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I just read on the news that about 20 Andean Condors (Vultur gryphus) were poisoned in Chile. The birds were observed crashing into the rocks high in the Andean mountains near a hydroelectric power plant. Other birds were seen crash landing. As Chilean officials and volunteers rescued 17 birds they noticed the birds were foaming from the beak. Another sick condor and two dead ones were found nearby. MORE
News Barred Owl conservation science critically threatened species habitat loss Northern Spotted Owl(Photo by the California Forestry Association). It’s hard to be a Northern Spotted Owl , inhabiting old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. The logging industry has made your existence fraught , and it’s not like you’ve gotten much help from the powers that be. For the past 25 years, you’ve been listed as a Threatened species. MORE
The ABA Bird of the Year for 2012 will not be Green Heron. I’m not allowed to say what it is until 20 March but, really, does it matter if it isn’t the finest of North America’s avifauna ? Asides MORE
” News Arctic Tern Atlantic Puffin Common Tern Conservation England Great Britain Natural England Roseate Tern Sandwich Tern United KingdomSome of Great Britain’s most cherished seabirds just got an added layer of protection. Officials designated 12 miles along the coast of Northumberland as a Special Protection Area , according to Natural England, the U.K. government’s independent adviser on the natural environment. MORE
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Nate Makes the News! Nate Makes the News! By Corey • March 13, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share It is not every day that a local newspaper covers birding at all, so the fact that The Chapel Hill News ran an article on Nate ‘s Triangle Big Year is pretty cool. 4 Responses to “Nate Makes the News!&# MORE
Starting tomorrow, Critter News content will be featured on AnimalRightsZone.com. Note - we'll still be here. But, some of our posts will show up on the new site as well. Joining us will be Animal Person , Creature Talk , and Animal Ethics. I'm hoping there will be more, because I think it's a great idea to organize this kind of content in one area. So, I hope you'll time to check out the site and check out some of the other bloggers. The site officially launches on Tuesday April 21st MORE
I stumbled across this site called FiercePharma that has all kinds of news about the drug industry. Note - this company has a lot of industry news sites on a wide range of topics, so they do more then just drug company news. If you go to the very top, there are tabs for FierceBiotechResearch and other topics. I've never heard of them before. MORE
News Bird evolution Common Cuckoo Israel Nature News perching Birding in Israel? Report your sightings to help build an eBird-like database of the country’s avifauna. MORE
If a blustery, snowy afternoon isn’t custom-made for catching up on bird news, then I don’t know what is. News big bird black-throated blue warbler burrowing owls cats International Bird Rescue mating penguins pheasants social groups spill After all, it’s not like I’m going to see anything other than the White-throated Sparrows and Northern Cardinals flitting about the brush pile outside my window. Better to get current on what’s happening with the rest of the bird world. MORE
The post Birding News from Costa Rica at the Start of the Pandemic appeared first on 10,000 Birds. How quickly things can change. MORE
Reuters dutifully puts it on their website , which then gets picked up on my Google news page. The United Egg Producers issues a press release claiming that egg prices will rise 25% if animal welfare advocates get their way. All according to a study by some agribusiness related consulting firm. MORE
The winner of this year’s Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for worst opening sentence to an imaginary novel is about birds and windmills. Sure, it is not a scientific treatise, but anything that brings attention to this issue is good, right? And, wow, what a horrific sentence Sue Fondrie wrote: “Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories.&# Asides MORE
The good news is that a new population of about 2,000 individuals was discovered in Borneo. The bad news is that the pet trade is decimating the population on Sumatra. MORE
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But there’s plenty of better—or at least more interesting—news for birders. In what appears to be good news for the Gunnison Sage Grouse (depending on which environmentalists you ask), a federal proposal suggests new protections. News angry birds Bald Eagle bullfinches crows feeding flocks grackles Gunnison Sage Grouse magpies MaineLook out below! This Bald Eagle, photographed by Corey, was after Blue-winged Teal in Florida, not Atlantic Puffins in Maine. But still. MORE
