10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

In truly absurd, I am not making this up news, villagers in Turkey recently accused a bird of being an Israeli spy. There’s a joke in here somewhere stemming from the fact that the country’s name is Turkey. Interestingly, this wasn’t the first time a stray Israeli-banded bird has come under suspicion in Turkey.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Farm Sanctuary has a cool "Adopt-a-Turkey" project. I definitely want to do this.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Our 9-day trip to Turkey in September was short, and it was not about birding. Our hosts wanted us to see at least one of Turkey’s biblical sites, along with a small archaeological site in the center of Smyrna that we had visited. Could this individual have done the same, across Turkey’s Bosphorus straits, recently?

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

When Freshpet reached out to us about their new turkey bacon we couldn’t help but say yes. Turkey bacon? What’s turkey bacon? After looking at the ingredient list I felt great about giving our Baby the turkey bacon. Sadly I noticed that our local grocery store doesn’t have the turkey bacon in stock yet.

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Critter News

JANUARY 10, 2012

Once again, the wonderful Mercy for Animals provides footage of possible abuse of turkeys at a Butterball farm in North Carolina. The full story is at CNN.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The iconic turkey, star of Thanksgiving, also seems to enjoy playing a good game of soccer! Now here is something you don’t see everyday! What do you think? Could they win the world cup?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2014

The only bird we saw in every state was the Turkey Vulture. But the turkey vultures would certainly leave the places we saw them – Montana, North Dakota, Illinois and Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and eventually New York – and head south. Birds moving New York turkey vulture' The carrion smells promising here.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2012

Oklahoma is weird.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Tags: PETA farm animal welfare thanksgiving turkey massacre.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

My Best Bird of the Weekend was a turkey, actually several Wild Turkeys. While I see turkeys intermittently all year long, these birds really look best in autumn sunlight. September migration is a fine time to appreciate birds on the wing, so fine that many of you may have missed many of our Extinction Week posts.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2014

After his early retirement due to lung cancer, when doctors were giving him up to two years more to live, he moved to the coast of Turkey where he bought a half-finished house whose foundations were washed by the waves of the Aegean Sea, met the love of his life and cheated the doctors for quite some time. Birding Europe In memoriam Turkey'

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2014

I saw Vonda’s post about taking in a Turkey Vulture and a Great Blue Heron on Facebook. Birds Conservation Great Blue Heron turkey vulture wildlife rehabilitators' Rehabbers have friends all over the country (sometimes all over the world) who we’ve never laid eyes on. No matter, we’re linked together and loyal to the end.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

However, the gang of Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures who hang around the zoo were happy to oblige, and soon descended on the fish. Birds black vultures Ospreys Turkey Vultures wildlife rehabilitators' Does this happen all the time?” asked Danielle. Melissa left the fish for Clarence and Josephine, but they wanted no part of it.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2020

But when a single Turkey Vulture slowly rode the thermals up the mountainside, I had to take a picture. Turkey Vultures can be surprisingly handsome birds when their silvery primaries catch the light. Turkey Vulture. A Zone-tailed Hawk imitating a Turkey Vulture. Nice forest!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2012

Wild Turkey. Don’t let anyone tell you Turkey Vultures are ugly. Sharp-shinned Hawk slowly getting blood-red angry. It takes them 4-5 years to become furious. Anna’s Hummingbird revealing reptilian roots. This pinecone seems to be alive. A Mute Swan spends most of the time hiding its lower lip. This one is a stunner.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents. Birds raptors turkey vulture wildlife rehabilitators' Did I have an answer for him. Normally I feed vultures, as well as hawks and owls, defrosted mice and rats.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2023

Dave Gosney’s Finding Birds Series covers mostly the Western Palearctic and describes birding in various regions of Portugal, Spain, Morocco, France, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, etc., with some additions, namely South Texas, The Gambia, and Goa (India).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Huddled next to a tree in the darkness she found not a raven but a juvenile Turkey Vulture, almost grown but still sporting tufts of down. She returned home and called every rehabber she knew, looking for a surrogate parent; or, at least, for a companion, as the last thing you want hanging around your house is an imprinted turkey vulture.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I had to hit the highway for a long-distance errand this weekend, which gave me lots of views of Turkey Vultures soaring over hillsides ablaze with autumnal colors. Last weekend hosted many of the international organized bird watching festivities, but every weekend offers the opportunity for avian observation excitement. What did you find?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

