Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Thanks for visiting!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 154

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Dear Senator Murray, I have read articles in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times about the chimpanzees at Holloman Air Force Base. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. Here is the text we sent to Congressman Jim McDermott and Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Windy Roads, Next 99 Miles – The Heavy Haul Through the Rockies Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Steller’s Jay – Mysteries of the Common Birds Clean and Healthful Winter Finch Wonderland.Or Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Any serious submission of 100 words or fewer will place its author in a random drawing for our second copy of the new Crossley ID Guide. They also serve who share the news about giveaways like these. These Blasts From The Past Fighting Over Crumbs Reflections of Ardea Alba Welcome to New Zealand! Promote this giveaway!

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Animal Person

APRIL 6, 2010

I'm going to try hard to have this not become a rant, but " Even Among Animals: Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers ," by Natalie Angier in yesterday's New York Times begins with "even." This is great news for animal rights because it's one more piece of evidence that humans aren't as exceptional as we like to think we are.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Rory Freedman, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Skinny Bitch, proclaims “If you want to create a better world, read this book!” Gene Baur, Director of Farm Sanctuary, adds that “Change of Heart provides fresh, research-based insight into how non-profits and individuals can more effectively create social change.”

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. There are many excellent books on issues related to animal research. Get FOIAed Up!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

He caught the itch, so to speak, when he arrived at Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca, New York, and he refined his birding skills with the Lab of Ornithologys Spring Field Ornithology course. Germany had lost one of its most promising ornithological researchers, and one of its most active birders. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Cyprus Species Deer 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

The Eagle Huntress was conceived and directed by Otto Bell, a British filmmaker currently based in New York City. It was introduced here at the Sundance Festival, noted as both a New York Times and an L.A. Photo by Andrew Yarme, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 102

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. Many of these stories will be known to avid readers of environmental news items and social media. Weidensaul traveled to each location to witness the research in process.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 216

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

” This illustration from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (July 1875), drawn by Smith Bennett, is included in both The Passenger Pigeon and A Message From Martha. Avery’s trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York holds more promise.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 151

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Here in New York, fall doesn’t begin until this afternoon at 4:02 PM, so I got in what will probably be this year’s first and last review of a saison – a classic and refreshing Belgian beer style generally favored for summer drinking – just under the wire. Good birding and happy drinking! __.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.) Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. If I had made it through, I wouldn’ have seen him at all. How do we know this? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 8, 2008

To the Editor: The recent terrorist attacks on scientists (“ Firebombings at Homes of 2 California Researchers ,” news article, Aug. 4) are abhorrent acts condemned by the vast majority of animal advocates and the organizations who represent them, including the National Anti-Vivisection Society.

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