While the ultralight aircraft leading a flock of young Whooping Cranes to Florida may again take to the skies , that good news is tempered by the effects of the drought in Texas , which has already led to the death of at least one Whooping Crane there. It’s a mixed bag for our most charismatic of North American waders this week. MORE
Still craving more penguin news? The bad: Well, this one’s bad news if you’re a bird-mauling cat in England. News Nature News First, let’s start with the good: Scientific testing of drones near birding hotspot Cape May, NJ has been postponed to avoid messing with Red Knots and Piping Plovers (like the cutie above that Corey photographed there a few years back). (On MORE
I hope one day to leave a bunch of money to help animals in such horrible conditions. Of course, I have to figure out how to earn that money first :-). In the meantime, direct from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. MORE
I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wood stork was listed as endangered in 1984, because the Florida population was dropping at an approximate rate of 5 percent per year. MORE
New York City killed less Canada Geese this year than any year since they started rounding the geese up and slaughtering them. The cullings have happened every year since the 2009 emergency landing of a US Airways plane in the Hudson River after the plane struck geese and was disabled. Not only that, but the breast meat of the geese will be donated to food pantries. Asides MORE
But, when you receive such a call, and your supervisor agrees that you can have the rest of the day off from work as personal time, you end up showing a Snowy Owl for a very nice reporter and on then you end up on the news for NBC’s New York City affiliate. … News Floyd Bennett Field Snowy Owl Late-breaking Update! It looks like we are well on our way to victory on this issue! MORE
This occurred a week or so ago. Katie Couric did a story on the use of antibiotics on factory farms in the US and the potential harm to humans. Unfortunately, I missed this series as we don't watch network television. A friend of mine said it was quite good. According to her, there was a message that removing the use of antibiotics would actually improve these poor animals' welfare. Here is an article about the series. MORE
“Sandra,” a Kakapo first identified over twenty years ago, was found dead after her transmitter harness tangled in some vegetation. The transmitters are used so biologists can track the critically endangered bird. Asides MORE
Although the court noted that these practices are controversial and that downed animals ‘suffer greatly,’ it found the record on appeal insufficient to warrant striking the regulations at this time,” explains an article from the Environmental News Service. Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8. MORE
Here are a couple recent bits of good news. We who want humans to stop using sentient nonhumans have few victories to celebrate. But one area that continues to provide them is the fight against the use of greyhounds as a source of entertainment (and gambling revenue) by forcing them to race. You may recall that Massachusetts voters let their opinions about dog racing be heard when they voted to ban racing in their state. MORE
This one's more like Good News for Mary Martin. I received a call yesterday from a woman who started a coalition for homeless cats. She said her Trapper Man could go to the Project Treadstone site--last night and this morning--and trap up to 10 cats that she would bring to Pahokee. Pahokee will keep them overnight after their surgeries, then they will be returned to their colony. MORE
So, I click on this story because the link says no pets were lost on the US Airways flight that went down in the Hudson. Great, right? Makes it sound like they were rescued right? Well, no pets were lost because there were no pets on the flight in the first place. The miracle US Airways flight that went into the Hudson River has another feel-good story: The airline says no pets were lost on the flight. MORE
… Meredith Matthews is a long time reader of 10,000 Birds who regularly let Mike and Corey know about cool news stories, blog posts, and other tidbits related to birds that she found. Now Meredith is the Nature News beat writer and her posts appear whenever inspiration strikes her! It’s been awhile since we added a new Beat Writer here at 10,000 Birds and I am pleased to announce that the long drought has ended. MORE
News endangered species endemic birds Hawaii Hawaiian Crow Kaua’i new caledonian crow tool useIn the popular imagination, Hawaii is a tropical paradise. (No, No, not a magical place— you’re thinking of Tahiti, Agent Coulson.) But it’s not always so wonderful for native flora and fauna. Take birds. The endemics that have inhabited the islands from time immemorial are threatened. In particular, the honeycreepers of Kaua’i are at risk of being wiped out , due to disease-spreading mosquitoes. MORE
In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours. Of course, unless you live on Venus, we all know that this year is far from normal and so is the birding news. MORE
