Pressing On
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2022
One of the reasons that I usually start each year’s species list with a visit to the wetlands of Lake Cuitzeo is that the site offers so many species that I can find nowhere else.
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AVMA members press Congress for illicit xylazine, dog importation laws
AVMA News
APRIL 25, 2023
Nearly 120 veterinarians and veterinary students attended the 2023 AVMA annual legislative fly-in, held April 17-19 in Washington, D.C.
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Midlevel practitioner proposal secures enough votes in Colorado
AVMA News
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
It received 52.4% “yes” votes, with 72% of the vote tallied as of November 6, per the Associated Press. Colorado voters have approved a new veterinary midlevel practitioner position known as a veterinary professional associate via a ballot measure called Proposition 129.
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Veterinary professionals advocate for healthy dog importation, rural veterinary support on Capitol Hill
AVMA News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
More than 140 veterinary professionals and veterinary students were on Capitol Hill as part of the AVMA’s annual legislative fly-in this February, pressing lawmakers to pass legislation concerning healthy dog importation and rural veterinary shortages.
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ACVIM launches fellowship program to encourage discipline mastery
AVMA News
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In response to demand for this option, the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) has developed a new fellowship program designed to advance veterinary expertise in fields of study that are narrower in scope than ACVIM specialties, as announced in a September 7 press release.
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Migration at the height of the dry season
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
I thought I should press on with this article and catch up, especially as it’s relevant to what’s happening in the bird world in the Iberian Peninsula at the moment. My apologies for the late posting this week.
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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
It’s a big subject that has been embraced by biologists Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman in Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication, a largish, book recently published by Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The Bright Press is a British company. Press; May 2021.
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Rare Bird Photo Contest Fights Extinction
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2013
You can see a slide show of the winning photographs of these endangered birds on the Princeton University Press Blog. 10000 Birds will be reviewing the book, available from Princeton University Press in the United States, in the near future. photograph used courtesy of Princeton University Press. Asides photography rarities'
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Feathered Urban Terrorists or just Friendly Seagulls?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2024
Every summer the British press delights in stories about giant seagulls (they’re never ordinary-size… Source It was encouraging to discover that it’s not just in Britain that these feathered urban terrorists swoop down on unsuspecting tourists to relieve them of their crêpes, ice cream or chips.
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Avian Architecture Giveaway
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2011
And lo and behold, our friends at Princeton University Press are giving a copy away. All you have to do to enter is “ like ” Princeton University Press on facebook. All fans of the Facebook site are automatically entered into this drawing and all upcoming weekly giveaways. Good luck!
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Media Outreach Is Just Marketing to the Press
Sales and Marketing Management
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The post Media Outreach Is Just Marketing to the Press appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Media outreach is just another form of marketing. The marketing professional needs to make it clear to the stakeholder that It may not produce results for weeks or months.
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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Marra and Chris Santella, authors of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer (Princeton University Press, 212 pp., Princeton University Press, 212 pp., Other animal control issues that involve mass killing make for easier decisions, according to Peter P. They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely.
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Birds of Costa Rica by Dyer and N. G. Howell
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Serge told me: The same publisher, Princeton University Press, is working on the new Costa Rica guide. While it may be the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central America, it is still big and uncomfortably hefty to carry around, and while illustrations are beautiful, the colours are somewhat washed out.
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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
copyright © 2022 by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin; copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press. There is even a new species of tortoise that was announced as the book was going to press, although it’s been identified from fossil remains and is apparently no longer with us. Press, Nov. 2022 Pages: 496; Size: 5.88
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The Warbler Guide Song and Call Companion: A Review and a Little More
10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2013
Princeton University Press graciously made the Companion available for review. This is a good moment to point out that the authors and Princeton University Press have added some nice goodies to the free offerings supporting The Warbler Guide. It turned out it was relatively simple process, once I ceased being scared of zip files.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of 2021)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2021
So many different factors contribute to the quality and quantity of a birding adventure that one would be hard-pressed to predict the very best time to watch birds in a particular area beyond a vague three or four week window.
