Critter News

DECEMBER 30, 2008

You can search for all kinds of crimes against animals in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Spain. Great research tool. Tags: canada australia animal abuse UK new zealand us. There are 14,436 cases in the animal abuse database. Amazing work.

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Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse New Zealand Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The mundane details that actually allow a trip to happen are tedious, but researching all those potential birds… huge fun! Sunrise at Kaikoura in New Zealand (If you visit at the right time, you might see what Duncan saw here: albatrosses !). Who doesn’t love that feeling of endless possibility?

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New Zealand Singapore 2012 Japan 133

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

A number of research projects have sought to determine if some of these human brain abilities are found in other animals. And most recently, a team of researchers from New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Austria have demonstrated that New Caledonian Crows understand UCAs. But that’s another story. Here’s the idea.

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 227

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. The researchers are quite aware of the differences between humans and birds and thus have completely ignored another explanation for this behavior. In New Zealand, the Spotted Dove is an introduced species.

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Having warned to her theme she introduces her villain of the piece, the AMNH researcher Chris Filardi, who collected a kingfisher. Throughout his professional career, Chris has maintained a commitment to bridging his research interests with grassroots conservation. Enter the Villain of the Piece (Dramatic Music).

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Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Birds 159

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2011

It is not an encyclopedia, though it does summarize research, explain basic concepts, and ends with a section on bird statistics. It is a fascinating book that teaches while it entertains, that offers research-informed arguments for bird protection and conservation in the guise of vibrant design.

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Albatross Birds Campaign Protection 196

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

And so, Fuller embarked on a new initiative—locating and researching photographs of lost birds and, expanding his scope, of mammals. Laughing Owl, 1909, New Zealand, photo taken by Cuthbert and Oliver Parr, pp. more than there really was to see!” (p. And, they are fascinating. The photographs were never published.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 267

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. There are certainly some stunners involved. Pink-throated Twinspot. Definitely my personal favorite of Africa’s pink birds is the delicate Pink-throated Twinspot. Pink-headed Dove.

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Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Fighting Over Crumbs Reflections of Ardea Alba Welcome to New Zealand! Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Ring-billed Gulls Seeking a Handout About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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2011 Deer Owls New York 222

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Each chapter focuses on a specific geographic area of penguin population: (1) Antarctica, (2) South Georgia, (3) Falkland Islands, (4) South Africa and Tristan de Cunha, (5) New Zealand and Australia, (6) South America and Galapagos. The organization works out quite logically if you are planning a trip to, let’s say, New Zealand.

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Although realizing that the probability of seeing a cassowary on my trip was quite low, I was not willing to admit defeat and still continued to do my research on where to see one (ebird was invaluable). With such a response, I had basically written it off as a species I had any chance of seeing.

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Guinea Meat Australia Pets 138

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

There are over 5,000 species of frogs in existence (5,858 at the time the book was written, the exact number changes as research dictates re-arrangements of taxonomy and new species are discovered). A book about all the frogs and toads of the world is an ambitious undertaking.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 184

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. More research is needed, but initial studies by the Pine Street Foundation and others on using dogs for diagnosis are promising. Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I worked with an enormous collection of bird skins in the collection of Te Papa (The National Museum of New Zealand) during my (unfinished) PhD. New Zealand Bitterns. I can understand why some people are conflicted, but the value to science of the collections is immense. Bush Wrens.

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Collecting Solomon Islands New Zealand Fiji 220

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

But first, not thinking of proper research, I made no difference between questions, nor were the mentioned destinations really visited or only dreamed about. 4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. 10%: Australia, Papua New Guinea. 15%: Colombia, New Guinea (irrespective of the part/country).

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Papua New Guinea America Costa Rica Sri Lanka 214

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

They breed in New Zealand’s South Island and they appear to wander quite some distance. They breed in New Zealand in the Seaward Kaikoura Range, South Island from about September to April and it would appear they then wander. Last week one wandered as far as Broome and we were lucky enough to observe it.

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New Zealand Australia 2012 Breeding 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

It is, instead, a member of the Petroicidae, the Australasian robins, a family mostly found in New Guinea and Australia but also reaching here in New Zealand and as far across the Pacific as Fiji. Until I started researching this post I didn’t know an interesting fact about the range of this species.

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Guinea Fiji Australia New Zealand 154

Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system. Since this is a new phenomenon in our lives, we can’t know the ultimate costs to our children. But for Henry I.

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New York Times New York 2007 Cows 40

Critter News

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Australian Association for Humane Research says that Australia experiments on more animals per capita than the European Union, the UK and New Zealand. Tags: australia animal experimentation animal research. They are trying to get figures for the Northern Territory.

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Australia New Zealand Animal Research Animal 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Several recent studies have found that tinamous are embedded within the ratites, which means that either they regained the ability to fly or (as many researchers feel is more likely) that flightlessness and large body size arose multiple times within the paleognaths, a topic discussed in detail at Tetrapod Zoology. Jarvis et al.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. Many robins, eagles and finches later, he ended up at university studying various biology things and wrote a thesis on vertebrate biogeography in southern African forests.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 210

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. Ulva Island, South Island New Zealand. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Its organization and content is unorthodox in several ways, which I think is exciting; new approaches to field guides give birders opportunities to rethink how we identify birds and a good excuse to buy yet another field guide. .” or birders who live there (but, how can you bird it all?).

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Australia Birds Penguins 2015 107

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

He is a wildlife artist and illustrator who prepared for this job by working for ten years as chief artist on the multivolume Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (OUP), contributing over 236 color plates–2,434 images–of non-passerines.

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Australia Birds 2017 Groups 238

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Tom’s odyssey continued through New Zealand and passes on to Australia. April’s number are below; 11 countries were visited by 9 beats; Australia, USA, UK, India, Serbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. BS-Bahamas-Nassau-New Gate Road – 25.0644x-77.3035. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2014

While I sometimes complain about the lack of variety of birds in New Zealand, there are at least some birds here that are a) hard to find but b) can be found in many places. In New Zealand that’s kind of a big deal for me, and there, sitting on a dead branch in plain view, was a damn Shining Bronze-cuckoo.

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New Zealand Solomon Islands Sanctuary Vanuatu 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). New Delhi City. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Robin – Petroica australis. 15 Apr 2018. Lake Ngatu.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Robin – Petroica australis. 15 Apr 2018. Lake Ngatu.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Robin – Petroica australis. 15 Apr 2018. Lake Ngatu.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). New Delhi City. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Grebe – Poliocephalus rufopectus. New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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MARCH 3, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). New Zealand Pigeon – Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae. New Zealand Bellbird – Anthornis melanura. New Zealand Fantail – Rhipidura fuliginosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Mussell Inn.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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. Or These Blasts From The Past Preening Juvenile Yellowthroat Welcome to New Zealand! Get yours today! Mardi Gras: Show Us Your… Feeder Watch 1 What is a Titmouse?

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 148

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2011

Researching this single hybrid revealed that teals are as liberal with their love as mallards! However, Blue-winged x Cinnamon crosses have been spotted before by, for example, Bill Schmoker , Greg Lasley , and still others. NORTH AMERICAN TEAL HYBRIDS Clearly at least two teal species take to each other. What about the rest?

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Ducks North America Denmark America 228