Here's an article exploring whether it's pointless to try to rescue oiled bird in the Gulf. This article states that most of the oiled birds probably won't even show up before they eventually die, so we'll never know how many have actually been killed. MORE
Two big bits of online birding news! The American Birding Association has announced the launch of Birding News , which will be their takeover of the functions that have long been provided by Birdingonthe.net. It is unclear if Birdingonthe.net will be taken down or if it will redirect to Birding News but, either way, this is exciting news for the ABA! MORE
There’s something for everyone in this week’s bird news—gotta get ’em all! News Blood bank conservation dog crows everglades Field Sparrows mating New Zealand Pokeblitz Pokemon Go scavenging snail kitesSnail Kites photo by Corey. First off, does your injured bird need a blood transfusion? Now, you can get one, thanks to the world’s first avian blood bank. MORE
We now have a group on Facebook. As of yet, I am the only member. Oh well. We've got to start somewhere to get anywhere on the Interwebs and all MORE
Looks like blue whales may be coming back to Alaska. Here's hoping Sarah Palin leaves them alone. From the Associated Press: Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say. MORE
While this is happy news for any parents, and wonderful news for any threatened species (these Pipits live only on Antarctica’s South Georgia Island and number only 3,000-4,000 pairs), it’s tremendous news for those trying to eradicate rats from the island. News invasive species rats South Georgia south georgia pipit A bird species battling an onslaught of invasive rats just got a glimpse of hope. Researchers say that South Georgia Pipits have hatched chicks. MORE
With fall migration well underway everywhere, it’s a good time to see what’s flying in bird news. News Audubon Bahamas California Condor Egypt European Kestrel geolocator Ghana International Bird Rescue logging migration power lines Prothonotary Warbler September 11th Tribute in Light MORE
The next thing is starting the computer to check the news. And the first news web site is… eBird. And the “regular” news sites? I start my day with a coffee, a strong Turkish coffee without sugar – it is the stuff that makes the chest hair grow, as one UK friend of mine has put it. I go to the Hotspots page to click on the Past week only, to see which reachable Belgrade sites – especially my favourite patches – were recently visited and which birds were spotted there. MORE
So while you’re waiting for that or for low tide, here are a few reads and bits of news on bird taxonomy and systematics that have caught my eye over the past few weeks. It’s mid-July, which among other things means that those of us in North America are starting to check local mudflats for returning shorebird migrants and waiting impatiently for the AOU to hurry up and create five species from the Clapper-King rail complex (the reasons for which we covered last year ). MORE
I received an alert from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The Alamagordo chimps will be allowed to remain in New Mexico for about two years while the NIH studies the issue of their transference. This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. Good way to end 2010. Here's the story as reported in NewsWest. ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) AP) - Some 186 chimpanzees will remain at a federal facility in New Mexico for now. MORE
This past week in birding news was nothing if not exciting. News Blue-eyed Ground Dove Brazil Conservation Cornell Lab of Ornithology Global Big Day North American Bird Conservation InitiativeAlmost 16,000 birders, participating in the second annual Global Big Day on May 14th, ticked some 6,284 species worldwide. Let’s see Noah Strycker do that!). MORE
Is it any wonder that Angel Paz and the most famous Giant Antpitta ever, Maria , make news all over the world? Here is an article from the Youngstown News about them both. Asides MORE
A canary liberated in Mexico! With the desire to add ourselves to the call to action to carry out wild sabotage, we of the Frente de Liberación Animal-Comando Verde Negro (FLA-CVN) have not sabotaged any institution or company, however on the morning of June 15 we rescued a canary from a cage where he was kept captive in Mexico State; we have taken a prisoner from cells which had condemned him to live his entire life in captivity. MORE
… because my husband and I have done some migrating of our own, from Chicago to Philadelphia, over the past few weeks, and bringing 10,000 Birds readers the freshest and best bird news sadly had to take a back seat to packing, driving, unpacking, and furiously scouring Craigslist for Ikea furniture. So without further ado, here’s what’s been going on the past few weeks in bird news. MORE
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JULY 18, 2020
In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours. Of course, unless you live on Venus, we all know that this year is far from normal and so is the birding news.
