Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. Prop 2 goes into effect in January of 2015, giving factory farms six years to shift to different housing systems. Proposition 2 has been passed in California.

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Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

The surprise truce in Ohio follows stronger limits imposed by California voters in 2008; there, extreme caging methods will be banned altogether by 2015. The rising consumer preference for more “natural” and local products and concerns about pollution and antibiotic use in giant livestock operations are also driving change.

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AUGUST 3, 2014

The following image of an immature bird was taken by me (on my birthday) in July 2008 not far from said possible breeding location, so who knows? But who knows what 2015 might bring? It might very well already be a German eagle again… Lesser Spotted Eagle. The Lesser Spotted Eagle is a bit of a problem child here in Germany.

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Eagles Germany Breeding Hunting 217

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

The Collins BTO Guide to British Birds by Paul Sterry & Paul Stancliffe (2015) covers 320 most common birds, and a companion volume, the Collins BTO Guide to Rare British Birds (2015) covers rare birds and vagrants. as Birds of Europe, 2nd edition (PUP, 2011).

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Ireland Birds Falcons Turtles 203

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MAY 3, 2016

Organization: The guides are organized taxonomically (by scientific group), according to the 17th edition of the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) Check-list of North American Birds , including changes through the 56th supplement, which came out in 2015. This means that loons are no longer first!

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North America 2003 Birds America 189

Animal Ethics

JULY 12, 2010

Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law requiring that all whole eggs sold in the state conform to the provisions of Proposition 2, the humane farming law that was embraced by state voters in a landslide in 2008. This requirement would at least relieve the worst of the production horrors that are common in the industry now.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America. The meat industry loves to squeal that “the cost of bacon will rise” whenever it’s faced with pressure to change.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2015

The adult Pied Oystercatchers were still at their non-breeding site at Gantheaume Point and will no doubt lay their first eggs for 2015 in the first week of July. Once again for my Australian birds I will use the “Christidis and Boles 2008 key to species names” and list them in the order that they come on that list.

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2015 2014 Ducks Ponies 239

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Ken also had a very dry sense of humour … and we definitively enjoyed his wry take on life… Despite being only in his twenties [in 2008], Ken seemed to have been birding for at least forty years, so good were his birding skills.”. Publication date: March 2015. By Ken Behrens, Christian Boix, Keith Barnes. Format: 14 x 22.8

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Rwanda Primates Wildlife Gorillas 223

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JANUARY 1, 2018

The Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn from the 2015 Deming in Education conference: 2,900 views (2 years – 5,500). Deming 101 – An Introduction to Dr. Deming’s Teachings by Peter Scholtes (this shows Peter’s full presentation at our 2008 conference in Madison, Wisconsin): 1,900 views (4 years – 6,300).

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008. The number of tigers in India has seen a sharp rise to 2,226 tigers from just over 1,400 seven years ago,” Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday, January 20, 2015.

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JANUARY 10, 2016

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 and 2015. I have used “Christidis and Boles 2008 key to species names” until now, but due to the fact that it is not going to be updated into the future I will start to use the latest Birdlife Australia Rarites Committee list using IOC names.

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2016 Ducks Australia Eagles 124

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JANUARY 7, 2018

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016. Well, another New Year crept up on us once again and once again I will commit to listing on the website! Just looking at everyone’s lists over the years you can see how varied our birding lives can be.

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2018 Ducks Barn Owls Falcons 100

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JANUARY 8, 2017

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016. Well, another New Year crept up on us once again and once again I will commit to listing on the website! Just looking at everyone’s lists over the years you can see how varied our birding lives can be.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Dusky-capped Flycatcher – Myiarchus tuberculifer. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Boat-billed Flycatcher – Megarynchus pitangua. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. White-ruffed Manakin – Corapipo altera. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Cinnamon Becard – Pachyramphus cinnamomeus. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 124

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Red-necked Stint – Calidris ruficollis. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Terek Sandpiper – Xenus cinereus. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Common Sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Gray-tailed Tattler – Tringa brevipes. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Australian Magpie – Gymnorhina tibicen. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Black-faced Cuckooshrike – Coracina novaehollandiae. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Gray Shrikethrush – Colluricincla harmonica. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Black-tailed Whistler – Pachycephala melanura. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Yellow-eyed Junco – Junco phaeonotus. PN Desierto de los Leones–Convento Desierto de los Leones. 15 Nov 2018. Volcano Junco – Junco vulcani. PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018. Rufous-collared Sparrow – Zonotrichia capensis. San Joaquin coffee. 12 Jan 2018. White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys. 12 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Yellow-billed Cacique – Amblycercus holosericeus. Comandancia de Sarapiquí Road. 07 Jan 2018. Chestnut-headed Oropendola – Psarocolius wagleri. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Montezuma Oropendola – Psarocolius montezuma. La Selva (OTS Reserve)–Road to Puerto Viejo River. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018. Sendero Bogarín.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Swamp Sparrow – Melospiza georgiana. Hainlin Mill Sparrow Drive. 03 Jan 2016. Large-footed Finch – Pezopetes capitalis. Road to PN Volcán Poás. 08 Feb 2016. Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow – Melozone kieneri. Bosque de Tlalpan. 29 Mar 2016. Canyon Towhee – Melozone fusca. Bosque de Tlalpan. 29 Mar 2016. 13 Feb 2016. 17 Apr 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 154

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Collared Trogon – Trogon collaris. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Broad-billed Motmot – Electron platyrhynchum. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Red-headed Barbet – Eubucco bourcierii. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Yellow-eared Toucanet – Selenidera spectabilis. El Tapir hummingbird garden.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Jessie Barry has worked for the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology since 2008, most recently as Program Manager, Macaulay Library and Merlin Project Leader. Henderson, 2015, Texas A&M University Press) and Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds: Second Edition (co-authored with Colin J. Barker and Carrol L.

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Ducks Geese North America Hunters 178