10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2012

Warbling Vireos are found breeding in open deciduous woods, often riparian, across Mexico, the United States, and southern Canada. Their fondness for open woods means that they often adapt well to breeding in parks and it was Van Saun Park in New Jersey’s Bergen County that I found the individual shown in this blog post.

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JUNE 6, 2024

This indicates peak breeding condition, but by May their pouches are back to pale yellow again. Both species of pelicans breed on the lake, with the Dalmatians the more numerous. The latter is a relatively new colonist, and has recently been joined by Cattle Egret, though the latter remains scarce.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The amazing news went across the world. News anchor Walter Cronkite made an official announcement during prime time national news in the US. Upon learning the news, the Peruvian Government declared the Guan as critically endangered and opened options to assess the population status and conservation measures.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2016

In Costa Rica, June is breeding bird count season. As one might expect with a breeding bird count, it also gives me an idea of which birds are where, and whether or not other species are still around (side benefits for guiding on that same route as well as future Big Days).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Non-breeding Pied Oystercatchers join flocks either to the north or south of Gantheaume Point. They do not attempt to breed for about seven years. We are very pleased that at least one Pied Oystercatcher chick has survived this year when there has not been much good news for 2020.

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4 The Love Of Animals

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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JUNE 15, 2016

It’s a bang-up breeding year for super-endangered birds! The species, which migrates from the Russian Arctic to Southeast Asia, is down to about 200 breeding pairs in the wild, due to habitat loss and poaching. For the past several years, getting the birds to breed has been an exercise in futility.

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AVMA News

JULY 24, 2024

A company that bred Beagles for research will pay more than $35 million after pleading guilty last month to violating the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by neglecting thousands of dogs at its Cumberland, Virginia, breeding facility. The payment includes the largest ever fine in an animal welfare case.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

The good news is that this summer central Mexico is experiencing its best rains since 2018. Even the American Southwest is benefitting from our newly-abundant monsoon rains, with Arizona and New Mexico now mostly out of the “exceptional drought” category. Still, there were a few good signs.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

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. In a year when we all need a good news story I am happy to report that there had been an exceptional breeding season. We found five pairs of Pied Oystercatchers.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The breeding season is longer, starts earlier. “Many long-distance migrants arrive so late on the breeding grounds that they have little opportunity to respond to warming conditions by nesting earlier.” The mechanism by which this is happening in at least some species of birds is very interesting. ” GannetCam.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2014

Let’s say you’re a bird wrapping up your breeding season in the north of Scotland—where do your thoughts turn when winter beckons? News geotagging migration Red-necked Phalarope Scotland UK' If you’re like most, you head southeast, meeting up with your continental cousins near the Mediterranean or Arabian Seas.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

states, 9 Canadian provinces, and 3 Canadian territories) are asked to be on the lookout for these birds as they migrate toward their northern breeding grounds. News Bird Conservation migration rusty blackbird' From March 1 through mid-June, birders in the Rusty’s range (38 U.S.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Also, Grebes share two characteristics that end up being bad news given the state of the planet we are in. Some of the lakes they breed on have been stocked with salmon and trout. And, the Mink are capable of wiping out large portions of a breeding colony in a short period.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2014

My Dark-eyed Juncos are trilling in preparation to retreat to quieter breeding grounds, the Black-Capped Chickadees sing their two notes, and the Song Sparrows absolutely will not shut up. Of course, in real life this cannot be so simple as good news. The Varied Thrushes came back. Then the Western Bluebirds and Meadowlarks.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2011

Kentish Plover / Credit: Jane Stylianou It’s just the thing that I thought birders from outside of Cyprus would want to hear that I had to share it in full: BirdLife Cyprus conducts yearly waterbird breeding counts. This article was included in this month’s BirdLife Cyprus In-Flight e-News email.

