10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

By Mike • March 7, 2011 • 5 comments Tweet Share I bet you do! If so, learn more about 9 days in Peruvian paradise banding birds and contributing to both research and conservation ! Duncan Mar 7th, 2011 at 5:15 pm I can imagine being there. Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru? That could be you!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or thainamu Mar 10th, 2011 at 3:00 pm I’ve seen them do that trick using cars to crack nut shells. I blame Charlie Sheen.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Ring-billed Gulls Seeking a Handout About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Now to go write my essay… Robin Robinson Mar 16th, 2011 at 9:18 am This is uch a great idea!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Not sure what that is.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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