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2017
The next thing is starting the computer to check the news. And the first news web site is… eBird. And the “regular” news sites? I start my day with a coffee, a strong Turkish coffee without sugar – it is the stuff that makes the chest hair grow, as one UK friend of mine has put it. I go to the Hotspots page to click on the Past week only, to see which reachable Belgrade sites – especially my favourite patches – were recently visited and which birds were spotted there.
Critter News
APRIL 24, 2009
The good news is that a new population of about 2,000 individuals was discovered in Borneo. The bad news is that the pet trade is decimating the population on Sumatra.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 30, 2012
New York City killed less Canada Geese this year than any year since they started rounding the geese up and slaughtering them. The cullings have happened every year since the 2009 emergency landing of a US Airways plane in the Hudson River after the plane struck geese and was disabled. Not only that, but the breast meat of the geese will be donated to food pantries. Asides
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2014
… because my husband and I have done some migrating of our own, from Chicago to Philadelphia, over the past few weeks, and bringing 10,000 Birds readers the freshest and best bird news sadly had to take a back seat to packing, driving, unpacking, and furiously scouring Craigslist for Ikea furniture. So without further ado, here’s what’s been going on the past few weeks in bird news.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 17, 2012
The ABA Bird of the Year for 2012 will not be Green Heron. I’m not allowed to say what it is until 20 March but, really, does it matter if it isn’t the finest of North America’s avifauna ? Asides
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
With fall migration well underway everywhere, it’s a good time to see what’s flying in bird news. News Audubon Bahamas California Condor Egypt European Kestrel geolocator Ghana International Bird Rescue logging migration power lines Prothonotary Warbler September 11th Tribute in Light
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2020
The post Birding News from Costa Rica at the Start of the Pandemic appeared first on 10,000 Birds. How quickly things can change.
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2011
The winner of this year’s Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for worst opening sentence to an imaginary novel is about birds and windmills. Sure, it is not a scientific treatise, but anything that brings attention to this issue is good, right? And, wow, what a horrific sentence Sue Fondrie wrote: “Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories.&# Asides
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2015
While this is happy news for any parents, and wonderful news for any threatened species (these Pipits live only on Antarctica’s South Georgia Island and number only 3,000-4,000 pairs), it’s tremendous news for those trying to eradicate rats from the island. News invasive species rats South Georgia south georgia pipit A bird species battling an onslaught of invasive rats just got a glimpse of hope. Researchers say that South Georgia Pipits have hatched chicks.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2012
Two big bits of online birding news! The American Birding Association has announced the launch of Birding News , which will be their takeover of the functions that have long been provided by Birdingonthe.net. It is unclear if Birdingonthe.net will be taken down or if it will redirect to Birding News but, either way, this is exciting news for the ABA!
Critter News
JANUARY 21, 2009
So, I click on this story because the link says no pets were lost on the US Airways flight that went down in the Hudson. Great, right? Makes it sound like they were rescued right? Well, no pets were lost because there were no pets on the flight in the first place. The miracle US Airways flight that went into the Hudson River has another feel-good story: The airline says no pets were lost on the flight.
Critter News
DECEMBER 31, 2010
I received an alert from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The Alamagordo chimps will be allowed to remain in New Mexico for about two years while the NIH studies the issue of their transference. This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. Good way to end 2010. Here's the story as reported in NewsWest. ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) AP) - Some 186 chimpanzees will remain at a federal facility in New Mexico for now.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
” News Arctic Tern Atlantic Puffin Common Tern Conservation England Great Britain Natural England Roseate Tern Sandwich Tern United KingdomSome of Great Britain’s most cherished seabirds just got an added layer of protection. Officials designated 12 miles along the coast of Northumberland as a Special Protection Area , according to Natural England, the U.K. government’s independent adviser on the natural environment.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2013
I just read on the news that about 20 Andean Condors (Vultur gryphus) were poisoned in Chile. The birds were observed crashing into the rocks high in the Andean mountains near a hydroelectric power plant. Other birds were seen crash landing. As Chilean officials and volunteers rescued 17 birds they noticed the birds were foaming from the beak. Another sick condor and two dead ones were found nearby.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 10, 2012
While the ultralight aircraft leading a flock of young Whooping Cranes to Florida may again take to the skies , that good news is tempered by the effects of the drought in Texas , which has already led to the death of at least one Whooping Crane there. It’s a mixed bag for our most charismatic of North American waders this week.
