10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2017

Even our local Greater Sage Grouse , which now are receiving a huge effort at habitat protection, and restoration, were just those really cool birds out in the desert. If you have any further interest in the status, or preservation of the Western Snowy Plover , a couple of the most active organizations are the Western Snowy Plover.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

With that in mind, Ernesto and fellow researchers are working on figuring out which plant species might be most important for Ceruleans and other migrants so areas in and near Las Brisas can be more efficiently recuperated and restored. — Feature image of Cerulean Warbler and researchers at Las Brisas Reserve by Paz Irola.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S. As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. The Pankhursts and their organization were not interested in saving birds; they saw the SPB mission as a distraction.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. At dawn, my feet hit one of the protected beaches with Wendy Allen, the manager of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the science and outreach organizations working within Hobcaw.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Species Accounts are smartly designed, utilizing font color and size to organize information and help the user quickly find it. More on Species Accounts.

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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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OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). Not sure why they spend time in Shanghai in winter when they could come here though, but then again, I usually do not understand most of the behavior of humans either.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.). It is organized chronologically, in four chapters, beginning in 1888, when the National Geographic Society was formed. It concerns the Society almost as much as it does the ornithology.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2009

We support two ocean protection organizations: People for Puget Sound (local) and the Ocean Conservancy. The purpose is to protect ocean species as a whole. I'm going to try and research other groups to see if there is a group that is more in line with the philosophy I'm trying to follow. But I may not find one.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

They also warn that the product should not be directly applied to “water or to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark,” and that “runoff also may be hazardous to aquatic organism in water adjacent to treated areas.” Or better yet, “Ecosystem.”.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.”

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Critter News

MAY 5, 2009

I'm starting a new mini-feature in which I'm posting about the results of my research into some of the groups I support. Yesterday, I contributed to People for Puget Sound , a local organization that works on protection of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. The excellent Indexes to English Bird Names, Scientific Bird Names, and Subjects were organized by Jennifer W. They wrote books and published research.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 2, 2010

Here are my initial thoughts, though: "Animal Protection." On the upside, you don't have to give any money to animal protection if your beliefs aren't represented by the choice of groups being supported. Also, because this is a community, you can choose to spend your time lobbying for the group you would support.

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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. The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 19, 2010

The Jane Goodall Institute, which was founded in 1977, is a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and their habitats. Fifty years later, the research at Gombe continues to yield groundbreaking results. It will be very exciting to see what changes the new president will bring to an already wonderful organization.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though Scarlet Macaws are threatened in Honduras there is hope that they will get protection and recover at least some of their numbers and former range. Their plumage is simply amazing and the colors are astounding. The proposal from U.S.

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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. The proposal from U.S.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2011

American Humane Association has been protecting children and animals since 1877. This national nonprofit seeks to build a more caring, compassionate world through groundbreaking research, education, training and services that span a wide network of organizations, agencies and businesses. About American Humane Association.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Susan e-mailed after receiving RPA's news release on the organization's recent mailing to the governors of all 50 states about our land-grant universities' (LGUs') meat-industry problem. The interview is scheduled for 10-15 minutes of Monday's one-hour show.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Hopefully, one of the consequences of increased nature tourism in Cuba will be a heightened awareness of the fragility of these birds’ existence and increased support for their study and protection. He leads the Wildlife Art Working Group of BirdsCaribbean , and contributes his art to conservation organizations for fundraising.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Indeed, most of what we knew about Emperor Penguins before Kooyman’s research expeditions was about their breeding behavior and physiology. Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birders often play a vital role in monitoring bird populations, contributing data to scientific research, and participating in citizen science initiatives that help track bird distributions, migration patterns, and breeding behaviors. In addition to these core activities, the ABA organizes events, birding tours, and birding competitions.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

And, in a very lovely section in the middle of the book, she describes the life cycle of the cahow, informing evocative passages about their nocturnal courtship and flight with recent research findings about how seabirds are able to function—eat, sleep, navigate home.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. It is useful as a general introduction as well as for amphibian organization. It turns out there is no scientific difference!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. Both authors marvel at the diversity of birding reproductive and parenting behavior. Egg biology, from Part I.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Universities like Harvard, Columbia and Cornell regularly use the research facility. From 2004-2007 James worked as the Managing Director of Africa Foundation, a non-profit organization that directs its efforts towards the uplifting of communities surrounding wildlife areas in Africa. The proposal from U.S.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

There’s more, so much more, in this highly informative, detail-packed, research-based description of bird behavior. He aims to bring together all ornithological and ecological research on birds and winter the world over–not just in areas covered by snow–and summarize the findings in non-scientific language.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

A little online research into some of these topics, however–like Elizabeth Gould, an extremely talented woman who illustrated her husband’s bird treatises and who despaired of his collecting habit–and I realize that Dunn was probably exercising a lot of restraint. Is all that material on Selkirk needed? Donsker, D.;

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

Johnson is not a birder or a naturalist; he was fly fishing to get his mind off the stress of working on the List Project, an advocacy organization he founded to aid Iraqis who had helped the U.S. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. Frustrated with the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The descriptions of the territory’s birds, seals, whales, introduced mammals, invertebrates, and plants are written within the framework of the conversationist, so it is more than a field guide, it is a record of endangered wildlife and the efforts being made to protect it.

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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? That is one year for one organization.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Written by Mark Avery, Conservation Director for the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) for nearly 13 years, this book explores the reasons for the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon from the point of view of the outsider. Or the absence of legal protection. 8) that could not possibly happen in Europe.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

During this week of action ARAN will be getting in touch with some local members and supporters to organize local events in their area, we are happy to provide free of charge leaflets, posters, stickers, organizing advice and much more-we are simply asking you to give just a couple of hours for this one week, is it really much to ask for? "The

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There is also a Nest Key, a four-page listing of nest categories–nests organized by shape, material, habitat–and the birds who build those nests. The organization varies, and there are sometimes more than one Group Accounts for a family. Have you seen a nest with its Outer Layer Decorated with Lichen Flakes ?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Also, the company “pushes the limits on predictive insights, delivering the highest quality intelligence to help organizations make better risk decisions and improve the health and safety of the entire planet’s cyber ecosystem.” Maybe those should be protected too? If you want to signal to your environment that you a.

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