10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2014

Activists and environmental groups went into overdrive, and in March 2014 the State of California approved a ban on the sale of the worst types of anti-coagulants. There are no tests to diagnose it, either. Read that again: it has no antidote. Do we all feel better?

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Critter News

MAY 25, 2011

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is just about ready to chalk up a win against a California seafood dealer who imported endangered whale meat from Tokyo and sold it to Califorian restaurants. From examiner.com.

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Whaling Whales Meat Los Angeles 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

A Little Blue Heron/Tri-colored Heron hybrid was reported from Arizona in 1964 and a Little Blue Heron/Cattle Egret suspect was reported from California in 1989. As early as 1954 a suspected Little Blue Heron/Snowy Egret hybrid was reported from Florida. Since then, there have been a handful of records of this rare breeding occurrence. .

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Florida Arizona Cattle California 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

military, with all their ballistics and performance testing, it should be good enough for hunters.” More links to information on the laws and benefits of using non-lead ammo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife , New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , The Peregrine Fund , Cabela’s.

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 173

Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2012

I don't support the destruction of property or any physical threats against people who harm animals whether through medical testing or through conventional agriculture. And, this happened in Fresno County which is in the San Joaquin Valley of California. I grew up there. Believe me, they are NOT helping their cause at all.

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Farming Fresno Animal Liberation Front Animal Liberation 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2017

This familiarity was really going to be put to a test with the huge increase in activity for these notorious ten days. We also had Ring-billed Gulls, California Gulls, Western Gulls , and our most common, the Yellow-footed Gull.

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Birds Mexico Game California 105

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

New World Vultures are their own family, Cathartidae, that has moved around a bit with the proliferation of genetic testing such that for a while they were thought to be allied with storks, but is now pretty well within, but not too within, the other diurnal raptors. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley. Old Wold Vultures.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 176

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2011

On a recent camping trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, I was able to observe Buffleheads at Manzanita Lake, one of the many beautiful high mountain lakes in this park ( see interactive map ) and one of the few places that Buffleheads breed in Northern California ( see more information on the bird species found at the park ).

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Ducks California North America Breeding 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. And so, a man named Salvador Ramirez brought a small herd of goats from Santa Catalina Island where he was to San Clemente Island where he went to live.

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Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 159

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2024

Or, more exactly, I wasn’t in California, and then Baja California, any more.) I could not test this theory in 2024, as by that month the lake had disappeared. But suffice it to say that when a Black-vented Oriole turned up for a drink, I realized I wasn’t in Kansas anymore. (Or,

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Squirrels Mexico Kansas South America 216

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. I’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea. A short plane ride took the ABA Safari birders Kruger National Park.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 251

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

That kicked off our One-Eyed Project – we fly and test all one-eyed raptors, and it continues to this day.”. “I’ve But lets see … I’d say one of my most memorable releases is that of a Purple Martin , a species of special concern in California. Last year he came back to our area with a female.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa Woodpeckers 215

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2011

A large number of corporations and businesses in California, especially, have taken up the approach of “take your dog to work&# day or week. It often cuts down on tardiness, absenteeism “My dog is sick and I can’t come to work…&# , and overall, creates a happier atmosphere in the office.

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Dogs Pets Lovebirds Pythons 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Since 2003, Precious Paws has been rescuing unwanted companion cats and dogs in Southern California from both the streets and local shelters. A 501(c) 3 registered nonprofit organization, Precious Paws is dedicated to spaying or neutering, vaccinating, and testing each animal rescued before they are placed for adoption into permanent homes.

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For Animals Animal Rescue Unwanted 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

I started the year in Florida, traveled to India with the ABA in February, combined family and birding in an August trip to California, and in-between saw very good birds in New York and New Jersey. I tested the waters before my California pelagic, with a brief Atlantic Ocean voyage, a whale watching trip from Montauk, N.Y.

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2016 India Ducks Birds 108

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

22, 2009 The writer is professor emeritus at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University, Long Beach. My mind and spirit are continually tested by outrages, from the countless dead innocents in current wars to the limited life prospects of my son’s first-grade classmates with drug dealers for parents.

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2019

” “The California Condor ?” I would be lying if I claimed I didn’t see his face, but I’d rather lie than end up on the next ‘unmanned’ SpaceX test launch. .” I shot a glance at the woman, hoping this would take her fancy, but she was now openly playing with a gold-cased iPhone.

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Branding Falcons Birds California Condor 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Even more than warbler, shorebird, and sparrow identification, this is a field that tests our endurance (gull watching is too often done in bitter cold, windy conditions), patience (even getting one good photo can take hours as you try to separate the ‘interesting gull’ from the flock), observational skills (so many plumages!)

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 194

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

There was also a certain appeal to bravado in testing one’s mettle by downing the latest “hop bomb”. As the marketing for one iconic Southern California IPA put it “You’re not worthy”– and they probably meant it, too.

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Pelicans India Vermont San Diego 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2021

COVID kept me from traveling internationally, and my only major domestic trip of the year was to California where I have birded quite a bit already. Mountain Quail , 12 August, Lake Tahoe, California (2nd sighting and first in over a decade). Ruff , 21 August, Upper Santa Ana River, California (really cool bird). What a cutie!

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New York Birds California Owls 251