Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I've read Joan Dunayer. My deconstructions of the language of our relationship with sentient nonhumans in this blog--and the way I approach discussing that relationship--is similar to Dunayer's.

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Animal Vivisection Speciesism Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Having come back to the blog in whatever form and persistency, the overarching subject of language in birding seemed to be a suitable and deserving theme since bird names were part of my original beat. Yes, Germans were a particularly supersticious breed in the days of old, and would not dare to use the word devil even when cursing.

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Germany Hunters Birds Owls 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. I did email Jon Gassett with no problem. I overlooked the date.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 236

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2022

Breeding pairs sometimes are supported by helpers, but these are not quite as unselfish as it may seem – in one study , in 8.3% These photos were taken in early March – the species looks more attractive in its summer breeding plumage. If you disagree, maybe you should find a blog post about monster trucks.

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Birds Germany Humane Family 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird?

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

I will, of course, gather those responses and use them in a blog post, so make sure you indicate in your email if you want your full name used (and if you have a blog include the URL so I can link it). He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 175

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Third of all, the bird that was first seen on 30 October is, as of this blog posting, STILL THERE! Here’s hoping this bird makes it back to its home turf to breed and comes back to spend another winter in New York State! It made it through the rough winter and is still coming around to the feeders. I disapprove.

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 183

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Since I was mapping-in human ‘territories’ or home ranges, and trying to figure out how tropical hunter-gatherers found their way around the landscape, the mechanisms of migration were interesting to me. (It In one simple blog post, it is impossible to address even the most basic questions about bird migration.

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Compassion Humane Research Egypt 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.

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Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

If you don’t have a blog either give a 100-word description of your Best Bird of the Year in the comments below or email a description to corey AT 10000birds DOT com by 24 December (you can include an image if you want – just make it a maximum of 600 pixels across). You can read the whole story on my blog, Queensgirl. Sound good?

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2012 Guatemala Birds Florida 142