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.

Bolivia 194

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 194

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

They were different from previous guides, notably Peterson’s, utilizing photographs instead of artwork, and organizing the photographs by habitat, bird shape, and bird color rather than taxonomy. If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

You would think they would look at these numbers and try to figure out a way to tap into that huge demographic right? Create a second fund-raising stamp for wildlife watchers. Fish & Wildlife Service would be ecstatic about the growing number of wildlife watchers and non-consumptive users of the National Wildlife Refuges.

Ducks 243

Ducks Wildlife Hunting Fish 243

Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2012

MEXICO CITY – Animal rights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. Twelve activists took part in the demonstration organized by the AnimaNaturalis group Tuesday at the iconic Juarez monument on one of the capital’s main streets.

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Protest Protesting Protesters Adopt Dog 100

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

GetYourFix.org , a program of nonprofit organization FiXiT, is an online resource whose primary purpose is to introduce people in need of financial assistance to get the animals they care for fixed to generous people willing to sponsor their pets’ spay/neuter surgery.

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Spay Spaying Neutering Unwanted 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2011

Note the raised crests as the female (on the left) turns to face the larger male (on the right). 2 &# These two Western Grebes have just come up from a dive, each with a piece of organic material in their beaks. I was only able to see some of their courtship rituals. This pair is engaged in a “greeting ceremony.&#

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California Eagles North America Breeding 243

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2009

A funny, heart-warming video called “ SMILE ,” developed by “I’m Tired of” (ITo), the makers of the popular “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” bracelet, which raises money for animal rights and rescue charities, has reached viral levels.

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Animal Cruelty Cruelty Rescue Neglecting 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read. Note: Some of the accompanying photos and videos are very powerful, but also not necessarily for the faint of heart.).

Cambodia 147

Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 147

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 9, 2009

We have a big, fun, raffle in the works to help raise money for Best Friends Animal Society. Either way, they are a wonderful organization doing great work on behalf of our animal companions and we wanted to do a something to help them help animals. Or maybe you’ve seen someone from Best Friends on Ellen!

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Animal Rights Raised Pets Dogs 100

Animal Person

JUNE 17, 2009

We bloggers often get e-mails from individuals and organizations in search of promotion. From the 6th -10th of July we are asking everyone to get their aprons on and bake with free-range or organic eggs. And that's fine, as we all want to spread the news of fantastic work that needs support. Case in point: AnimalEquality.

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Compassion In World Farming Compassion Battery Cages CIWF 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 11, 2010

The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population. As whale lovers, and people who hope to one day be able to see them in the wild, we wanted to share this information with you in case you would like to get involved.

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Whales Whaling International Fund For Animal Welfare IFAW 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Britain’s Birds is organized in a very loose taxonomic order, with priority given to grouping together birds that are perceived as similar. The book’s organization reflects the authors’ goal of making this a guide accessible to birders of all levels and skill. They tend to be more unified in design and organization.

Ireland 160

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 160

Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Often confused with American Humane Association, they raise tens of millions, not to ‘save the animals’ as most people assume but to further the causes of vegetarianism and ending animal agriculture." It is true that millions have been raised under false pretenses, but the reality is once again the opposite of what Parker believes.

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Veal Crate HSUS Vegan Gestation Crates 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The person with the average income can’t afford to raise a family, traipse off to Attu Island for a week in the hope of snagging a couple of ABA ticks, buy the newest Nikon or Canon camera body and then reserve a spot on that Antarctic cruise they have been meaning to do. Some lucky birders have deep pockets, this is known.

United States 164

United States Protection Endangered Species North America 164

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Sarah also started the Search and Rescue Dog Foundation, www.sardogfoundation.org , which raises money to help handlers purchase replacement dogs, which cost between $1,500 and $6,500. The honorees will then walk in a processional march along Liberty Walk, right across the water from Ground Zero, overlooking Ellis Island. Lautenberg.

New Jersey 100

New Jersey Rescue Medical Dogs 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. He came for the hawks.

Falcons 202

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program By Corey • March 16, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share City Wildife , an organization in Washington D.C. Wicked, right? that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. capital, has released a report on the deadliest buildings in Washington D.C. for migratory birds.

