Breed Information — Gardner Lane Puppies
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Cavapoos, Whoodles, and AKC Moyen sized Poodles for your family!
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The Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic Celebration–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2024
It is pointedly not an identification guide, though there is a lot of identification information in it, and it is not a coffee table book, though every page is illustrated. From Part I, “Shorebirds in Winter,” p. 41; © 2024 by Pete Dunne and Kevin T. Dunne and Karlson live and work in Cape May, N.J.,
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Broome’s Pied Oystercatchers are breeding again
10,000 Birds
JULY 31, 2022
Well, it is that time of year again and shorebirds are breeding. Hopefully all of the migratory shorebirds that left Roebuck Bay earlier this year have been successful at breeding in the Northern Hemisphere and will soon be heading back to our shores. Family footprints. Constantly looking upwards.
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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
The goal of Around the World For Penguins is simple: Describe the 18 species of penguin and their breeding grounds “from the perspective of a traveller.” But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. The full-length species accounts are not repeated.
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Eighty Mile Beach Pied Oystercatchers
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
It contains information about the resident and migratory shorebirds and also the Flatback turtles that nest along the coastline. Turtle nesting information. A few weeks ago we decided to go and see if the resident Pied Oystercatchers at Eighty Mile Beach had been successful at breeding this season. The bill also has a dark tip.
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Breed Specific Legislation
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JUNE 3, 2009
BSL (Breed-Specific Legislation) is the canine equivalent of racial profiling, banning certain dog breeds that have been labeled “dangerous.” Focusing on the breeds, instead of putting the blame where it belongs — on the individual dogs and their irresponsible owners — is discrimination in no uncertain terms.
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100 South Africa’s endemic birds
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2011
Their taxonomic affinities have caused great confusion and debate amongst ornithologists; they were originally assigned to the thrush family, then Old World warblers before being shifted to babblers (the last mentioned a common dumping-ground for any aberrant passerines). A dancing Blue Crane , South Africa’s national bird.
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Birding and Wildlife photography at Limneo Lodge, Kerkini Lake, Greece
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
In 2008, with my family decided to build the Limneo Lodge , a small accommodation with only 9 rooms. Other important breeding species include Black and White Stork , Lesser Spotted , White-tailed , and Booted Eagle. If you are interested in more detailed information, please contact us at info AT limneokerkini DOT gr.
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Birding around Chaka, Qinghai, China
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The HBW delights with exciting information on systematics history: “Specific name sometimes erroneously spelt P. Citrine Wagtails are rare in Shanghai but apparently quite common around Chaka, though unfortunately most of the ones we saw were not in breeding plumage. Such as this Daurian Partridge. I blame this on covid-19.
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School Burrowing Owls
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2013
The colony has grown supporting up to 3 pairs of owls, all breeding at once! The colony has numbered 17 at one point and fledged as many as 9 owlets during the normal breeding season. The owl couple on the live camera feed is the youngest breeding pair in the colony and are a little over a year old.
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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858) Director Gen.
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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2014
The second edition of the National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition has one of the longest book names in bird bookdom: National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: Now Covering More Than 1,000 Species With the Most-Detailed Information Found in a Single Volume. Over 70 range maps were updated.
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The Woodpeckers of New York City
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2012
But Gotham’s many parks have some very suitable habitat for birds from the family Picidae and a birder in any borough of New York will generally find at least a couple of species during an average morning’s birding. Disbelief probably seems like the proper response to the idea that there are woodpeckers in New York City.
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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
”(a must-read for birders who will be using these guides and who want to know more about their development) that “persons who study a region and are familiar with its birds are often better placed to make informed taxonomic decisions than remote bodies dealing with much larger geographic areas.”**
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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book
10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2020
It is a book with a careful infrastructure, however (even though it doesn’t have an index), with references to one section from another, enabling the curious reader to go down structured rabbit holes, pursuing information on nesting or skeletal systems or feather structure throughout the book. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.
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Birding The City of Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2013
Avocets, Black-necked Stilts , and Spotted Sandpipers breed at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. An Eared Grebe in breeding plumage should be enough to get you to the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve all by itself. You would certainly not see an American Avocet in the middle of the desert without water being present.
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Classy, Elegant Bird Art from Costa Rica
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2020
Species like the Gyrfalcon , the aerial powerhouse of the tundra, of stunning, breeding-plumaged May warblers. A locally owned company started by Birding Experiences founder and guide Diego Quesada (with whom I have watched Buff-breasted Sandpipers among other birds), CaraCara offers poster art of bird families that occur in Costa Rica.
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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai, in September 2021
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. Then, I was not sure whether this was the right thing to do. ” Hm.
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Birding North Lake State Park
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2015
Just like we did last year my family spent this past weekend camping at North Lake State Park, up in New York’s gorgeous Catskill Mountains. And, not surprisingly, the breeding birds present were largely the same species as last year which was not a problem at all! Eastern Kingbirds are always a pleasure. That’s my boy!
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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
If you can recommend a reliable weather god, please pass the information on to me so I can make arrangements with him/her before my next visit here. Like many of the largest species within bird families, the Great Parrotbill looks somewhat plain, at least in the weather I encountered it. Fortunately, they are not.
