Tennessee VMA – Feb. 10-12, 2023
AVMA News
MARCH 23, 2023
The Tennessee VMA held its Music City Veterinary Conference from February 10-12 in Murfreesboro. The association presented awards and seated new officials.
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Stop the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Hunt! (Again)
10,000 Birds
JULY 8, 2013
Yes, the earth has gone around the sun twice since the uproar from birders and other lovers of wildlife managed to convince the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to table the idea of hunting Sandhill Cranes in Tennessee for two years. Tennessee started a festival around the event, just for wildlife watchers.
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Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2011
The Tennessee Warbler is a poster child for the boreal forests of Canada and the far northern United States. As autumn arrives and the days get shorter and cooler Tennessee Warblers make their way south to Central America and northern South America, sometimes as far south as Ecuador.
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What do Tennesee Warblers Do in Costa Rica?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2022
Tennessee Warblers? Although the small but mighty Tennessee also occurs on the Caribbean, it’s a lot more common in the drier habitats of the Pacific slope and upper elevations. Typical Tennessee Warbler wintering habitat in Costa Rica. Costa Rica? Pish and a dozen might flit into view.
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Hooded Crane in Tennessee
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2011
Get yourself to Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs County, Tennessee! Now this is a bird worth seeing !
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What tracks are these?
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JUNE 18, 2023
I’m in Middle Tennessee. This is from a couple years ago so I wish I’d taken better photos. The drag lines made me think that it had a tail. submitted by /u/mccilliamly [link] [comments]
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56 Places to Avoid the Mall on Black Friday (in TN)
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 17, 2018
If you live anywhere near Tennessee, the entire state park system is offering free ranger-guided hikes in all 56 state parks on Friday, November 23. Check HERE to find a Tennessee state park near you, and let’s change ‘black’ Friday into ‘bird’ Friday! Parks in middle Tennessee reside in various landscapes of geological plateaus.
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There is a Moon Bear in Pigeon Forge Tennessee being starved and deprived of any real amenities that it needs and people are paying money to see and feed this bear.
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
The Three Bears general store has been called out time and time again for mistreating these Bears, the bears look miserable have no clean water, all water in the sanctuary is dyed. A person threw an apple into the area and an elderly Asiatic Brown Bear quickly scrambled to lap it up leaving no pieces behind.
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An Educational Mixed Flock
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 24, 2015
My mind was already trying to place it, coming up with Northern Parula (though I saw no real blue), Red-eyed Vireo (though it seemed too small), and Tennessee Warbler (though the lack of a good look at the face made that a tough call). Tennessee Warblers have a thin, dark eye-line and a small, thin, sharply-pointed bill.
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The Cherokee National Forest just got bigger!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2018
This particular land near the Tennessee-Georgia border is critical as a protection for Taylor Branch, a tributary of the Conasauga River. As one of our country’s most biodiverse rivers, this entire habitat is considered ‘high priority’ in the Wildlife Action Plan of the state Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of May 2020)
10,000 Birds
MAY 31, 2020
Despite the cold, I had to take a run at our last migrants this weekend and was rewarded with a lovely morning of lakeshore birding that included an FOY Tennessee Warbler … don’t know how that one got past me all month!
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Go to the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2012
The more ecotourism dollars earned through the festival the more likely that the Sandhill Crane hunt there will go from tabled for two years to permanently cancelled. The festival is next weekend, 14-15 January, and will be held at Hiwassee Refuge so, who knows, maybe you will get to see the vagrant Hooded Crane as well!
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Vast Majority of Medical Schools Do NOT Use Animals To Teach Surgery
Critter News
APRIL 18, 2010
According to PCRM, the schools are Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga campus. Tags: University of Tennessee animal research Uniformed Services University Johns Hopkins University.
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A Few Highlights from the Annual Bird Count at Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2021
The golden bird was on a buggy island in a wetland, a spot that also harbored many other wintering warblers including several Tennessees and a busy Worm-eating. A few Golden-wingeds and Black-and-whites also entertained, and we were psyched to catch glimpses of a beautiful, bandit masked, male Hooded.
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Migrants are on the Move in Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2019
The same goes for Blackburnian and even Tennessee Warblers. Some Tennessee Warblers also feast on bananas. One of our most abundant wintering species, the Chestnut-sided Warbler has been changing its gnatcatcher-like winter plumage for smart breeding colors.