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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
He talks about how he approaches bird illustration in an article on the Princeton University Press web site, and it’s worth reading to get a sense of how much work has gone into these images. I thought they were too light; I continually had the urge to press a computer key to darken the tone, as one does in Photoshop. x 9 inches.
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The Boreal Owl Murder… Free!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2013
Janice Dunlap, author of the Birder Murder Mysteries, wanted to make sure everyone knows that North Star Press is offering her first Birder Murder, The Boreal Owl Murder , as a FREE Kindle edition for the next 5 days. This might be as close as you get to a Boreal Owl this year, so move quickly!
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Stamping the First Robin of Spring
10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2015
You licked your thumb, press it into the palm of your other hand followed by a “stamp” with the bottom of your fist. .” Several years later, in 2012, we got a comment from someone named Fred Jacob that said the following: When I was a boy growing up in Iowa some sixty years ago, we would “stamp” the first robins in spring.
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Eagle Deaths by Wind Turbines Increasing, Study Finds
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
But that may be an exercise in closing the barn door after the horse is out, if the Associate Press story linked to above is any indication: ”… the wind energy industry has pushed for, and the White House is currently evaluating, giving companies permission to kill a set number of eagles for 30 years.
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206 Raptor ID Happy Hour with Crossley & Sullivan – Friday 6:00pm
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2013
Crossley and Sullivan are the co-authors of The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors , published this week by Princeton University Press. Well, Princeton University Press has also been offering an ultimate Sweepstakes prize (enter NOW!), You may remember Mike’s post What is a Black Hawk? and this live happy hour web event.
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The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation – A Book Review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2011
by Princeton University Press. Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780691149493 All photographs used in this article are courtesy of Princeton University Press. Lewis also responsible for the maps and graphics, and I think they deserve as much credit as Mike Unwin for the book’s appeal. This is a fun book to read.
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North American Songbirds: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2014
I do hope that Noble Proctor and Cool Springs Press will re-visit this book and update it with 2014 taxonomy, species names, and distribution. Cool Springs Press, March 2014, 224 pages, 8.2 But, that technology is for another article.) —————— North American Songbirds. by Noble Proctor.
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Bird Number 300 in Queens and the Winner of The Warbler Guide Giveaway!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
This brings us to the second point of this blog post, which is to announce the winner of The Warbler Guide , which Princeton University Press graciously agreed to send to the person who correctly guessed what my 300th bird in Queens would be. Finally, my 300th bird in Queens ! The problem is that no one guessed Western Kingbird. No problem!
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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Press, 2011). A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Davis and Martin Renner in 2003, appropriately titled Penguin s (Yale Univ. Noah Stryker wrote about his experiences doing research with penguins in Among Penguins: A Bird Man in Antarctica (Oregon State Univ.
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It Takes a Genetic Village: Saving the Florida Scrub-Jay
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2016
As researcher Nancy Chen (formerly of Cornell University and now with the University of California, Davis) put it in a press release, “It’s important to consider preserving small and even inbred populations … as they may play a vital role in preserving genetic diversity in larger and seemingly stable populations.”
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Byproducts of Seeking Seedeaters
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
One morning, I stood breathing slowly, eyes pressed to my binoculars and I heard a soft croaking from above. Each year there are also a few sightings of wandering Glossy Ibis. Some migrants are also fairly loyal to this hotspot – such as Yellow Warbler (above) and Northern Waterthrush (below).
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The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution – A Review by a Sometime Jersey Birder
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2012
Press, 2003). published by Princeton University Press. Princeton University Press, 2011. Hardcover: $55.00 (retail); ISBN-10: 0691144095 Paperback: $24.95 (retail); ISBN-10: 0691144109 All photographs used in this article are courtesy of Princeton University Press. The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Our dear friends at Princeton University Press , home of so many indispensable and inspired birding books, has graciously offered three copies of the new Crossley ID Guide for 10,000 Birds readers. I for one couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book, loved it at first sight, and appreciate it even more after a month’s study.