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JULY 1, 2018

It is not unusual for only one Pied Oystercatcher chick to survive throughout the whole breeding season despite in excess of sixty eggs being laid by sixteen pairs. It is for this reason that there was not an update last year on Pied Oystercatchers breeding success , because there was not any.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2012

When they are not getting ready to breed they are a pretty bland brown-and-white bird. Because of their huge range and large (though declining) population, BirdLife International lists the Spotted Sandpiper as a Species of Least Concern , good news to shorebird lovers everywhere.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2016

It sometimes feels like being a conservationist is like being a punching bag, blow after blow of bad news after bad news hits us day after day. So let’s celebrate some good news today; Kakapo are having one of their best ever breeding seasons since European settlement. . Kakapo are strange birds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2016

Although I was going to tell you more about our trip away after introducing you to Burra Rock Conservation Reserve last week there has been some interesting news in Broome! Last year we had some hope at the end of the breeding season , but sadly the Pied Oystercatcher chick was predated and did not fledge. Pied Oystercatcher nest.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2012

I got back-to-back calls that I let go to voicemail from Jory and Will , my upstate birding buddies, and when I checked my voicemail I found out the news. There was nothing I could do about it though, so I let it go (ok, maybe I whined a bit) and figured I would chase the bird down on Saturday when I was back in New York.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2012

The small community out there is lucky to have a large Common Tern colony that also hosts breeding Black Skimmers and Least Terns , to say nothing of the Piping Plovers and American Oystercatchers that breed out on the barrier beaches as well. That is, of course, pretty darn good news. I’ll miss them while they are gone.

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APRIL 28, 2015

For birders who love cardinals there’s good news: since 1966 their populations have been growing every year, with an estimated breeding population of 120 million. ” That same sentiment is probably true for us all!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2011

I had written then that… There are rumors of a plan to capture Griffon Vultures breeding in Greece and release them here in Cyprus, to rescue the population. Plus BirdLife Cyprus has now released a statement of good news for threatened Griffon Vultures in Cyprus.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

It also is home to the breeding sites of vulnerable seabirds including the Cook’s Petrel and Black Petrel, both species are considered vulnerable. Black Petrels ( Procellaria parkinsoni ) only breed on two islands, of which Little Barrier is one. New Zealand Storm-petrel (right) with White-faced Storm-petrel (left).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

We hypothesized that trends in waterfowl hunter numbers, as indicated by Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) sales, have become independent of breeding duck populations, and we assess the impacts on habitat conservation. 4 0.81) and 1995–2008 (r 1?4

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

And they’re making the news, too. The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success. Make sure to check back all Pink Bird Weekend long as we delve into every possible pulchritudinous pink bird we can think of… Birding News Pink Bird Weekend' What do all these birds have in common?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2015

There were several incidents involving poisoned Peregrines in that area, so the police and the SVS / BirdLife Switzerland started to investigate the case, assisted by the group of conservationists from Serbia ( the news in German ).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

Though, as the news report points out, it is likely just because it is their breeding season and the hormones are getting to them… a. Watch out for Wild Turkeys going wild in western Michigan! It seems that they have taken to crashing through windows and windshields.

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MARCH 3, 2012

They do tend to wander after breeding which explains my first encounter with that New Jersey bird. Because of its large range and large and stable population it is listed as a Species of Least Concern by BirdLife International, good news for those of us who are amazed by big, pink birds.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

Many different species of shorebirds travel the East-Asian Australasian Flyway to spend the non-breeding cycle of their lives here in Broome. This is welcome news, because it also minimises shorebird disturbance too in this section of the beach. Grey-tailed Tattlers and Silver Gulls.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

The variety of plumages that they show and the way different individuals molt at different times is interesting to me and I have stopped being surprised at seeing a small flock of ruddies with some nearly in full breeding, or alternate plumage, while others are still in their basic, or non-breeding plumage. Thanks for visiting!

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Critter News

JULY 18, 2011

An article in today's Seattle Times about Woodland Park Zoo's attempts over the last 20 years to breed elephants. Very controversial with organizations such as In Defense of Animals, PETA and the Northwest Animal Rights Network. They say it's cruel. The zoo claims it's to preserve the species.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Instead, we’ve got other bird news to cheer us up (or at least take our minds off avian’s inexplicable inability to capture U.S. Let us no more speak of this week’s extraordinary failure by a cast of Falcons to finish off their prey. sports championships ).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2019

It has been a few years since I could share some good news about the Pied Oystercatchers breeding along the coast near Broome. Hopefully you won’t mind me writing a bit more this year about Pied Oystercatchers during the breeding season!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. I can see why you thought you had found a new breed with this one. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I was discussing this with my birder/photographer friend Ardith, who HAS seen every Penguin species in the world, and she sent me news about the publication of Around the World For Penguins: Where to see all the 18 penguin species by Otto Plantema. The full-length species accounts are not repeated.

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