10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

So when some birders were out checking out the birdlife on the Hauraki Gulf in January of 2003 ( a trip that as I have noted before is very worthwhile ) the sighting by birder Ian Saville of an enigmatic black and white storm-petrel amongst all the White-faced Storm-petrels was something of a mystery.

New Zealand 211

New Zealand India 2003 Collecting 211

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

From 2003-2010, the ABA averaged about $1.9M As revenues declined, expenses did not decline as quickly, resulting in operating losses and the deterioration of what had been a fairly healthy balance sheet. The end result is an organization in debt and with substantially less revenue than it had in the 2000s. The details are below. # # #.

2020 219

2020 2007 2010 2019 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

This first map is data from 2002 through 2003. Click on photos for full sized images. The following maps I created on eBird show the dramatic growth in the spread of the Eurasian Collared-Dove from 2002 to 2014.

Breeders 188

Breeders 2002 North America Bahamas 188

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The species was lost for over a hundred years before being rediscovered in 2003. This week it emerged that the island is important for another rare New Zealand bird, the critically endangered New Zealand Petrel. Since its rediscovery conservationists have been trying to find the islands that it breeds on in order to protect it.

New Zealand 146

New Zealand Rats Cooking 2003 146

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Random House, 2003. Books and resources used in search of the term “bubble-gum pink legs”: The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of North America , by David Sibley. Pete Dunne’s Essential Field Guide Companion , by Pete Dunne. The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region , by Lillian and Donald Stokes. HMH, 2013.

North America 222

North America America 2011 Jordan 222

Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Four animal welfare groups brought suit against the circus back in 2003. A decision will soon come in a DC courtroom. The charges state that “Ringling Bros.

Ringling Brothers 100

Ringling Brothers Ringling Bros Elephants Circus Elephant 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Davis and Martin Renner in 2003, appropriately titled Penguin s (Yale Univ. According to his bio, Birds of Paradise, and Bowerbird are his favorite birds after Albatross and Penguin, so I’m wondering if there are Around the World books for these bird families in the near future?

Penguins 279

Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Since I first started hand-coding 10,000 Birds using Microsoft Frontpage in 2003 , we’ve seen all manner of technology (e.g., In case you hadn’t noticed, blogging, both publishing and perusing , has transformed dramatically over the years. rss ) and trends (e.g., blog carnivals ) come and go.

2003 139

2003 Neglecting Abandon Abandoning 139

Critter News

JULY 24, 2009

In or about March 2003, PEACE, after consulting with VICK about the losing female pit bull's condition, executed the losing dog by wetting the dog down with water and electrocuting the animal. This is just speculative at this point, but it sounds like he is leaning towards letting him play again. And then there's this: 83.

Pit Bulls 100

Pit Bulls 2003 2007 Game 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2011

The weather over the last few years has not been wet enough to have them visit from the north and the last time we saw one in the area was in November 2003. On my birthday we had some “firsts for the year&# but I had mentioned it would be rather nice to find a Comb-crested Jacana.

Cattle 160

Cattle 2003 Birds Geese 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2011

This was back in 2003 so it is hard to say where those numbers fall now. The link above will elaborate that our federal government turned down the option to include this species on the Endangered Species Act a few years ago. At that point the estimated population was between 11,000-14,000 birds.

Prairie Dogs 167

Prairie Dogs Colorado North Dakota Soreing 167

Critter News

JULY 13, 2009

The consumption of wild animals, which slowed amid the SARS epidemic in 2003, has once again gained popularity, a WWF survey has found. Up to 20 percent of these are now considered threatened. Eating wild animals is also a traditional practice in southern China.

China 100

China Wildlife Tigers Endangered Species 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

They were denied contracts by HHS back in 2003 due to what the government said was an insufficient response for their RFP. According to this website , Worldwide Primates has received $2,411,795.00 from the Dept. of Defense since 2000. DOD contracts are not the only government contracts that they have been pursuing. Signed on 2005-08-12.

Primates 100

Primates 2002 2004 Miami 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

written by Bo Beolens and Michael Watkins, published by Christopher Helm in 2003. They didn’t, of course, have the luxury of the fantastic modern optics we take for granted today. I have a fascinating little reference book called Whose Bird? It’s full of fascinating facts.

Falcons 244

Falcons Wounded 2003 Killing 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

2003 , PDF). Genetic studies, however, indicate that it is closely related to Bubo (Sibley and Ahlquist 1990) and in fact is nested within the genus (Wink and Heidrich 1999). Banks et al.

Owls 175

Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

© 2003 text H. Lee Jones, © 2003 illustrations Dana Gardner E. The illustration by Dana Gardner for the 2003 Belize guide is more color blocked, less subtle, a totally different style. Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, artwork by Dale Dyer, p.

Costa Rica 241

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 241

Critter News

APRIL 24, 2012

But the disease has dealt a crippling blow to the industry in the past, especially when foreign countries refused to import American beef when mad cow was first uncovered in 2003. Department of Agriculturetests about 40,000 cows a year in its effort to catch the disease.

Cows 100

Cows California Meat Industry Nebraska 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Umoya was one of seven elephants brought to the Safari Park -- then known as the Wild Animal Park -- in 2003 from the African nation of Swaziland. "Umoya should never have been removed from her home to begin with," said PETA spokesman David Perle. The Safari Park has 18 elephants, including Umoya's two offspring.

San Diego 100

San Diego Elephants Zoos Los Angeles 100

Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2010

The booklet has been sponsored by the World Health Organization.