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Collins Birds of the World by Norman Arlott
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2021
of January 2019, which resulted in 10,711 species, 40 orders, 246 families and 2,313 genera. Within a total of 301 tightly-packed but well organised plates, illustrated are all male breeding plumages, as well as females – where significantly different. The author’s decision was the IOC list, version 8.2 Subspecies are not included.
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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2022
Readers with a pornographic mindset will enjoy the following information about the Dusky Moorhen: “Simultaneously promiscuous, forming breeding groups of 2–7 apparently unrelated birds; individuals sometimes switch groups between seasons. Honeyeaters are a large bird family (190 species) with a strong presence in Australia.
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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. The rest of the 216 pages long book is devoted to various African bird families and half a dozen individual species. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.
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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Three helpful sections precede the Introduction: Photo and silhouette comparisons of gulls that breed in North America (see illustration above), Basic Anatomical Terms illustrated with four diagrams, and a very selective Glossary. This is the kind of information I love to learn and use in the field. These vary according to species.
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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Each family group starts with a description of what traits are common to the species within the family, its representation in Northern Central America, and other interesting, relevant facts. A lot of information can be packed into a paragraph. Range maps accompany each species account—small but specific.
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Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: A Book Review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Not a great place for a family vacation, though I think Duncan will disagree. This is evident in the introductory material, which includes sections on The Origin and Evolution of Borneo’s Birds, Conservation in Action, Vegetation and Bird Life in Borneo, Climate, Rainfall and Bird Breeding Seasons, and Bird Migration.
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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2015
Species Accounts in both titles are arranged loosely in ABA Checklist order, with some flipping around of order within each family. There is a lot of attention given to where and when the bird can be found within the state, specific locations sometimes given, supplementing the birding hotspot information offered in the Introduction.
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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. Each family section starts with a brief description of the birds within that family, their common physical and behavioral traits, and range of habitat. Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans.
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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward.
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174 The Art of Bird Camp
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 16, 2015
Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families). The process took eight years and has since been duplicated all over the world with a variety of species, explained one of our guides … the genial and informative Dr. Kress himself.
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Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction–A Review
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2013
The story of the cahow, a “Lazurus species” that was thought to be extinct for over 300 years and then discovered to be breeding on a tiny remote island in Bermuda, is part of modern birding legend. In 1951, there were 18 breeding pairs of cahows discovered on three tiny islands. She uses both sources well.
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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2020
The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. Species Accounts are smartly designed, utilizing font color and size to organize information and help the user quickly find it. Van Remsen, Jr.
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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The guide covers the all–1194 species in the Species Accounts, including 959 native breeding species, 219 Nearctic migrants, 8 breeding visiting species, and 5 introduced species. Of the native breeding species, 112 are endemic or “very nearly endemic.” (Can Can you guess which of the species cited above are endemic?
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214 The Blackbird that is a Meadowlark – Red-breasted Blackbird in Trinidad
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2013
In the new world all meadowlarks and blackbirds, along with grackles, cowbirds, orioles, oropendulas, and some others, are members of the family Icteridae , the New World Blackbirds. For more information about visiting Trinidad and Tobago a good place to start is the official tourism website. …. Blackbirds are blackbirds.
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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed.
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Florida’s Tropical Pigeon, the White-crowned Pigeon
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2012
With a family renowned for its strong flight and capability to colonize far flung locations (such as the Imperial-Pigeons and Fruit-Doves of the Tropical Pacific, Blue Pigeons of the Indian Ocean, or endemic pigeons of the Canary Islands), this fact comes to no surprise.
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Giveaway of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
It is useful, beautiful, well-made, chock full of great birds and conservation information, and will make you dream of Brazil. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. You want this field guide.
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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea 2nd edition – A Field Guide Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2021
Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago describes all 1,456 bird species (39 species more than in the first edition) within 107 bird families known to occur in the region, including 628 endemics (27 endemics more than in the 1st edition) and 10 species yet to be formally described (down from 18 in the 1st edition).
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The popstars are back: Paradise Flycatchers in Shanghai
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2023
Here goes: Paradise Flycatchers are a genus in the broader (and rather large) family of Monarchidae. There is not really that much other information on the Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. Such an embarrassingly populist title of a blog post should obviously be followed by some dry facts. Fear not, science has an answer: about 1.16
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KwaZulu-Natal
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
The famous Verreaux family who made several expeditions into the province through the 1820’s and 1830’s procuring specimens for rich collectors. Gurney’s Sugarbird was discovered by the Verreaux family and named after wealthy English banker and amateur naturalist John Gurney from Norwich. Image by Hugh Chittenden. Image by Adam Riley.
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213 Cat People VS Dog People
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“Matching a dog or cat’s personality with that of your family is essential,” said Steve Dale, certified animal behavior consultant and host of Steve Dale’s Pet World radio show. Before bringing home a new pet, owners should research a breed’s energy level and temperament to make sure it matches up with the owners’ lifestyle.”.
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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Species Accounts.
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How The Bird Got Its Beak
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2015
Most likely, the researchers have indicated, the hatched birds would be viable and not too different from regular chickens, possibly less different than some of the odd breeds generated by more traditional methods. See: Four Wings Good Two Wings Better? So how did beaks evolve? Here’s the thing.
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243 Quinta do Casal Branco: Lobo e Falcão Reserva (2016)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2019
While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. Portugal was a source of less poetic, practical information on falconry, as well.
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