10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

Lucky for him, a Canadian racing club is giving him a new home, and may even put him out to stud, a reward this pigeon has no doubt earned. Yup, this one-year-old pigeon, who was released for a race near Sapporo, Japan, flew clear across the Pacific ! Photo from ABC News.

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Birds Stud Stray Canada 93

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 29, 2012

In situations where dogs were primarily guarding domestic animals, collars tended to have studs or spikes to frustrate the jaws of a marauding wolf. Wolf collars– Modern studded collars exist primarily as decoration intended to make a pet look tough, but this type of collar has a historically important function.

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Dogs Stud Pets Animal 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Clear skies over the classic Acacia-studded grasslands of the Serengeti a. Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend !

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Costa Rica Birds 2011 Stud 77

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Eight extraordinary canine finalists, selected in a nationwide online search, were honored at this red-carpet star-studded award gala for their remarkable devotion, bravery and companionship. The American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™ presented by cesar canine cuisine® celebrates the powerful relationship between dogs and people.

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Dogs Iraq Stud Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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Tanzania Africa Leopards Zebras 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Why would I not be wholeheartedly gung-ho about going to what is unanimously and resoundingly considered an excellent, fun, exciting, star-studded, bird-filled, and magnificent event? One little four-letter word.

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Ohio Birds Cleveland Stud 96

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

The estate is also a stud farm for puro sangue Lusitano horses, considered one of the world’s oldest breeds. José Lobo de Vasconcelos has been the winemaker at Quinta do Casal Branco since 1986, and has spent much of his time experimenting with a range of grapes to find the varietals best suited to the estate and the wines it produces.

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2016 Falcons Portugal Birds 74

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2015

Australia’s capital, set in the eucalypt-studded Great Dividing Ranges, has not got a fantastic reputation as an exciting place to be, but in truth its an attractive garden city with a lot of green spaces, parks, and other pleasant paces that make it a nice place to live.

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Birds Parrots Species Ducks 63

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2012

A brush that close with a bird so big and so rare has to be one of the highlights of a trip studded with spectacular moments. Consequently, I was well-positioned when THE TRINIDAD PIPING GUAN FLEW RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE! The Pawi didn’t stick around to sign autographs but instead dove into the dense undergrowth of the slope.

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Trinidad Birds Parrots Stud 77

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2015

The tall flower studded grasses to the north were a mess of seed-eaters from the Red-billed Quellea to the astonishing Long-tailed Widowbird , a sparrow-sized bird with a massive tail twice as long as its body. The lake with the Drakensberg Mountains in the background. The fields around the gardens added some other great birds.

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Birds Africa Sparrows South Africa 87

Animal Ethics

MAY 8, 2008

Even the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand ended up in a Japanese slaughterhouse because he wasn’t proving his monetary value as a stud. Most wind up auctioned off for a few dollars each and sent to the foreign slaughterhouses to be made into pet food or dinner for someone overseas. It’s not just the injured horses that suffer.

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New York Times New York Horses Stud 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Prum has had a long, productive, award-studded ornithological career, a chaired professor of ornithology at Yale and recipient of a prized MacArthur fellowship.

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Animal Birds Ducks Species 45

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2012

This terrific waterway, flanked with paths and studded with stepping stone bridges, is home to a lot of Eastern Spot-billed Ducks and Eurasian Teals. Every species I mentioned appeared often throughout the day, but diversity improved considerably as we headed towards Naritasan Temple by way of the famed irrigation channel.

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Birds Woodpeckers Ducks Species 68