AVMA News

JANUARY 6, 2024

Two proposals for change in the veterinary profession—the idea of a midlevel position (MLP) that would overlap the roles of the veterinarian and veterinary technician and eliminating the requirement to establish a veterinarian-technician-patient relationship (VCPR) in person for telemedicine—were discussed during the AVMA House of Delegates’ (HOD) (..)

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AVMA News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Dani Rawin and financial consultant Martin Traub-Werner presented Navigating Veterinary Practice Finances: Bridging the Gap Between Compassion and Capital on January 9 at the 2025 AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference in Chicago.

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AVMA News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dani Rabwin, veterinarian and founder of Ready, Vet, Go, a remote veterinary mentorship program, and Debra Hamilton, JD, the principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation North Carolina, presented the session “Clear Communication: Smoothing Out Rough Discussions with Colleagues, Staff and Clients” at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference on January 6 (..)

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AVMA News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) amended several AVMA policies addressing a range of veterinary-related issues, , from raw diets for dogs and cats, to dog and cat population management, to animal loss support services, and safe, noncommercial transport of pets in motor vehicles, during its regular winter session, held January 5-6 in Chicago in conjunction (..)

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AVMA News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Keynote speaker Richard Boyatzis, PhD, spoke at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference on January 5 in Chicago.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Josh Vaisman, founder of Flourish Veterinary Consulting, and Andi Davison, a licensed veterinarian technician, gave the presentation “If You Ain’t Coaching, You Ain't Leading” on January 6 at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference in Chicago.

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AVMA News

APRIL 4, 2023

Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.

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AVMA News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Two proposals for change in the veterinary profession—the idea of a midlevel position (MLP) that would overlap the roles of the veterinarian and veterinary technician and eliminating the requirement to establish a veterinarian-technician-patient relationship (VCPR) in person for telemedicine—were discussed during the AVMA House of Delegates’ (HOD) (..)

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AVMA News

JUNE 29, 2023

The Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD) held its annual conference from January 20-24 in Chicago. The CRWAD presented awards, named fellows, and seated new officials.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2020

The authors are Bianca Lopez ( The New School ), Emily Minor ( University of Illinois at Chicago ), and Andrew Crooks ( George Mason University ), and the article is “ Insights into human-wildlife interactions in cities from bird sightings recorded online.”. The photos are from Millennium Park.). many, many people are interested in them.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Now the Chicago Blackhawks , one of the original National Hockey League U.S. So, to summarize, the Chicago Blackhawks are named for an American infantry division which was named for a Native American chief which was named for a bird that isn’t even a Black Hawk.

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Central on January 5, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, 301 E. The 2024 annual meeting of AVMA voting members will be held at 9:15 a.m. North Water St.,

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2013

She adores her new adopted home, especially because she lives in jogging distance of its birding mecca, the Magic Hedge.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

And here in Chicago, local architect Jeanne Gang has won accolades for her undulating Aqua Tower , which features deeply recessed windows that aren’t as attractive to birds. Full disclosure: I see this carnage every spring and fall, as I volunteer with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors.)

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2013

In New York and Chicago, they’ve been pretty mundane—a White-tailed Deer here, an Eastern Cottontail rabbit there. We’ve got coyotes in Chicago and its suburbs, but I’ve never bumped into one in the field. And of course, way too many chipmunks and squirrels and raccoons and turtles to count.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Though one thinks automatically of Chicago when one thinks of Sandburg if one thinks of anything at all he actually wrote poems on a variety of topics. The poem is placed in Chicago by the use of “Lincoln park&# which is both a neighborhood and a park on Chicago’s Lake Michigan shoreline.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2021

Birds and Booze News: Imperial Oak Brewing of Willow Springs, Illinois has collaborated with the Chicago Ornithological Society for a second year to release a Piping Plover Pale Ale , with proceeds of its sales going to conservation and education efforts by the Society. The Warbler Brewery: Canopy 2 Double India Pale Ale.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Nevertheless, I was pleased to find myself at ornithological ground zero this past week, as the American Ornithologists’ Union and the Cooper Ornithological Society held a joint annual meeting in Chicago. Shout-out to Chicago Bird Collision Monitors !) Like most conferences, this one had an exhibit hall and poster session, too.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2012

