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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2021

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in psychology from the University of Buffalo. See my blog post on Dulan for photos of the latter. Stejneger’s Stonechat is named after Leonard Stejneger (1851 – 1943), a Norwegian-born American ornithologist who – in contrast to many other such naturalists and ornithologists named in my blog posts – actually existed.

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The Dunning-Kruger Effect as it Relates to Birding

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Or, as Dunning and Kruger wrote when they published their results in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology : People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. This post was originally published on 22 September 2009, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives !

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Happy New Year?

10,000 Birds

Most of the birders in the audience for this blog, and certainly those who record their year lists here , use the Gregorian calendar. There are also certain psychological advantages. It is common and widely recognized and for those very reasons, to most of us it just feels right.

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On "Compassion," "Nonviolence" and "Justice"

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What I do know is that I feel an urgency for the causes I care about that blogging, baking, giving money and doing TNR work simply doesn't satisfy. I think most would agree with that one, although there is the question of psychological harm, and activists are all over the map with that. and then there's "Is that okay with you?"

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On Radical Abolitionism and Guilt

Animal Person

And I don't think that converting one person at a time to veganism via my spectacular baking or my blogging is going to make up for the people of China and India rapidly increasing their consumption of animals.

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Why Fear Is Holding Back Your Sales Performance and Your Gut is the Answer

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We don't really see gut instinct discussed in many books or blogs because it's our inner dialog, our inner voice and world. This sales thing violates a lot of psychology. Repetition is the mother of skill, but it also gives us another profound gift which is the development of 'gut instinct.' Trust your gut.

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Top 5 Ways to Pet Proof Your Home

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Take one look at the viral blog, Pet Shaming , and it’s difficult to retain any illusions about our furry friends. Pay attention to pet psychology, and you’ll find a lot more respect paid to your possessions in turn. To enjoy the most of your pet (and your home), it’s best to take action with these top 5 pet proofing strategies.

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