10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

You know how Thomas Cook has founded the first tour agency in the early 1800s? 80 years earlier, in the mid-1700s, Cox & Kings was founded to, primarily, organise trips of British officers to India and, unlike the huge Thomas Cook which declared bankruptcy in 2019, small Cox & Kings still exist.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 20, 2017

When it comes to cooking, you love to whip up an incredible meal for your family; from yummy casseroles, to delicious crock pot apple crisps. Your family appreciates your cooking, so why not create something special for your pet too? … Continue reading →

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

However, if you can’t get a seat out back, no worries, just sit inside while enjoying home-cooked country fare. There’s a big wood-fired cooking set-up. Tortillas are patted into shape by hand and cooked fresh on the grill.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2022

I love to travel and to read, hence, I clearly love travelogues, from James Cook to Noah Strycker. His words touched something in me at page 1, and by the end of the book, he still had my undivided attention. Now, that’s a rarity.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We turn back now – a cauldron of stew slowly cooked over the campfire the entire afternoon awaits us in the camp. There is less than 450 Painted Dogs left in the wild in South Africa – 40 of them here in Madikwe. The two dogs walk right next to our rover and disappear in the dark. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Miriam’s is a plain, simple place offering delicious local cuisine cooked in a wood oven, combined with an awesome birding station! Northern Emerald-Toucanet After about 30 km / 20 mi, and reaching 3000 m / 10,000 ft a.s.l.,

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2022

Pescado moqueado, a fish cooked by steam from a clay stove, at the Sabanitas Community. On hot days, I particularly enjoyed various soups, e.g. ajicero , which is a thick fish soup cooked with different types of peppers, and fishes. The food was tasty and hearty. Photo by Juan Carlos. In general, local, river fish was unbeatable.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

This past weekend I was disconnected from the internet, stuck in the woods without electricity, reduced to sleeping in a shelter made of fabric, and cooked meals over an open fire. We spent our evenings cooking, playing cards, enjoying adult beverages, and listening to Barred Owls duets.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Made with Jamaican sugar cane and bottled at a very potent 100 proof (50 percent alcohol by volume), this golden-hued rum is unabashedly fruity, with aromas of ripe banana, lemon peel, cooked pineapple, and sweet butterscotch in the pungent bouquet, followed up by some spicy, woody notes.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Corey is cooking up a crazy bird project, so he’ll probably be criss-crossing Queens this weekend. If you look for signs of the next season this weekend, you’ll surely find them. I’m still tracking down a couple of winter species, so look for me in the more desolate parts of greater Rochester. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Did I cook and eat some of these mushrooms? These are called Milk Caps because not only are they blue, but they also bleed a neon blue milk when cut. That’s my hand in this photo. The hand in the photo by this post’s title belongs to Nacho. Did I live to tell the story? Why yes, I am doing so here and now. Were they delicious?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2012

My Sibley Guide to Birds is pretty darn destroyed from hard use and I can’t wait to see what he has cooked up for the next edition. Are you as excited as I am? Do you have the same problem? Well, you can keep up with what David Sibley is up to on his new Facebook page.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Midafternoon on 9 August 1825, Andrew Bloxam, the naturalist on the HMS Blonde, shot a starling on Mauke, an island in the Cook Islands. This fact alone is not at all surprising. After all, that is how ornithology was done at the time. It was duly processed and labeled and in his notes he wrote the following: Sturnus. L 7 1/2 inch.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Is that all these people can cook? Today's vile episode is one featuring French cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. Add cooking schools to the list of animal exploitation promoters, along with medical schools.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2020

Workers who monitor news too frequently can replace that impulse with other actions, like walking, talking with someone, cooking healthy recipes or reading for pleasure. Decreasing the dose of daily news: It’s OK to check the headlines a couple times a day, but not every 30 minutes.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2020

As I learned this week, locals cook the unripe fruit into meat dishes, and eat the ripe fruit raw… as do birds! It turned out to be Jacaratia mexicana , which the natives call Bonete (a reference to the four-cornered “bonnet” used by ecclesiastics), or Papaya de Monte (Mountain Papaya).