I thought for sure that Wild Turkeys on the wing would be the highlight of my birding weekend, but that we before I came upon a Barred Owl in broad daylight perched on a power line in Alma, NY. Valentine’s Day on a Sunday delivers the perfect weekend for everyone who identifies as both a bird lover and a lovebird.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I recently despaired of ending this calendar year without seeing a single Wild Turkey when that species used to be so reliable in my part of New York. Luckily, we spied a large flock of turkeys from the highway between Syracuse and Binghamton.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2012

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.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2024

But here goes, a list of my favorite sightings for 2023: You stole my heart, you rascal you: We made a major trip to Europe, North Africa, and Turkey in late October, November and early December, combining work with some down time. In 2022, while in Turkey for our first time, I saw my first Dipper , a White-throated Dipper.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2014

When I saw a Turkey Vulture soaring serenely over the frozen tundra of Rochester last month, I took the sighting as an example of how confused, in a potentially fatal way, some birds can get. Hopefully, those of you who observe St. However, when I spotted a TV tipping blithely overhead this weekend, I took it as a sign of spring.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

We’re getting close to Turkey Day here in the United States, but the birds you should focus on this weekend are wild and free. Yes, Wild Turkeys count, but that bottle of Wild Turkey on your shelf doesn’t!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2020

That trip was to take my wife and I to Turkey, Jordan, and southern Spain, with stopovers near Paris. I am always delighted to spot a Zone-tailed Hawk , since this raptor is such an expert at hiding among our always-common Turkey Vultures. I should have been on my way to Istanbul by the time this post came out.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2024

We had an Osprey, Turkey, and Black Vultures , soaring overhead. The warbler dropped under our table and hopped around our feet, looking for more crumbs, before it flew off. A female Pileated Woodpecker We saw a few more birds along the boardwalk. A Red-shouldered Hawk was crying as it hunted. A Pileated Woodpecker slipped through the trees.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2011

Anyway, I was more partial to the few Turkey Vultures still sticking with us up here as temperatures drop along the shores of Lake Ontario; in no time at all, even these birds will be making their tippy way down south. And we still get to enjoy fall migrants knowing well that the birds of winter aren’t far away. Good times!

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JUNE 21, 2020

My kids humored me with a fun Father’s Day hike, but my best bird was spotted en route in the form of a roadside Wild Turkey (not to be confused with a Roadside Hawk ). It better be, because with limited travel in the next couple of months, bird lists are going to look mighty spare.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

This woman is a complete dumbass. And yes, you will be hearing more about her here. We've been following her destructive policies since before she brought her trailer trash values down to the lower 48, and we'll keep following her until she leaves office.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

entering Ohio on I-80 driving into the sun on I-80 Turkey Vulture! 10,000 Birds readers demand nothing less than an amazing and life-risking attention to a story and I was not about to let you all down! Here, then, is my journey across Ohio in six pictures. Stay tuned for much, much more from the Midwest Birding Symposium… a.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2024

These tail displays have earned them the Spanish name pavito , or “little turkeys”, as they remind one of turkeys with their tails open.) In contrast, Slate-throated Redstarts are very easy to see in our pine-oak forests. Still, their tail displays delight all observers who first see them.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

Anhinga , otherwise known as Snakebird , Water Turkey , or American Darter * – and more formally as Anhinga anhinga – is a bird I have long wanted to see in New York State. The other nickname, Snakebird , refer to its long neck but, honestly, I am not sure why it would ever be called a Water Turkey.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2011

Sometimes a little too confiding, like the Wild Turkey that wandered out into the road in front of us and brought us to a stop for nearly a minute. Getting there was half the fun, involving as it did a drive up from Missoula and then along scenic, winding Rte 35.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

The upside of rehabbing Turkey Vultures is they’re smart, funny, cool, fascinating birds. The downside is sometimes they’ll bite you and throw up on you. It’s a small price to pay. This gorgeous guy was hit by a car, I’m guessing, in a town south of me. He hobbled into the driveway of a woman named Terry, limping badly and unable to fly.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2024

On 12 April, I watched him escort a pair of Turkey Vultures away from the nest. I saw her poking around in the nest which made me think she was turning the eggs. The male brought her food which I saw her eating. Also, he defended their territory. On the days before hatching, the male appeared to be bringing more food to the nest.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

Birds that nest in southern Africa winter to the north in the tropics, while birds that breed in southern Europe and Turkey migrate south to, you guessed it, tropical Africa. It is one of the most range-restricted of European birds, breeding only in Greece, Turkey and adjacent areas.

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