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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
However, most states still have less than 100 species, including: Missouri (98, unchanged); Wyoming (97, unchanged); Georgia (94, up from 54); Nevada (93, up from 53); Delaware (88, up from 83); Maine (82, up from 76); South Carolina (82, up from 49); Louisiana (81, up from 73); Alaska (79, up from 34); Maryland (62, unchanged); Illinois (50, up from (..)
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Cute of the Day: Alexis and Jacob
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 5, 2010
We walked into the Adopt a Pet in Knoxville Tennessee and fell in love with Alexis and Jacob. We challenge all emptynesters in Knoxville Tennessee to do something awesome and adopt a pet. Now our house is a home filled with lots of love, barking, playing and walking (we are back in shape)!
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100 In Costa Rica, Fall is our Spring
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
Baltimore Orioles are coming to feeders in November and checking out avocado trees (I saw six of them doing just that a few hour ago), Tennessee Warblers are masquerading as Old World warblers in most places, and small flocks of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are making appearances.
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Correcting course in Appalachia
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
And the Tennessees. Oh, the Tennessees. Photo by Corey Finger Tennessees get a bad rap in my book. They just happen to be one of the more plain members of a gaudy bunch, but in fall, when all the other warblers are in their cool down plumage, Tennessees come alive. And when they come, they come in bunches.
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What Now?
10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2018
Last Friday, a Kirtland’s Warbler appeared in Central Park for the first time ever, shortly before I was obliged to get on a plane to Tennessee. As a result (albeit a very very indirect result) I left my boyfriend, moved more than halfway across the U.S., and got a master’s degree and a tattoo.
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63 Wood-Warblers Heading South
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera (..)
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103 Flower-loving Warblers
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2011
It wasn’t until well after I returned home that I found the answer: They were winter Tennessee Warblers who’d been feeding in a flowering Combretum tree. Here’s a typical fall Tennessee Warbler –that needle-sharp bill, pale superciliary, and lack of wingbars, tailspots, or streaks of any kind. New species.
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Insider’s guide to Great Smoky Mountain birding – Cades Cove
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2018
I’ve been birding on the Tennessee side of GSM for over thirty years; and Cades Cove is at the top of my easily accessible, ‘private’ habitats. This area, located in the southeastern Tennessee side, is one of the few open spaces in the park. Most visitors arrive by car and take the one-way, 11-mile Loop Road.
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Looking for Lost Warblers at Parque Rio Loro, Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2022
It was quickly followed by wintering, pearly colored Chestnut-sided Warblers , tiny Tennessees , and one smart Black-capped Wilson’s after another. In keeping with October colors, our first warbler of the day was a beautiful male American Redstart. It sallied over a small water catchment area, flashing bright orange on velvet black.
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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2021
Based on birding this very morning from the back of my place in Costa Rica, I can guarantee that at least some Baltimore Orioles, Tennessee Warblers , a Painted Bunting and a few other migrants are still far to the south. Baltimore Oriole- one of the more common wintering birds in Costa Rica.
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The Chukar Situation
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2013
In particular, I remember this one Chukar situation down South in Tennessee* a while ago. I might have never been to Tennessee and might or might not have made this up for the sake of a story to tell. Until I yell that it should not here roam! So Chattanooga Chukar. won’t you shoo-shoo back home? Chattanooga Chukar.
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7 Resolutions for Birding Costa Rica in 2021
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2021
Tennessee Warbler is one of my winter birds. It doesn’t mean that various issues and problems have disappeared, but at least a new calendar year is a fine excuse for renewal. In the birding realm, it means a new year list, beginning the year with winter birds, and planning trips for the next 12 months.
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May Warblers, Costa Rican Style
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2020
Niagara Falls State Park, right above the cataracts, is where I used to bike to on May days to see dozens of fantastic chestnut Bay-breasted Warblers whispering from the canopy, American Redstarts and Tennessee Warblers and Nashville Warblers filling the woods with song.