A man in Chicago was surprised to see Michael Jackson looking back at him from a dollop of bird poop that landed on the windshield of his Cadillac. Rather than just wipe it away like a normal person, he has decided to sell the windshield, vaguely-Michael-Jackson-like bird poop and all. Minimum bid is $500.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

of Chicago Press, 2014). The book is listed in the University of Chicago Press as the first in an “Earth Day” series , described as a series of short books offering “twenty-four chapters, corresponding to twenty-four hour-long windows to witness the diversity of life.” I do wish he had included Fairywrens!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

San Francisco is poised to join Toronto and Chicago as a major city with legislation meant to help protect birds from crashing into buildings. In related news, many fewer birds got confused by the “Tribute in Light&# for 9/11 this year.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

The city of Evanston, a suburb just outside Chicago, is sometimes known for its fractious civic engagement. To wit, this is the place that has on the books (and threatens to enforce) a law forbidding more than three unrelated people from living together, a measure derided by off-campus Northwestern University students as the “ brothel law.”

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MAY 6, 2012

I was in Chicago (actually, I might even still be here by the time this post goes up considering my first flight was cancelled and my second has already been delayed once) and managed to sneak an awesome morning’s birding in the Chevalier Woods Forest Preserve. Have the birds really started moving where you live?

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

You see, like many other neighborhoods in and around New York City, Howard Beach has a significant population of Monk Parakeets , a South American parrot species that has adapted well to life in New York City, Chicago, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, and Texas after having escaping or being released from captivity.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Soon the Chicago Cubs will know the sting of not winning a World Series for over 100 years! Mwahahahahaha! My master plan is coming to fruition! What’s that? It’s already been 102 years? Mwahahahahahaha! You are now free to return to your normal birding activities.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Disclosure: the White-throated Sparrows and Brown Creepers have started invading Chicago this week, and on my morning rounds I spotted a first-of-season Dark-eyed Junco. If you’re in the U.S. and you’ve got good weather forecast this weekend, you’re probably looking forward to some birding. So winter’s on its way!).

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JULY 19, 2015

He was just a humble, unassuming guy from Chicago who liked to take pictures of the birds (and bugs, and nature in general) he saw every day, on the beach and in his backyard, and to generously share them with others. Probably very few of you have ever heard of him or seen his photography.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2024

Tegima was a key figure in establishing the Japanese pavilion at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago ( source ). He was wined and dined at the Chicago clubs and in the most exclusive homes.” I don’t think many other bird species are named after Japanese citizens.

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JULY 21, 2014

Flower, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Christopher J. Specifically, researchers found that in EAB-infested areas, the birds preferred ash trees to other trees, and seemed to favor the ashes with the most severe damage. In an interview with 10,000 Birds , coauthors Charles E.

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MAY 7, 2012

For example, here is the video of a ton of birds working a treeline on Saturday morning in Chicago. Still pictures are fine but using the video function not only allows you to capture the bird or birds in motion but also their songs. How many species do you hear singing?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2014

But that changed last weekend at the Chicago Ornithological Society’s 10th biennial Birding America conference. Steve Kelling from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology gave the keynote talk, “The Birder Effect: Birding, Science, and Conservation.”

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JUNE 12, 2013

Chasing the mystery elaenia which showed up in Chicago in 2012—where my girls at? That’s the question asked by this very detailed and thoughtful post to the ABA blog.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2014

It’s cold enough in Chicago—where our high temperature for the day was –2 degrees Farenheit—that the polar bear at the zoo spent the day inside. Glad you asked. It’s cold enough to freeze vodka. It’s colder than both the South and North Poles. Is this “polar plunge” that’s gripping much of the U.S. Midwest (and, soon, the East) bad for birds?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

For the record, I would submit that our “Chicago tough” gulls and pigeons, both of which live in close proximity to active Peregrine Falcon abodes, would simply shruge their shoulders, roll their eyes, and say “whatever” to such a project.).

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APRIL 13, 2012

The Magic Hedge in Chicago, of course. Not only was it pleasure, it was now that most dignified of activities, Research. I am writing (hopefully, by the time this posts, have written) on the odd confluence of good birding territory and historic gay cruising zones. Plum Beach in Brooklyn. And my favorite, the iconic Ramble itself.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

However, in their migrations from Chicago to St. The Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League, on the other hand, are not nearly as successful. True, they are the oldest continuous professional American football club in the United States, running hard since 1898.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Creating a dozen jobs in a small rural community is far more important to that community than creation of a dozen jobs is to San Francisco or Chicago. Although some of the top line numbers may seem modest, many NWRs are in communities where small numbers can be significant.

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