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10,000 Birds

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. Cook’s Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) is another range-restricted breeder that nests on Little Barrier Island.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

After leaving behind a hectic cooking career in New York City’s fine-dining scene, Tristan moved inland to the New York’s Capital District, where the relative abundance of Pileated Woodpeckers almost makes up for the fact that he’s only seen a single Sanderling in Albany County ever.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2016

It was a little quiet at first in the Cook Strait proper, with only a few Sooty Shearwaters reminding me that New Zealand is the world biodiversity hotspot for petrels. The Cook Strait. As we sailed to Picton the skies put on an epic display that I won’t soon forget. Inside the Tory Channel, looking north. And then Picton.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The odd name comes from an obscure 1962 rock ‘n’ roll record by Ronnie Cook and The Gaylads, better known from a version by the campy, B-movie-inspired rockabilly punk band The Cramps, though I’m not sure what inspired this tribute. Enter the “Goo Goo Muck”, a tart India Pale Ale by Seventh Son Brewing Company of Columbus, Ohio.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By this time the sun was already stinging any exposed skin, as idyllic as the location was the white sand and azure water only served as reflectors, adding to the sensation of being mildly cooked as we counted birds. The Peregrine Falcon after its fleeting interaction with the Merlin.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The owners have been protecting the forest and using it as a natural teaching lab for several years and the matriarch makes delicious home-cooked meals. The Centro Manu isn’t just a great birding spot, it’s also a good place to support.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

Would Barred Owls chuckle and admit that, for the record, “No, we really aren’t saying ‘Who cooks for you’?” Which would travel to tourism conventions, give fun presentations and hand out cultural knick-knacks? At the largest of conferences, logistical and cultural issues could be a real problem.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 19, 2013

Check out the GRAND PRIZE – 3 trips for two to New York City to attend a cheese soiree and cooking class with Liz Thorpe – cheese expert, author of The Cheese Chronicles, and cat owner! August 11: Trip for two to New York City to attend a Cheese Soiree and cooking class with Liz Thorpe (3). ET August 5- 11:59 p.m.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 6, 2017

Teaser: In 1984, Jim Koch (pronounced “cook”), then in his mid-30s, made the leap from working in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group to start Boston Beer Co. Issue Date: 2017-03-01. Author: Paul Nolan. Today, Koch is a billionaire and Boston Beer Co. is the second-largest craft brewery in America.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

It is always nice to visit and give Desi a chance to have a yard to play in and cousins to play with, to say nothing of eating some of my mother’s delicious home cooking. I spent this weekend at my parents’ house in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, which is nestled nicely between the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Using cooking pots, the fishermen collected stained plant matter. “Local children and youngsters begun removing the already spilled oil using kitchen utensils like bowls, plates, and other cooking pots,” Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan, a professor at Dhaka University, told mongabay.com. Photo (c) by Arati Kumar-Rao.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

Crossing New Zealand’s Cook Strait. where Duncan saw albatrosses and other tasty pelagics !). Now that April Foolery is over (but not forgotten ) we can turn our attention to more serious matters.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect. © 2023 Tony Angell; © 2023 Mark E.

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Critter News

MAY 4, 2010

And, as one chef put it, cooks use meat to "express themselves." It's not about cooking "vegetarian," but cooking food you like that doesn't have meat. A lot of the meat-based meals in restaurants are due to chefs schooled in the French tradition. Well, I think this article makes some good points.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 15, 2012

If you haven’t cooked for your dog, this might be a great place to start! Not only can you create a special, and healthy, treat for your favorite dog, but the great part is you can share it together! Enjoy this video from Alan Ahtow, one of Hairy Putter’s uprights.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Most offer good, home-cooked fare but very few also happen to feed the birds. In Costa Rica, there are lots of little, family-owned diners like this one. If you see “bar” and “restaurant” on the same sign, it’s because they have a liquor license. As for the Bar Rest.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2017

… Later, on Saturday, in the evening, I was getting the fire built up so we would have enough coals to cook on. As I lay in the tent, drifting off to sleep, the “Who-cooks-for-you?” Sure, I missed seeing the eagle make a catch but I think the random dude appreciated it much more than I would have.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 5, 2011

Raw foods can occasionally contain parasites that cooking destroys. Still, your dog should avoid certain kinds of meat, cooked or not. Lean cuts of meat that have been thoroughly cooked work fine as long as all fat and skin have been removed. Similarly, dogs can eat pasta or plain white rice providing it has been cooked.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Once that tropical sun cooks the ground, thermals carry them and other aerialists way up into the blue. We may have also seen a rare Spot-fronted Swift but since it never called nor showed the side of its face necessary for identification, it never went beyond that synonym for frustration, “swift sp.”

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The dual name is something of a New Zealand compromise, Taranaki being the old Maori name and Mt Egmont being the name given by Captain Cook in honour of some long dead admiral that supported him. The region is named for the enormous volcano that dominates the region, Mount Taranaki/Mount Egmont.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Of course, I could also see the theory that wren-hunting kept energetic young boys out from underfoot all day for two days in the dead of winter when everyone else was cooped up in the house and busy cooking for a series of religious feasts, getting steadily more sick of each other.

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