Sri Lanka 100

Sri Lanka Animal Research Research Animal 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2020

There were similar FWS studies using similar methodologies with similar findings in 2003 , 2007 , and 2013. Based on these numbers, FWS estimated that birder spending on equipment and travel generated nearly $96 billion in total industry output, 782,000 jobs, and $17 billion in tax revenue. That’s a lot of birding.

2016 264

2016 North America 2019 2020 264

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Since its inception in 2003, The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund has granted $7 million USD to more than 500 projects in the U.S. Fewer than 15,000 white rhinos remain in the wild, and approximately 200 live in zoological facilities across North America.

Tampa 100

Tampa White Rhinos Rhinos Rhinoceros 100

Animal Person

APRIL 21, 2009

New York Times. More >> Places. Kazakhstan. New York City. More >> Year. The number next to each changes with the popularity of the terms (for each blog). Click on Project Treadstone above and see what happens!You You can search Animal Person's content (posted on AR Zone) using the search box on the right, under the AR Zone badge.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Project Treadstone Rights Responsible Policies 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

Hyperion Press, 2003. Random House, 64 pages. Hardcover: ISBN-10: 039480077X Softcover, HarperCollins: ISBN-10: 0007175191 Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus! by Mo Willems. Hardcover: ISBN-10: 078681988X Little Bird, by Germano Zullo, illustrated by Albertine, translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick. Enchanted Lion Books, 2012.

Birds 241

Birds Switzerland Owls Lions 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2019

A study conducted at Sultanpur (Abdul Jamil Urfi, Thangarasu Meganathan and Abdul Kalam) between 2003 and 2005 noted that the the clutch size was bigger in early nests. The predators have plenty of opportunities beyond the heronry with countless ducks, waders and galliformes.

2003 113

2003 India Breeders 2005 113

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The Fund was created in 2003 by the Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks and is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable foundation dedicated to supporting environmental and wildlife conservation initiatives.

White Rhinos 100

White Rhinos Rhinos Tampa 2008 100

Critter News

APRIL 17, 2012

Ketamine has long been used for operating on animals throughout the world, but when it came in vogue as a party drug in the late 1990s, Russia's response was to ban the substance entirely in 2003. It was technically legalized but in reality rejected.

Laws 100

Laws Russia Vet Tethering 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

Press, 2003). I don’t know if anyone has ever calculated birds per square mile, but I’m betting that New Jersey would be at the top of the list. If you want to find birds in New Jersey, you need A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey, Revised and Expanded (Rutgers Univ.

New Jersey 213

New Jersey 2009 Bald Eagle New York City 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2020

Published in the Canoeist, UK, July 2003. …or a croc was swimming right under the bottom of the kayak…. Contemplating the food chain and my position in it, I kept my big mouth shut. Cover: 20 years younger version of me. Date: January 24th, 2001 (08:30-11:00h). Habitats: riparian woodland (mostly Combretum sp.),

Botswana 222

Botswana Africa 2001 Monkeys 222

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Since he retired from being a high school teacher in 2003 he has really focused on getting amazing images and his blog, Feathered Photography , is loaded with them. Ron Dudley is an amazing nature photographer who is based in northern Utah. Seriously, click on through and see some amazing images.)

Falcons 122

Falcons Ducks Utah 2003 122

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2016

There were similar FWS studies using similar methodologies with similar findings in 2007 and 2003. The report even stated that it was using a “conservative definition” of “birder,” suggesting that there were perhaps more than 47 million birders generating even greater economic impact.

Wildlife 188

Wildlife Portland 2002 2003 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Purple Swamphen /Pukeko ( Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus ) ( Jamieson & Craig 1987 ) Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) cooperative breeders with up to 6 co-breeding males, 3 females in the same nest, and numerous non-breeding helpers (work by Koenig, Stacey, Mumme and Pitelka and references therein) The New Zealand honeyeater-like bird, (..)

2011 231

2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 231

Animal Person

APRIL 11, 2009

In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. I received this steadily for a month or two and still find it heartwarming. And for all of you naysayers, it was verified by Snopes. * It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had clearly been abused.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Guinea Pigs Stray Puppy Badgers 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

South Africa is their steward and have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act in 2003, which restricts activities on the islands to research and conservation management. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013.

South Africa 264

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Press in 2003. Compañy, published in 2000 and covering 354 species and 21 endemics; (b) the Spanish-language translation, Aves de Cuba , updated by Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Neotropical Conservation Initiative in 2011 to cover 369 bird species and 26 endemics; (3) Birds of the West Indies by Herbert A. Raffaele, James, Wiley, Orlando H.

Cuba 243

Cuba Birds 2000 United States 243

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2017

In May 2003, Kroodsma, an internationally known expert on birdsong, spent ten weeks, riding four thousand-plus miles from Virginia to Oregon. For those of us who aspire to both but have, as yet, achieved neither, a good stopgap alternative is Donald Kroodsma’s quirky and pretty wonderful new book, Listening to a Continent Sing.

Cleveland 103

Cleveland Oregon Missouri 2003 103

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The rise of the Cornell Lab is reflected in its budget, which was approximately $10 million in 2003 and $30 million in 2018. Although some of these organizations existed five decades ago, increased resources and the internet have greatly expanded their scope and reach. Perhaps most significant is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

UCLA 126

UCLA Los Angeles North America 2003 126

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

RPA launched its 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry in 2003. Many of the LGUs have replied, some of them many times. But no LGU has yet put its meat-industry courses on the course of ultimate extinction.

Meat Industry 100

Meat Industry Meat Industry Responsible Policies 100