10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2014

This bubble of contentment must have dulled my typically sharp urban wariness, because I thought nothing of the teenager traveling up the path with an untethered cow. Who worries about a cow, right? But the cow’s driver seemed to be managing well enough, so after a brief glance, I turned my eyes back to the foliage.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Terminology / Cow Birds Cow Birds By Rick • March 22, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share So what do Buffleheads and Bitterns and Hornbills have in common? They’re all named for livestock.

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Critter News

APRIL 24, 2012

The reemergence of mad cow disease, discovered in a California dairy cow, could have major implications for the state’s meat industry, even though officials have said that the human food supply is unaffected. Department of Agriculturetests about 40,000 cows a year in its effort to catch the disease. The state also hosts 1.84

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AnimalEquality.net

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Cows, pigs, and chickens suffer daily on factory farms, with abuse often ignored by authorities. Advocates say reforming the Mexican Constitution could change everything. Could this be a turning point…

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 7, 2011

She, and the cow, are both amazing! We have all heard the saying “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade&# , well when Regina Mayer wasn’t able to have a horse, she found the next best thing! Enjoy the video.

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Critter News

MARCH 29, 2012

California dairy farmers have an ad campaign that cows are just darn happy on their factory farms. PETA is not convinced. This article about the situation appears in the Merced Sun-Star which is from my home county of Merced!

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

A new soft drink made from cow's urine may be launched in India by a hard line Hindu group known for their opposition of Western food imports. The manufacturers say small quantities of the liquid produced by Hinduism's revered holy cows is being mixed with products such as aloe vera and gooseberry to fight diseases.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The class-action lawsuit accuses companies of slaughtering thousands of cows just to decrease supply. Animal rights group Compassion Over Killing was the first to uncover the alleged systematic slaughter of healthy dairy cows in California.

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Critter News

MAY 8, 2009

A cow that escaped from a slaughter house in NY City has been allowed to go to an animal sanctuary. Tags: meat animal rescue Slaughterhouse cows meatpacking.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2008

4, 2008 by the Environmental Protection Agency to charge a fee for air-polluting cows and hogs. It would require farms or ranches with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50 Remember cows "emit" methane.) {There was} a proposal Thursday, Dec.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 10, 2012

Teaser: Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden emerged on the employee engagement scene in 1998 as the “cow guys” after the publication of their book, “Contented Cows Give Better Milk: The Plain Truth About Employee Relations and Your Bottom Line.”

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Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

Cows With Gas! Tags: global warming India methane cows. It's been a while since we've posted about Mr. Barky's favorite subject. This time, in India!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I can hear the mooing of cows, interrupted by gunshots, while two scared flocks of ducks fly above the delta. The cows, let free to walk to the nearest wet meadows, are coming in my direction. Around me is a wet meadow used by the cows whose path I dared to cross. High ’tsi-tsi-tsi’ and one turquoise Common Kingfisher flies by.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Check out my guest post at Change.org today called " Thinking Critically About Happy Cows." Thanks to Stephanie for inviting me to post!

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Critter News

MAY 14, 2009

Molly the cow escaped from a Queens slaughterhouse has been sent to a sanctuary in Long Island. And, now she has a new boyfriend names Wexley(story complete with hot cow smooching picture). Tags: cows.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Orange Chat was clearly feeding on insects and taking advantage of the cow pats in the area. The Orange Chat was moving through the dry mud and the grass as we sat and watched. The colour on this bird species is incredible and not easily hidden in the environment. Orange Chat and Black-fronted Dotterel.

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Animal Person

MAY 14, 2009

In other words, it's so tragic that elephants are in mortal danger that you should kill cows to help protect the imperiled elephants? All the proceeds will benefit the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF) conservation, which has rescued 11 baby and young-adult elephants since its inception in 2006. There are only 50 available.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 1, 2012

Teaser: Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden emerged on the employee engagement scene in 1998 as the “cow guys” after the publication of their book, “Contented Cows Give Better Milk: The Plain Truth About Employee Relations and Your Bottom Line.”