Animal Person
MAY 27, 2009
Here are a couple recent bits of good news. We who want humans to stop using sentient nonhumans have few victories to celebrate. But one area that continues to provide them is the fight against the use of greyhounds as a source of entertainment (and gambling revenue) by forcing them to race. You may recall that Massachusetts voters let their opinions about dog racing be heard when they voted to ban racing in their state.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Nate Makes the News! Nate Makes the News! By Corey • March 13, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share It is not every day that a local newspaper covers birding at all, so the fact that The Chapel Hill News ran an article on Nate ‘s Triangle Big Year is pretty cool. 4 Responses to “Nate Makes the News!&#
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2014
I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wood stork was listed as endangered in 1984, because the Florida population was dropping at an approximate rate of 5 percent per year.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2014
News Bird evolution Common Cuckoo Israel Nature News perching Birding in Israel? Report your sightings to help build an eBird-like database of the country’s avifauna.
Critter News
JUNE 25, 2009
A canary liberated in Mexico! With the desire to add ourselves to the call to action to carry out wild sabotage, we of the Frente de Liberación Animal-Comando Verde Negro (FLA-CVN) have not sabotaged any institution or company, however on the morning of June 15 we rescued a canary from a cage where he was kept captive in Mexico State; we have taken a prisoner from cells which had condemned him to live his entire life in captivity.
Critter News
MAY 18, 2009
Looks like blue whales may be coming back to Alaska. Here's hoping Sarah Palin leaves them alone. From the Associated Press: Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
Still craving more penguin news? The bad: Well, this one’s bad news if you’re a bird-mauling cat in England. News Nature News First, let’s start with the good: Scientific testing of drones near birding hotspot Cape May, NJ has been postponed to avoid messing with Red Knots and Piping Plovers (like the cutie above that Corey photographed there a few years back). (On
Critter News
FEBRUARY 20, 2010
This occurred a week or so ago. Katie Couric did a story on the use of antibiotics on factory farms in the US and the potential harm to humans. Unfortunately, I missed this series as we don't watch network television. A friend of mine said it was quite good. According to her, there was a message that removing the use of antibiotics would actually improve these poor animals' welfare. Here is an article about the series.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
I hope one day to leave a bunch of money to help animals in such horrible conditions. Of course, I have to figure out how to earn that money first :-). In the meantime, direct from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2009
Reuters dutifully puts it on their website , which then gets picked up on my Google news page. The United Egg Producers issues a press release claiming that egg prices will rise 25% if animal welfare advocates get their way. All according to a study by some agribusiness related consulting firm.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2013
But, when you receive such a call, and your supervisor agrees that you can have the rest of the day off from work as personal time, you end up showing a Snowy Owl for a very nice reporter and on then you end up on the news for NBC’s New York City affiliate. … News Floyd Bennett Field Snowy Owl Late-breaking Update! It looks like we are well on our way to victory on this issue!
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2016
This past week in birding news was nothing if not exciting. News Blue-eyed Ground Dove Brazil Conservation Cornell Lab of Ornithology Global Big Day North American Bird Conservation InitiativeAlmost 16,000 birders, participating in the second annual Global Big Day on May 14th, ticked some 6,284 species worldwide. Let’s see Noah Strycker do that!).
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2016
There’s something for everyone in this week’s bird news—gotta get ’em all! News Blood bank conservation dog crows everglades Field Sparrows mating New Zealand Pokeblitz Pokemon Go scavenging snail kitesSnail Kites photo by Corey. First off, does your injured bird need a blood transfusion? Now, you can get one, thanks to the world’s first avian blood bank.
