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JANUARY 7, 2013

I had some goals for this year as well, goals which I laid out in the introduction to my 2012 year list. I came up just short of reaching 1,100 Birds on my overall World Life List , clocking in at 1,096, not a bad increase of 48 from the beginning of 2012 when I started at 1,048. January 2012 started off with a bang. Anhinga ?

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2012 Czech Republic Hedgehogs Hungary 150

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Having now visited Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in January this New Yorker will never have that problem again. All of these shots were taken at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on Black Point Drive, an excellent wildlife drive that offers great, close looks at some awesome birds and other creatures.

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Wildlife Florida 2012 Groups 175

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APRIL 17, 2012

June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press. January 27, 2012 Reports leak that BP chose to hide its own internal estimates of the scale of the spill. April 16, 2012 BP Oil Spill Settlement is extended by judge. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 264

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

On this final day of 2012 it is time, just like it was on the final days of 2010 and 2011 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. Here, without further ado, are your Best Birds of 2012, in no particular order. I think my official Best Bird of 2012, though, was (finally, finally seeing) the Burrowing Owl.

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2012 Ghana Ireland Costa Rica 133

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JANUARY 25, 2012

But as I walked around my local wildlife refuge seeing all my local birds for the first time it occurred to me I’d fallen into a competitive listing trap. We have only two landbird migrants, both cuckoos and both hard to see. I couldn’t beat people who lived on continents, so why bother trying?

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2012 New Zealand Birds Penguins 169

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NOVEMBER 8, 2014

On October 29 th 2012, “superstorm” Sandy devastated the east coast of the USA, affecting states from Florida to Maine, with severe damage in New Jersey and New York. Two years on, the train line has been repaired at last and I paid a visit to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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New Jersey Jamaica New York Transported 240

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MARCH 18, 2012

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was his first Osprey in New York State this year, seen perched on a nesting platform at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in early morning fog on Saturday. Watching a pristine Hairy Woodpecker working away at the tender core confirmed my decision. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2012 Jamaica New York Woodpeckers 189

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

There are two things you need to know about A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia , edited by Robert Burton and John Croxall, and produced by the South Georgia Heritage Trust. The temptation will be to jump to the Wildlife sections. I found the section on Invertebrates less interesting than the previous wildlife sections.

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Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 178

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

While at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I could not resist making the drive north to Daytona Beach one day to witness the awesome gull fly-in from the dump to the beach. … 10,000 Birds is a Scrub-Jay level sponsor of the 2014 Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival.

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Florida Panama Wildlife 2014 227

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JULY 3, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Fish and Wildlife Service, I was involved in various aspects of the species habitat protection largely on the regulatory arena. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S.

North Carolina 230

North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 230

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AUGUST 9, 2018

So what do these facts mean for our wildlife? Fire can also cause wildlife to be burned, dehydrated and malnourished. In the months after a fire, wildlife populations can suffer substantial losses due to habitat alteration and destruction. Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. More resources on this topic: Wildfire!

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Wildlife Sacramento Shelters Connecticut 108

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

At that point I didn’t know about 10,000 Birds; I had been a wildlife rehabilitator and mother for years, with no time to surf the net for amazing birding sites. My first post, “When Good Kestrels End Up In The Gutter,” ran on April 20, 2012.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Birds 2009 241

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Every wildlife watcher, no matter how specialized, becomes attuned over time to the ebb and flow of each local plant and animal’s life cycle. Phenology is a funny thing (a funny word too, which is neither here nor there.)

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2012 New York Suffering Birds 170

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Not only do devoted leaf peepers fully come into their own this month, wildlife watchers have no dearth of diversions. October in the Northern Hemisphere is a glorious time of transformation. The only way to enjoy October is to immerse yourself in it, especially during its warmer weekends.

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2012 Birds Wildlife Rights 169

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Corey will be experiencing birding bliss all weekend long at the mighty, mighty Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. What else is nice is the prospect of seeing brand new birds in beautiful habitat. Lucky you if you’re there too! I, on the other hand, will be lollygagging with the usual Western New York winter species.

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Tanzania 2012 New York Branding 166

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MARCH 25, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). In the case of Midway, a National Wildlife Refuge , the offending species is Golden Crownbeard ( Verbesina enceliolides ) , an innocuous-looking flower that’s native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States. But plants?

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Albatross Goats Rats Japan 207

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JANUARY 29, 2012

This weekend, however, I needed to take my mind off all those gaudy birds Corey was scoping down at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. I’ll admit that I rarely reach 20 bird species a day, especially this time of year. Plus, the time was finally right for me to savor a local slice of that southern Snowy Owl invasion.

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2012 Medical Owls Birds 168

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The 17th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival will take place from the twenty-second of January until the twenty-seventh of January in 2014. I haven’t been to Space Coast since 2012 and man did I miss it last year. ……… Birding festivals Florida Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival'

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2014 Bald Eagle Florida Wildlife 163

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JUNE 18, 2013

Also, these human-occupied area are probably full of toxins and other impediments to normal use by wildlife. ” Here’s the information I have on it: With 2012 breaking records as America’s hottest year ever, America’s migratory birds face unique challenges because of their long journeys and need for multiple habitats.

