10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Sure, there were Summer and Scarlet Tanagers and a few “good” warblers, but most of the migrants were sailing on those south winds over our heads to other parts of Texas. Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary was an amazing and unexpected treat, but that’s because I failed to do my research. Eastern Meadowlark.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 222

Critter News

JUNE 29, 2009

The Texas Attorney General ruled earlier this month that the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center can withhold records of a committee that oversees the use of animals in training and research. Tags: university research animal experimentation animal rescue medical research.

Texas 100

Texas Medical Research Euthanasia Animal 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority). Copyright © 2022 Alexander Lees and James Gilroy.

Birds 263

Birds Compassion Eagles Science 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

This turned out to be nice for one researcher who thus could do the research for her Ph.D. Interestingly, in her work, the researcher found that the birds live in small groups dominated by a single male. A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2011

PETA has complained to the USDA that the University of Texas has been severely mistreating its lab animals. There may be a surprise inspection, but I don't really understand how effective a "surprise" inspection is when the facility is notified in advance!!

Texas 100

Texas PETA Animal Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2020

Find your state via this link , and here are California , Texas , New York , and Florida.). The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides non-partisan research and analysis to members of Congress. Simply put, virtually every birder has surely birded on land that has benefited from the LWCF. billion fund ($1.9

Oregon 279

Oregon Arizona Research Texas 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2021

Nationally, most birdwatching occurred in California (9%), followed by New York (6%), Texas (5%), Pennsylvania (5%), Florida (5%), and Ohio (4%). The DCEs allow researchers to identify respondents’ preferences for specific attributes of birdwatching, and to highlight which attributes respondents value relative to other attributes.”

Minnesota 264

Minnesota Research Pennsylvania Ohio 264

Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2010

SAEN) is calling for an investigation of Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, TX. Tags: animal research primates Texas. Stop Animal Exploitation Now! Documents show discrepancies in reporting to two different regulatory agencies, suggesting fraud within the lab, SAEN claims.

Investigation 100

Investigation San Antonio Biomedical Research Primates 100

Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2010

Bill Richardson is asking to tour a former medical research lab in southern New Mexico that houses more than 200 chimpanzees. The animals can be used again for medical experiments if transferred to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas. From the AP.

New Mexico 100

New Mexico Mexico San Antonio Medical Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. It is still volcanically active with researchers periodically discovering new flows.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

Such migration hotspots include the famed Magee Marsh area in Ohio, Point Pelee in southern Ontario, Cape May, New Jersey, and what might be the best area, sites on the Texas coast. — Feature image of Cerulean Warbler and researchers at Las Brisas Reserve by Paz Irola.

Costa Rica 189

Costa Rica Species Belize New Jersey 189

Critter News

AUGUST 26, 2010

"Since 2001, chimpanzees have been housed at APF, where they cannot be used for research. However, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to move the chimpanzees—many of them at least 30 years old—to the Southwest National Primate Research Facility in San Antonio, Texas, where they can be used in painful, invasive experiments.".

San Antonio 100

San Antonio Primates 2001 New Mexico 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine.

San Antonio 100

San Antonio Biomedical Research Albuquerque New Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

America 237

America Industry Squirrels Birds 237

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. His parents moved where opportunity beckoned, taking him from San Angelo, Texas, to Columbus, New Mexico, then to Dallas, and finally on to California.

Falcons 188

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 188

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Thanks to the Hawk Migration Association of North America for their efforts in conservation, research, migration counts, data, resources, and hundreds of other small and large efforts “to promote and conduct studies of the migratory patterns and behavior of diurnal birds of prey.”. Featured image – Harris’s Hawk.

Belize 214

Belize Mississippi Bald Eagle Mexico 214

Critter News

AUGUST 23, 2010

Here's an opinion piece from Ingrid Newkirk arguing to stop the transfer of 202 "retired" chimpanzees to a Texas facility where they may be subjected to more experimentation. Tags: chimpanzees animal research primates National Institutes of Health PETA new mexico.

Primates 100

Primates PETA New Mexico Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2018

We have escaped the clutches of the Bahamas, and are finally back “home” in Tucson, Texas. We also got an extra stop in Dallas, Texas (Hey wasn’t I just here) but again no birds could be added, unless I count the House Sparrow flying around inside the terminal. The Little Big Year species – 1291. eBird Submissions – 429.

Bahamas 129

Bahamas Costa Rica Abandon Abandoning 129

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

A recent study of a multiyear, peer-reviewed research project, conducted in Texas, indicate dove hunters using shotshells loaded with lead pellets enjoy no advantage in effectiveness over those using shotshells firing non-toxic steel pellets of similar or slightly larger size.

