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We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major cold snap for late May, with temperatures last night falling down to 46 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius). Strong wind and lots of rain has only added to the misery.
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10,000 Birds
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Maybe this kingfisher should have chosen another island to live on – according to one paper on the species, Java is the most densely populated island in the world and has suffered extreme anthropogenic pressure, resulting in the loss of over 90% of its natural forests.
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That said, below are some really good choices allergy-sufferers should consider adopting: 1. And you can definitely invest in an excellent vacuum cleaner to remove dander and hair from the carpet. You also need to make sure that you brush your pet and bathe it often to remove excess dander. Miniature/ Toy Poodle. Grey Hound.
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Critter News
MAY 24, 2010
Pelicans unable to fly due to being coated with oil. It's the Exxon Valdez all over again. Several pelicans were coated in oil on Barataria Bay off Louisiana, their usually brown and white feathers now jet black. Pelican eggs were glazed with rust-colored gunk, and new hatchlings and nests were also coated with crude.
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10,000 Birds
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They are only 10-11cm long, so one of the smallest birds in Australia and if you are suffering from presbycusis you will be relying on your eyesight for any little bit of movement. It’s good to know that the birds do not suffer from presbycusis, because they will move when they hear us and then we will see them!
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The World Health Organization declared April 7th, 2017 as World Health Day, a day focusing on mental health, but it’s also a year-long campaign which aims to educate, raise awareness and help people suffering from mental illness. Depression, Anxiety, and … Continue reading →
214 10,000 Birds
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Then again, there are several videos out there (like the one below) that show cats fearlessly confronting bears and suffering no ill effects, so maybe people should only let cats out when there is a bear to chase off? … a.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2012
We pay nothing, you have to suffer through my emails, and the fame associated with bird blogging is fleeting, at best. But we would like to add a new Beat Writer on a specific beat – that of Bird Topography. We are looking for a Beat Writer to write a weekly or biweekly post on the parts of birds, one part at a time.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2020
Get out there and greet them… as far as we know, birds don’t spread or suffer from COVID-19! No matter where on this big, beautiful planet you live, you probably anticipate the passage of new species over the next thirty-one days.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2012
This all happened as I was suffering from the photographic affliction known as “light denial,” where I’m convinced there is still some light but sadly the day has ended and darkness reigns. Still it is always nice to add to the evidence of animal intellect.
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Amazingly for such a small creature it can tolerate body temperatures more than five degrees Celsius above normal without suffering ill effects, an adaptation that certainly helps it forage above ground for extended periods during the day before returning to its burrow to cool off.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2011
However, oiled birds would have suffered even more were it not for the relief workers attending to as many as they could. The April 2010 Gulf oil spill was obviously devastating to the region’s wildlife.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2011
Though it was pretty warm for an October morning when I spotted this bird at Fort Tilden, Queens, it was fluffed up as if it was suffering from extreme cold. Maybe it was trying to be a big tough guy considering the volume of sparrows in the vicinity of where it was foraging?
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2013
Summer, the season that we in the Northern Hemisphere are currently enjoying or suffering depending on your latitude and state of mind, is a time when birds often take a backseat to other diversions. But we naturalists notice them no matter what we’re doing. Aren’t we lucky?
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10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2014
Those who look at this post and do not guess will suffer through life only seeing female wood-warblers. You get none, other than that all of these birds were photographed in Forest Park, Queens, this spring. Oh, I almost forgot.
239 10,000 Birds
APRIL 24, 2014
Guess or suffer! By the way, the person who does best on this quiz will be rewarded with a flood of vagrant wood-warblers and those who clicked onto this post without guessing will stumble and drop their binoculars just as a brilliant bird flies past. Diabolical Early Spring Migrants Quiz 1. Diabolical Early Spring Migrants Quiz 2.
226 10,000 Birds
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Zelda, the Wild Turkey who makes Battery Park, at the southern tip of Manhattan, her home, managed to survive the flooding and devastation that Manhattan suffered due to Hurricane Sandy.
174 10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
Here in Western NY, we suffered a 40 point swing in temperature over two days; one moment, you’re enjoying drinks by the pool and the next finds you wrapped in a shawl sipping got cocoa. September is as unpredictable as a month can be. Was your weekend weather clement or cruel?