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Maryland Penguins Birds Wildlife 257

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

I had the great pleasure to see both color forms, more commonly called color morphs, when I was birding Merrit t Island National Wildlife Refuge during the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. 10,000 Birds is a Scrub Jay-level sponsor of the 15th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. … a.

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United States Texas Wildlife 2012 169

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APRIL 20, 2012

From the Wildlife Extra News. April 2012. King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt.

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Spain Elephants Hunting Botswana 100

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OCTOBER 2, 2011

In an effort to appease small game hunters, Roe said the commission will increase its production of pheasants to 200,000 birds for the 2012-13 season. Never fear, hunters ! Funds to pay for the increase in birds will come from money the commission has received from Marcellus Shale-related leases on State Game Lands. And this makes sense why?

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Slaughter Slaughtered Hunters Pennsylvania 164

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JANUARY 15, 2014

It was July of 2012. In October of 2012, the Institute for Bird Populations released “ A Conservation Strategy for the Black-Backed Woodpecker in California 3.” Forest Service plan to allow 30,000 acres of logging in the burned area will cause significant harm to wildlife, water and the regrowing forest. Version 1.0.

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Woodpeckers California South Dakota Chad 185

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I was at the Blue Heron Wetlands in Titusville, Florida, during the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival hoping to connect with a Purple Gallinule that the field trip I co-led with Laura Erickson failed to find.

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Feral Florida Ducks Texas 203

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!” ’ “Vegetation means wildlife,” Hamilton says, “If that’s destroyed, then their habitat is gone.” ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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Advocacy Mexico United States Sanctuary 268

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

9, 2012, at 8 p.m. Big Cat Week is part of the Big Cats Initiative to stop poaching, save big cat habitats, and “ Cause an Upraor “! Tune in Sunday to watch the first ever capture and release of an endangered snow leopard in Afghanistan! Snow Leopard of Afghanistan. Sunday, Dec.

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Snow Leopard Cats Afghanistan 2012 100

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

On 26 January 2012, my first full day in Florida for the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, I had a mission for the evening. Johns National Wildlife Refuge which is located on the north side of Route 50 just west of Titusville. My mission was simple in theory – to see, or at least hear, a Black Rail.

Florida 161

Florida Wildlife Groups Mammals 161

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In 2012 , the NFC revised some of its goals and set forth a new vision of waterfowl management that emphasized a core of hunter and conservationist supporters. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and University of Minnesota. Citation: Patton, Stephanie. Paul, MN 55108.

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Minnesota Pennsylvania Ohio United States 264

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Of all the billions of things that keep wildlife rehabilitators from sleeping at night, public releases are one of the big ones. Ty died peacefully at home yesterday, on October 17, 2012. Ideally, we like to release birds where they came from (as long as it’s not a dangerous area), and with as little fanfare as possible.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rescue Killing 2012 190

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JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Jackson, 2012. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. At several points in recent history, Kirtland’s Warbler appeared to be on the verge of extinction. photo by Lynn C. Forest Service.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 256

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JANUARY 14, 2021

From: Walter Jetz (2012): Report on the vulnerability of East African biodiversity to climate change: Integrating the knowledge base on VETERBRATES, Report of Phase I activities. The greatest wildlife spectacles in the world! Other wildlife includes 60 mammal species, 13 primates among them, Chimp tracking, Forest Elephants too.

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Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 245

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DECEMBER 24, 2015

Worried by the lack of appropriate action by the authorities (as described in the previous post ), this year I invited two more wildlife protection organisations to take part in the annual census of Pygmy Cormorants in Belgrade. The study was prepared in 2012, but no protection has been declared to date.

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Serbia Protection Europe 2007 189

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JANUARY 26, 2016

Back in 2012 when I made my first foray to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I put up back -to- back posts featuring up-close-and-personal shots of some of the cooperative birds I encountered. Every shot in this post was obtained using my Swarovski digiscoping rig, a pretty fun way to shoot wildlife! Let me know!

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New York United States Wildlife Jamaica 127

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. Somebody won a Nobel Prize.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 239

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AUGUST 2, 2012

seconds on June 20, 2012. Her run was photographed for a November 2012 National Geographic magazine article that will include never-before-seen high speed photographs and video of cheetah movement. © Ken Geiger/National Geographic Magazine. She was clocked at 61mph.

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Zoos 2012 Jamaica Africa 100

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MARCH 12, 2017

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2017 this morning, 12 March, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, thus kicking off spring for myself over a week early. 2012 – 15 March. It’s also the earliest I’ve had over the last ten years. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things….

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2017 Jamaica 2008 2009 127

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JULY 3, 2012

Lawrence Niles was chief of New Jersey’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program for fifteen years and now works for the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, a sponsor of this book. I also liked the authors’ emphasis on the Delaware Bay as a place that can and should accommodate birders and fishermen as well as wildlife.

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Delaware New Jersey Eggs Research 198