Hunters 179

Hunters Hunting North America Game 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2017

Birders have been apprehensively watching developments regarding the construction of a border wall through the renowned birding location of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. For more information: The Congressional Research Service , which is a part of the Library of Congress and serves as the public policy research arm of the U.S.

Laws 135

Laws San Diego United States Arizona 135

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2013

With some research, I ended up with more questions than answers, making these birds all the more interesting! when were the first records of Brown-crested Flycatchers in the state? where are these birds coming from?

Florida 188

Florida United States Texas Alligators 188

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I am deeply troubled and angry that the National Institute of Health wants to move almost 200 chimpanzees from this facility to a laboratory in Texas where they may be subjected to testing. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. Please ensure that the chimpanzees stay in Alamogordo.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles New Mexico Primates New York Times 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2011

This male dabbler at Lake Balmorhea, Texas, shows many plumage features consistent with Mexican Duck, but curled black uppertail coverts suggest some Mallard ancestry. © And while we’re at it, what’s your experience with Mexican Ducks and Mallards in Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas? © David J.

Ducks 169

Ducks North America Texas Mexico 169

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This research station is located on Key Biscayne and is providing interesting data on migration over the eastern Florida coast, an area with high human population density. The Florida Keys Hawk-watch broke the world record for number of Peregrine Falcons recorded in a single day – a stunning 651 birds!

Florida 209

Florida Philadelphia 2002 Birds 209

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Northern Gulf Coast of Texas , with stops at Anahuac NWR, Brazoria NWR, and Aransas NWR. Rio Grande Valley of Texas , including stops at Santa Ana NWR and Laguna Atascosa NWR. I mention these trips because, along with other trips and experiences closer to home, they inform my research into my future birding travel.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ontario is larger than Texas, more than 1 million square kilometers of forests, cities, wetlands, tundra, rivers and lakes. The book is designed with quick searching and researching in mind, with colored blocks indicating bird family in upper right and left corners, common bird names in large, bold print, and a highly readable font.

North America 222

North America Birds Owls Canada 222

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

The introductory section also covers odonate colors, names, threats and conservation, research, how to photograph dragonflies, how to collect them, and, most importantly for us beginners, how to observe dragonflies and damselflies for identification.

United States 239

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 239

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2011

Originally found in Europe, the Italian Wall Lizard was shown in a research study to be a species that evolved rapidly when it was genetically isolated, and it would be interesting to see if the American population has developed any morphological differences.

New York City 227

New York City New York Reptiles New Jersey 227

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

From North Carolina south to Texas, just under half of beaches are developed. Listing will indirectly enhance national and international cooperation and coordination of conservation efforts, enhance research programs, and encourage the development of conservation measures that could help slow habitat loss and population declines.

Endangered Species 160

Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2015

The Texas A and M Soltis Center : I was very pleased that we could once again bird this excellent site. This research station protects a large area of intact foothill rainforest connected to the bigger Arenal-Monteverde forest block. The Bicolored Hawk we saw on the road between Luna Nueva and the Soltis Center.

Costa Rica 101

Costa Rica Farming Louisiana 2014 101

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2015

Bird species that require further research. For the birder, this means that no matter how many Clapper Rails you have seen in the salt marshes of New Jersey, North Carolina, or Texas, that Clapper Rail that lurks in the Black Mangroves at Chomes, Costa Rica is going to be a different species.

Costa Rica 221

Costa Rica Species South America America 221

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2014

The University of Texas A&M owns a research facility called the Soltis Center on a fabulous patch of primary forest. Yet, they eschewed the spotlight for a chance, which was disastrous considering that nobody else counted that species for the day.

2014 215

2014 Costa Rica Birds Groups 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

While no one thinks Florida is going to dry up, anywhere from the Dakotas, south to Texas, all the way to the west Coast may be up for some brutal droughts in the coming years. Of course, rainfall and snowfall has everything to do with with the health of lakes, rivers, and freshwater marshes in much of the continent.

North America 224

North America Birds San Francisco Suffering 224

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2018

The Southeastern guide goes a bit more west, to eastern Oklahoma and Texas, so its northern borders lie at the north boundaries of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Organization and Content. The guides are organized taxonomically and laid out in the traditional Peterson manner—illustrations on the right, text of the left.

North America 100

North America America Oklahoma Missouri 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” of Texas Press, 2004). American Herring Gull is “Smithsonian Gull,” a separate species from its European counterpart. ” These are just some examples. Lee Jones and illustrated by Dana Gardner (Univ.

Costa Rica 224

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 224

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. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. Gassett, I am a writer, naturalist and artist with a special interest in human/bird interactions.

2011 253

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 253

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

As an aside, I well remember the time that Binford came to our quaint little department at Harvard to meet with Isaac and his research team (us) to sort out this difference in understanding of human evolution. I did do some research on this topic, working with others. So that was the first argument for a scavenging phase.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165