Critter News
AUGUST 12, 2009
I stumbled across this site called FiercePharma that has all kinds of news about the drug industry. Note - this company has a lot of industry news sites on a wide range of topics, so they do more then just drug company news. If you go to the very top, there are tabs for FierceBiotechResearch and other topics. I've never heard of them before.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2014
So while you’re waiting for that or for low tide, here are a few reads and bits of news on bird taxonomy and systematics that have caught my eye over the past few weeks. It’s mid-July, which among other things means that those of us in North America are starting to check local mudflats for returning shorebird migrants and waiting impatiently for the AOU to hurry up and create five species from the Clapper-King rail complex (the reasons for which we covered last year ).
Critter News
AUGUST 11, 2009
We now have a group on Facebook. As of yet, I am the only member. Oh well. We've got to start somewhere to get anywhere on the Interwebs and all
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
If a blustery, snowy afternoon isn’t custom-made for catching up on bird news, then I don’t know what is. News big bird black-throated blue warbler burrowing owls cats International Bird Rescue mating penguins pheasants social groups spill After all, it’s not like I’m going to see anything other than the White-throated Sparrows and Northern Cardinals flitting about the brush pile outside my window. Better to get current on what’s happening with the rest of the bird world.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 31, 2012
“Sandra,” a Kakapo first identified over twenty years ago, was found dead after her transmitter harness tangled in some vegetation. The transmitters are used so biologists can track the critically endangered bird. Asides
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2015
News Barred Owl conservation science critically threatened species habitat loss Northern Spotted Owl(Photo by the California Forestry Association). It’s hard to be a Northern Spotted Owl , inhabiting old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. The logging industry has made your existence fraught , and it’s not like you’ve gotten much help from the powers that be. For the past 25 years, you’ve been listed as a Threatened species.
Animal Person
MARCH 22, 2009
This one's more like Good News for Mary Martin. I received a call yesterday from a woman who started a coalition for homeless cats. She said her Trapper Man could go to the Project Treadstone site--last night and this morning--and trap up to 10 cats that she would bring to Pahokee. Pahokee will keep them overnight after their surgeries, then they will be returned to their colony.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2013
… Meredith Matthews is a long time reader of 10,000 Birds who regularly let Mike and Corey know about cool news stories, blog posts, and other tidbits related to birds that she found. Now Meredith is the Nature News beat writer and her posts appear whenever inspiration strikes her! It’s been awhile since we added a new Beat Writer here at 10,000 Birds and I am pleased to announce that the long drought has ended.
Critter News
APRIL 20, 2009
Starting tomorrow, Critter News content will be featured on AnimalRightsZone.com. Note - we'll still be here. But, some of our posts will show up on the new site as well. Joining us will be Animal Person , Creature Talk , and Animal Ethics. I'm hoping there will be more, because I think it's a great idea to organize this kind of content in one area. So, I hope you'll time to check out the site and check out some of the other bloggers. The site officially launches on Tuesday April 21st
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2016
But there’s plenty of better—or at least more interesting—news for birders. In what appears to be good news for the Gunnison Sage Grouse (depending on which environmentalists you ask), a federal proposal suggests new protections. News angry birds Bald Eagle bullfinches crows feeding flocks grackles Gunnison Sage Grouse magpies MaineLook out below! This Bald Eagle, photographed by Corey, was after Blue-winged Teal in Florida, not Atlantic Puffins in Maine. But still.
Critter News
JUNE 10, 2010
Here's an article exploring whether it's pointless to try to rescue oiled bird in the Gulf. This article states that most of the oiled birds probably won't even show up before they eventually die, so we'll never know how many have actually been killed.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2011
Is it any wonder that Angel Paz and the most famous Giant Antpitta ever, Maria , make news all over the world? Here is an article from the Youngstown News about them both. Asides
Critter News
AUGUST 17, 2008
Although the court noted that these practices are controversial and that downed animals ‘suffer greatly,’ it found the record on appeal insufficient to warrant striking the regulations at this time,” explains an article from the Environmental News Service. Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8.
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