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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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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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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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
of Chicago Press, 2014). The book is listed in the University of Chicago Press as the first in an “Earth Day” series , described as a series of short books offering “twenty-four chapters, corresponding to twenty-four hour-long windows to witness the diversity of life.” I do wish he had included Fairywrens!
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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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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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More Bad Press for BP
Critter News
MAY 20, 2010
In this article, they admit they underestimated the scope of the oil slick. This article talks about how BP skipped some testing of cement linings hours before the explosion occured. These cement linings were basically the well's seal. How did this decision contribute to the disaster?
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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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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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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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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. 61: dissection showing upper mandible, lower mandible, and tongue, photo by Tim Birkhead, © Tim Birkhead; text © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. by Tim Birkhead.
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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Coverage & Organization Birds of Belize covers 540 or so species (I counted, the press release says “over 500”) regularly found in Belize, including the islands of the barrier reef and marine waters about 30 miles out, the range of a day trip. of Texas Press, 2004). © 2018, Princeton University Press D.
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Birding the road from Kabul to Jalalabad
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2023
The second, even more pressing area is female education. We are currently focusing on two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work again so that Afghanistan can get more value out of its rich resources, and thus create more jobs for the people.
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Birding Kabul, Afghanistan
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The second, even more pressing area is female education. We are currently focusing on two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work again so that Afghanistan can get more value out of its rich resources, and thus create more jobs for the people.
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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2019
Yet that is not the overall impression that I came away with while reading this solid and attractive new title from Indiana University Press. Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams – Indiana University Press, $29.00.
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Big Brother: A Falconer’s Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife; by Rodney Stotts with Kate Pipkin
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2022
As his publisher, Island Press explains, “Eye-opening, witty, and moving, Bird Brother is a love letter to the raptors and humans who transformed what Rodney thought his life could be. ” I encourage everyone to click here and order your copy!
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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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Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2023
Princeton University Press (April 5, 2022) Paperback: ? Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide By Peter Adriaens, Mars Muusse, Philippe J. Dubois, and Frédéric Jiguet Publisher: ? 320 pages ISBN-10: ? 0691222835 ISBN-13: ? 978-0691222837
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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2023
So, I was intrigued when I saw that Comstock Publishing, an arm of Cornell University Press, was publishing Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide by Linda Tuttle-Adams. Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, October 2022. And one more thing, readers of 10,000 Birds–A Happy, Health, Birdy New Year!
A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2020
Accidentals is published by the ten-year old Torrey House Press, which has an impressive-looking roster of books, fiction and non-, about the outdoors and the American West, including The Plume Hunter, previously reviewed here. Torrey House Press, 342 pp., What an ugly sentence that is. Accidentals. By Susan M. March 10,2020.
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A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines ? The Curator White Blend (2016)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2020
According to the winery, the grapes are hand-picked, chilled, and pressed, with the must undergoing a slow, natural fermentation. The grapes used in the Curator come from mostly old-vine plantings dating to the 1950s and ‘60s, with the 2016 edition comprising a blend of three parts Chenin Blanc and one part each of Chardonnay and Viognier.
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Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2023
Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists By: Iain Campbell, Kenneth Behrens, Charley Hesse, and Phil Chaon 568 pages, 650+ colour photos, 200 colour illustrations, 150 colour distribution maps Flexibound Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691197562 Published: Sep 2021
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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press
Critter News
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Most of their animals get put down.
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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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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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10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2011
Just in time for the end of nesting season will be Avian Architecture by Peter Goodfellow, which is being published by Princeton University Press in June. You can get a sneak peak at the Princeton University Press blog.
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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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277 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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Tenet Wines: The Pundit Syrah (2016)
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2020
With things being what they are in 2020, there’s been no shortage of pundits on cable news and social media, there to proffer opinions on politics, the pandemic, and other pressing topics of our age on the 24-hour news cycle. And, for whatever reason, there’s even a pundit on our featured bottle of wine this week – at least in name.
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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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163 You Are What You Eat: A Flicker Mystery Solved
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2016
In a press release, lead author Jocelyn Hudon from the Royal Alberta Museum commented, “At one point considered valuable wildlife habitat and widely disseminated, the naturalized Asian bush honeysuckles are now considered invasive and undesirable in many states.
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The return of the Old Man
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
According to Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World , a handsome volume written by James Hancock, James Kushan and Philip Kohl and published by Academic Press in 1992, Geronticus eremita “once nested in the mountains of central Europe, across northern Africa and into the Middle East. But this range is now much reduced.
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Costa Rica’s Signature Parakeet
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2022
Although it might not occur in the high elevations nor so much in dry forest, you would be hard pressed to not see this long-tailed bird in other places. Also known as the Finch’s Conure, this bright green bird with red and yellow highlights is common in many parts of the country. Birding in a local park? Crimson-fronteds fly into view.
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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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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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Audubon’s Footsteps
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Princeton University Press. Fortunately watercolor needs no translation, and what Clavreul calls his “long companionship with Audubon” has resulted in a lovely book, with paintings that are “the visual equivalent,” (to borrow, once again, from David Allen Sibley’s Introduction) “of poetry.”
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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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Birding around Chaka, Qinghai, China
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2021
To quote the HBW “Prefers to run, rather than to fly, from potential danger, but will take to the air if hard-pressed” (again a good time to recommend you to look up the “Stupid Birds” Gary Larson cartoon online ). And this is what the jay eats, apparently – at least occasionally.
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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
The guides bore the Audubon Society name, were published by Knopf and distributed by Random House, but they were actually conceived and produced by an outfit called Chanticleer Press and they became a publishing sensation. The press material says it covers over 800 species, so you know I had to do a count. Dunlap, Oxford Univ.
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Operation Duck Drop
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
We got some press ! We got some good press and the duck is wandering around Manhattan now. Date: 11 October 2018. RE: Band on Duck. A thousand apologies. I left the knife I was planning on cutting the band off with in the body of the witness. Good news, though! To: Sparrow. From: Tyrannus. Date: 11 October 2018. RE: Band on Duck.
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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2021
Copyright @2019 by Louisiana State University Press. LSU Press, 2019, 272 pp. Smith’s Longspurs, Vermillion Flycatchers, Burrowing Owls, Long-billed Curlews, Virginia Rails, Black Terns, Crested Caracaras–there’s a bird here for every taste. Map by Lynn Hathaway. Lynn does, but there are no photographs in this book.
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Good News for UK Birds (and Birders)
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
“This is a momentous day for a huge number of our best-loved and most charismatic seabirds, many of which have suffered population declines over recent decades,” said Natural England’s Chairman Andrew Sells in a press release. ”
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