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DC Washington Deer 2011 145

Animal Person

JUNE 6, 2009

You may know Jose Valle of the International Organization for the Abolition of Animal Slavery, AnimalEquality. So, I thought you could be interested in helping us to raise the funds. There's a donate button on the homepage of AnimalEquality right at the bottom of the "Pig Farms" panel. Thanks a lot.

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Investigation Vegan Pigs Free Range 100

Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"? I do not claim to have the answer, but I think it is certainly worthwhile to raise the question: Why, exactly, all over the civilized world, in virtually every major city, are apes in prison?

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Animal Medical Research Apes Research 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

We follow the tire tracks in an off-white, salty soil and then, without a word of warning, our guide/driver turns into the bushes, driving left and right… until one and then another Short-eared Owl flushes in front of us. The conference was organized by excellent J.N. The area is overgrown with low, thorny bushes.

India 246

India Birds Eagles Boars 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. It will take dedicated, sustained effort by many organizations and individuals but if any bird is worth the effort it is the gorgeous national bird of Honduras. Wicked, right?

Honduras 158

Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 158

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

I imagine the conundrum for the authors was how to organize everything they wanted to tell us about each bird in a way that was uniform and which also embraced each species’ uniqueness. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Analysis : The first and third paragraphs seem right to me, but the second is weaker, in my view. The American Birding Association (ABA) is a non-profit organization based in the United States that focuses on promoting birding and bird conservation.

United States 147

United States North America Birds America 147

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2009

I am the Interim Executive Director of two organizations that help former foster youth (the same orgs I chaired for a couple of years, but resigned from the boards to take this position), and it's only for a couple of months and as I always say, I can do just about anything for a couple of months. It's comical. It's absurd.

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Vegan Ethics Humane Killing 100

Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. We're simply asking you for just a couple of hour to help greyhounds in serious trouble right now. Donate to ARAN, make checks or postal orders payable to Animal Rights Action Network and mail to the address above, thank you. "The

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Greyhounds Animal Rights Rights Ireland 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life.

2011 244

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

This is a delightful book, large (8-1/2 by 11 inches), filled with Sibley’s distinctive artwork and an organized potpourri of research-based stories about the science behind bird’s lives. Each spread consists of a full-page painting of a bird or group of birds on the left and a combination of text and illustrations on the right.

2020 264

2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The smooth mass of bronze (photographed at right by Jordan Mann) was a stylized version of a Great Auk —a bird that no longer exists. Raised among birders, he was once sculpting an abstract duck figure when he happened upon Hope Is the Thing With Feathers , Christopher Cokinos’ elegy for extinct birds. the epicenter of U.S.

Birds 226

Birds Ducks DC Jordan 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Must be a joke, right? The good news is that these two species have a pretty big range, occur outside of Costa Rica, and could be reintroduced given the right conditions (like reforesting more of the Caribbean slope and restoring more wetlands). But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder?

Costa Rica 240

Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 240

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

First, I will raise some questions that usually are not asked, let alone answered, by moral vegetarians. KBJ: Permit me a comment on the organization of Martin’s essay (for the benefit of my students). On the traditional position, justification of vegetarianism was in terms of animal welfare, happiness, rights, and so on.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

If you choose to consider 1944 the year, most people were a little busy right then. And oh crap, you guys, we really have to do something about the California Condor situation right now, but what? It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now.

California Condor 216

California Condor United States Guam Whales 216

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. After all, the extinctions have occurred, are occurring, and will occur because of us, people.

Cuba 257

Cuba Parrots Collecting Columbus 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

And if we keep exploring the undelved nooks and crannies of our globe, we’re sure to make up the difference, right? It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. How many have we lost, have we never even known?

Marsupials 181

Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 181

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2014

We shouldn’t be looking at a flower just as a food source for a sunbird or hummingbird or whatever your local equivalent is, they are fascinating organisms in their own rights. What Rafflesia lack in other qualities, they make up for in the size of their reproductive organs. Rafflesia arnoldi , two days into flowering.

Philippines 165

Philippines Protection Malaysia Indonesia 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Bachman’s Warbler was named for the renowned southern naturalist, Rev. John Bachman.

South Carolina 186

South Carolina Cuba Missouri Mississippi 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

What right do we have to even exist when our very existence as humanity is what has caused a rate of extinction not seen except during cataclysmic events? It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. It is horrible, this listing of names. Drink coffee?

Mauritius 174

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 174