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2023

I told Rolando I didn’t feel I was really in Tabasco, because I had yet to see a cow standing in water. Then we saw a cow, standing in water. It stretches from Chiapas state to the border with Campeche state, Tabasco being a small and narrow state. The road travels almost entirely through marshy pasturelands.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2024

But marrying a widow and thus getting access to scientific information was not the only remarkable event in his life.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A Short-eared Owl , a winter visit from Europe, appeared briefly hunting low over a distant ditch and two Cattle Egrets , very recent colonizers of the UK, flew in to forage between the feet of a group of cows.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. The guide keeps one hand on a steering wheel and holds a spotlight in other, flooding the bushes. Here and there, eyes are shining, mostly numerous Scrub Hares.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2024

Other notable expressions include the lowing of a cow or a distant chainsaw, these along with various iterations of kaks and warks pale in comparison to the most realistic “ graaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooo ” – without any doubt the strangest sound I’ve ever heard made by a living creature while still fully alive.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2012

Clearly a win for the damn livestock industry. It was a question of federal vs. state authority. And it was a unanimous decision. Read the full story at CNN. A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

She started birding 30 years ago while she accompanied her father when he worked macheting pasture for cows. Julia Patiño has 20+ years of experience guiding in birding tours and is one of the first women guides in Ecuador! She was attracted by the number of different species and their colors.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2024

Disappointingly, a very interesting area was closed off for the cows to rest (what about a nice stable?) It can’t get any better than that but instead of returning to the hotel I decided to try out the area around the visitor centre.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whales are cows. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. But if you were a biologist in training and you told your advisor you had a grant to study cows, and then took off on a boat to study whales, you would cause more confusion than necessary. Even though whales are cows. Cows do not. Nor do camels.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

When you ask yourself, as the rain pelts you face and runs into your eyes and you shuffle your feet to get a better vantage point on this bramble only to track into a particularly large, particularly runny pile of muddy cow dung, why is it that I put myself through this for what amounts to a tick on a list.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Reindeer cow A grey Red Squirrel The post Lapland Adventure first appeared on 10,000 Birds. Its family must have flown south Finding mammals is always a challenge: we saw Red Foxes several times, and Red Squirrels daily, though disappointingly the majority sported grey rather than red fur.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Eastern Meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles , and a few other birds are at peace with the cows but for most birds on Poas, the forest is where life is living large. When birding the area, I usually walk along the upper part of the road; that’s where the best forest is.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

The cows and their entourage of Cattle Egrets sloshed through the pastures, each time they moved we lurched forward hoping to see a disturbed Grey-breasted Crake hop into view – but alas, no such luck even though we were hearing the little skulkers consistently. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Cows and water buffaloes grazing the dried up lakebed under the imposing shadow of Mt. Scattered Pied Avocets , Spotted Redshanks in good numbers, cows and water buffaloes grazing, two Black Storks , bare mudbar and… a perched eagle! I opt for the bird richest section of the lake, visible from the eastern dyke.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2020

The local levee warden sometimes shepherds his cows here, and the eagle would stand right above him, giving him no second glance. At first I stopped to admire it, then came a bit closer, but still giving it space so it would feel safe. I am a stranger in his realm.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2017

Though Corey had a bunch of birds to choose from as his Best Bird of the Weekend he was most pleased to come across a Green Heron against a cloudy sky at Cow Meadow Park and Preserve on Saturday morning. However, even a Great Blue Heron increases in significance when shared with a daughter with a burgeoning interest in birds. How about you?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 13, 2010

Yesterday, in the comments of An Affront to the Idea of Family , Brian wrote: I understand your concern for those cows that were beat by that man and the unfortunate death of all the cows that died in the snow storm. I love my cows and I don't anyone touch them in that manner. It's a relief to hear that Brian disapproves.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

One family we came across recently had two chicks and one minute we had nice views from the vehicle… Masked Lapwing chick We then could not see it, but had not seen it run off…very odd… very clever… We discovered it had got into a cow footprint and was cleverly disguised! Masked Lapwing chick hiding in a cow footprint!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

I can hear the mooing of cows, interrupted by gunshots, while two scared flocks of ducks fly above the delta. The cows, let free to walk to the nearest wet meadows, are coming in my direction. Around me is a wet meadow used by the cows whose path I dared to cross. High ’tsi-tsi-tsi’ and one turquoise Common Kingfisher flies by.

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