211 10,000 Birds
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The egret suffered “multiple fractures to the wing and neck area,” the report said. Jere Martin Patterson Jr. of Largo, Florida, is charged with animal cruelty. Patterson shot the bird multiple times with a BB gun, police said. Then he captured the injured bird, according to police, and killed it.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2012
If she gets three in a row it will show she is the best birder in the world and Felonious Jive will suffer the sad misfortune of dropping to second place. Catherine Hamilton has been the first to get all three species correct in the last two diabolical wood-warbler quizzes.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2019
Or rather, to my car… which suffered the fierce attack of a Hooligan Bluebird. I know my car suffered no permanent damage; I can only hope the same is true for my little blue friend. All my birding life, I had heard about certain birds going to battle with their images reflected by windows and mirrors.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2012
This is advantageous for birders because instead of suffering warbler neck trying to identify birds high up in the treetops you can just bring a lawn chair and sit and wait for the birds to come to you. And on this past Saturday were the birds ever coming!
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2012
Ed - To see the range of birds that suffer beak deformities, check out the amazing Birds with deformed bills gallery on Flickr! ) Secondly, it could prevent them from being able to find a mate. Thirdly, a deformed beak is painful, extremely hard to adapt to living with, and takes away the beauty of the bird. (
241 10,000 Birds
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I got sunburned, Desi suffered a nasty cut over his eye, and all three of us sneezed and sniffled and hacked and coughed with colds. Point Defiance, Protection Island, Hurricane Hill, and Sunrise all felt our footsteps to say nothing of Carkeek Park, Discovery Park, the Space Needle, and Top Pot Doughnuts.
237 10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Birders wanted the boat to go out but were concerned that the weather could postpone the trip or, perhaps worse, almost postpone the trip, which would mean a long day suffering in rough seas. You see, Saturday, 23 November, was the day chosen by Paul Guris of Sea Life Paulagics for a pelagic trip out of New York. More on that in a moment.).
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Responsible social distancing has savaged the travel and tourism industries, which means that all of our favorite birding lodges, vendors, and guides have suffered and continue to struggle as we enter 2021. Considering all that, I’m sure you’ll agree that a new year can’t come soon enough!
218 10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
I have to wonder then, is this a common malady, suffered by birders all over the globe? I have to assume that to suffer this interesting mental condition, requires the kind of steady movement that I have managed to accept as normal. So much so that I walk right by them, even when in the peak of their brightest seasonal plumage?
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Far too many of the guides, operators, lodges, and attractions we as birders love suffered the economic impact of the coronavirus as keenly as anyone and far worse than most. The entirely reasonable choice most people made to just-stay-home coupled with a patchwork of closed and open borders hit ecotourism interests hard.
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APRIL 6, 2016
Scooter is now getting on in years and has suffered health setbacks. The bird was such a hit with residents that Kasia, who went on to found the rescue organization Kasia’s Ark Bird Rescue , continued the effort once she returned to New Orleans.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2012
Familiar birds across the European countryside are suffering precipitous declines. In order to boost food production across Europe, the wholesale ripping up of hedgerows, draining of wetlands and ploughing over of meadows has robbed farmland birds of their homes and food.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2014
Will native species suffer? One reason is that the topic is broad and fascinating. As organisms move into ecosystems where they haven’t occurred it is very difficult to figure out what will happen in advance. Will the invader prosper? Will there be cascading effects from either of those outcomes?
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
But apples and those who love them definitely suffered most substantially. For example, here in western New York, our warm winter and dry spring dramatically impacted many of our fruit crops. Berries burst early and corn came in early. Has wacky weather exerted any profound impacts in your part of the world?
206 10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2012
If you’re suffering through a sweltering patch of record summer heat, you may feel much as Ralph Waldo Emerson did when he penned this line: “When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn.”
195 10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2019
While a huge swath of the United States braces for record-setting heat–again–other parts of the world may be suffering equally oppressive though dramatically different weather. Wherever you are, whatever you do, stay safe, but also try to find time to check out some birds!
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Here in Trinidad, we routinely experience several of these migrants – most of these birds surely pass by unrecorded as not everyone is a birder and not all birders are huge fans of suffering from Warbler Neck. Each brings its distinctive, cheerful addition to the soundscape of forests and wetlands across T&T.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2022
. “I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2015
I thought this Swainson’s Thrush would make those suffering from wood-warbler-envy a little less sad. There’s nothing wrong with a brilliant Scarlet Tanager. This Eastern Kingbird flew in from out of nowhere and proceeded to sedately have a drink. And Summer Tanagers are always welcome in New York.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2013
When he felt better he moved from his hospital crate to my outside flight, where he could stretch his wings and not have to suffer the indignity of being picked up and moved each day for crate cleaning. He stayed with me for three weeks, resting and healing.
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