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Wind Farm Company Pleads Guilty to Bird Fatalities
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Photo of a Golden Eagle at a Wyoming wind farm by Dina Cappiello/Associated Press. In what is apparently the first case of its kind, a U.S. wind-energy company has admitted that its farms have killed birds, and has settled with prosecutors.
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If Only It Were So…
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2011
Sadly, I think that our “objective&# press is unable to handle this basic truth and will continue to present “both sides&# of the issue. The only ones left saying climate change isn’t happening or isn’t because of people are essentially crazy (or shills for big business).
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171 Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Actually, I thought I could press it and hear a bird call, till I remembered that this was a book not a web page.). Press in 2003. The information here is more extensive than what is offered in Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H.
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222 White-tailed Antelope Squirrels at Joshua Tree National Park
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2012
Individuals will also press their chest against ground in the shade in order to cool off from the heat of the day. Ammospermophilus leucurus manages the trick of staying active during the heat of the desert day via both physical and behavioral adaptations.
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198 Where Did The Birds Go?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2011
I received a press release last week amidst all the Christmas Bird Counts stating that 3000 fewer birds were observed during the Christmas Bird Count in Central Park, NY and I thought the headline was a bit alarmist, but then again that’s what the headline on a press release is supposed to do to get your attention.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2021)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2021
Corey had his hands full this weekend with more pressing concerns than adding Black Vulture to his county list for the year, so we’ll give him a consolation Rock Pigeon. I found the opportunity to chip away at my county list this weekend, filling an odd Blue-winged Teal -shaped hole while enjoying an array of snappy waterfowl.
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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2021
Before I had a clue what I was doing, I encompassed the Danube backwaters into the reserve borders that I drew on transparent paper pressed against a street map of the city. Fascinated with New York’s Jamaica Bay, I started dreaming about creating a similar wetland reserve on the Danube inside Belgrade, the very area I explored.
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Owls or Microwaves?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2012
Not exactly good owling weather but we pressed on anyway. We pressed on, stopping several times to play the recordings, even mixing it up with a Saw-whet Owl call here and there hoping to get lucky. We arrived a bit too early to owl so we walked out a ways, planning on owling on the way back. No toot-toot-tooting Saw-whets.
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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Especially valuable are those that show things that the average birder would be hard-pressed to see in the field. For one example, Kricher explains that birds lack bladders and don’t consume as much water as mammals do; their uric acid is expelled in “a paste-like slurry” that contains both digestive and urinary waste.
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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of June 2015?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 12, 2015
This is the time of year when many of us in the Northern Hemisphere have to come to grips with two pressing questions: 1. Wouldn’t you love to enjoy birding and sunset at Lake Apopka ? What am I going to do now that spring migration is over? What am I going to do now that my kids (grandkids, neighbors’ kids, etc.)
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160 Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of July 2011?
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
Summer birding around here has been pretty sweet, so I’m going to continue to press my unexpected luck. What will you be doing this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below. The newly arrived shorebirds at Montezuma NWR are calling!
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of February 2013)
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
But, every so often, the call is sounded, and the sharpest eyes and ears on the planet are pressed into service. Birding tends to be an extremely freeform activity, demanding only we pursue our bliss to the best of our means and ability.
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159 The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2014
The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds will be available in June from Blue Rider Press. On the plus side, if you keep it near your toilet, undesirably sunny types will use your bathroom once and never darken your door again. Reviews art book review Mincing Mockingbird'
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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of May 2020?
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2020
Corey has a head start on me down in NYC, so expect him to press the advantage by hitting coastal Queens. Weather conditions should be improving over the weekend, which means I’ll be up at the lake looking for my first local warblers of the year. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?
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157 Drones: The Next Thing Birders Will Be Arguing About
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2014
Amazon had a brilliant press release on Cyber Monday 2013 about using drones as a possible delivery service for their products in the near future. ” Based on the press release date, I assumed it was just big talk and way to drive people to Amazon to shop on Cyber Monday.
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