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105 Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of September 2018)
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
He did, however, manage to see a migratory Tennessee Warbler at Kissena Park on Saturday morning and he decided that was his Best Bird of the Weekend. Corey did not see a ton of birds this weekend as he didn’t want to deal too much with the rainy weather that plagued New York City. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# We fought them back in Tennessee; there’s a two-year stay on their proposal. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.
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Kentucky: First in Crane Hunting?
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2011
Everywhere cranes gather, from New Mexico to Indiana to Tennessee, people come to watch them. One of the interesting statistics that came out of neighboring Tennessee’s crane hunting controversy is that Tennessee has marked an 81% increase in wildlife watchers over the past decade, while its hunters declined 25%. “To
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103 Can a NFL player out run a cheetah?
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Tennessee Titans’ Chris Johnson (the NFL’s fastest running back) and Chicago Bears’ Devin Hester (the super-agile wide receiver and kick returner) both take part in an extraordinary challenge to literally go one-on-one in a first-ever race with a cheetah. You won’t want to miss this week of TV!
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100 Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of August 2015)
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2015
Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a ratty male Tennessee Warbler that was aware of its tattered plumage and kept trying to preen it in presentableness. For example, not a single Caspian Tern showed up while I was hanging around the shore of Lake Ontario.
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Sherry Turner Teas: Brown Thrasher vs. Black Widow
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
This blog was written by Sherry Turner Teas, a rehabber in Chattanooga, Tennessee: It started out as a normal day for a wildlife rehabilitator here in Tennessee – giving medicine, cleaning cages, and feeding baby birds.
Little Brown Dog
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 21, 2010
The sweet little dog, who was dragged behind a truck, has come along way since the abuse happened.
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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
Such bills have been introduced in the past by elected officials in Rhode Island, Colorado, and Tennessee, and the first-ever bill for a statewide registry in California was today announced by its sponsor, State Senator Dean Florez. While no state has passed a bill to date, a proposal in Tennessee is currently pending.
Old Crow Distillery Company: Old Crow
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 11, 2019
Dr. Crow is dubiously credited today for originating the sour mash method used in traditional bourbon and Tennessee whiskey distillation. But as the crow flies, Kentucky’s southern border with Tennessee is just about within reach. Crow, a Scottish chemist-physician who settled in Frankfort, Kentucky in the 1820s.
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61 Orange You Glad To See Me?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2014
Tennessee Warbler. Orioles, really, really like oranges. They can’t get enough. Baltimore Oriole. If you ask me, no bird looks more at home with an orange than a male Baltimore. Like peas and carrots. Of all warblers, the humble and adaptable TEWA has the strongest preference for oranges.
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Urban Birding in Costa Rica- Benefits of Brushy Fields and Coffee Farms
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2022
The grass also hosts many Yellow Warblers, Tennessees can appear too and during migration, Dickcissels can be common. My numerous memories of this beautiful bird bias my perception of it in Costa Rica, make me feel like it’s out of place even though it’s perfectly at home in leftover weedy lots in Heredia and montane gardens.
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Wood Warbler Names Done Right
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2019
Tennessee Warblers may be fairly drab by the prismatic standards of this group, but they certainly get around. In fact, Tennessee Warblers are the most abundant warbler in the coffee plantations of Central America in winter. Take a clue from their scientific names ( Oreothlypis peregrina ) and anoint them the Wandering Warblers.
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Everyday Sunshine: Oh the places we’ll go
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2012
Peregrine Falcons frequent the sheer rock faces of Tennessee Valley. Searching for Golden Gate Great Horned Owls. Varied Thrush habitat on Mount Tamalpais. Red-tailed Hawks often hunt through dusk in San Francisco. I imagine them beaming through this shortcut too.
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97 7 State Parks for Fall Colors and Birding
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2018
Rocky Fork State Park, Tennessee. The coves are populated with oak, hemlock, poplar, and the area is stream-rich (including a Class V river gorge) with lush understories and shrubs. If you visit later in the year, join Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count. Yellow-rumped Warbler. Photo by © Mike Blevins.
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The Merlin Out Back
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The Rufous-capped Warbler is also there and now that the northern winter has taken hold, we have daily visits of Baltimore Orioles, Tennessee, Yellow, and Chestnut-sided Warblers. The early hours are celebrated with the loud voices of Rufous-naped and Cabanis’s Wrens.
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