10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Combining genuine literary talent with a passion for research and synthesis, he has written a book that will henceforward be the first that I recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about these iconic birds. That small matter aside, though, this is a rich and melancholy book that I would not hesitate to recommend to any birder.

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Slaughter Slaughtered Zoos Hunting 237

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Well that depends on several factors, the most important of which are the definitions of the terms “remote” and “endemic” My subjective thoughts on remoteness are that the term should be defined by two factors: 1. How difficult is the place to reach in terms of planes, trains and automobiles?

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South Africa Birds South America Feral Cats 239

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For day 2 of the conference, we headed out to the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve to look at some in-progress projects. Definitely worth another visit next time I’m on the east coast of Florida! Luckily for me, there was time afterwards for a little birding.

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Jacksonville Research Belize Pelicans 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2013

It was on the island of Trinidad, at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station, where all of these photographs were taken. In Trinidad and Tobago, the Aripo Agricultural Research Station is easily the best place to see Red-breasted Blackbirds (to say nothing of South American Snipe , Fork-tailed Flycatchers , and a host of other cool birds).

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Blackbirds Trinidad Costa Rica Nicaragua 169

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Once a body of research was established and the bird was declared endangered, it took many more years of experimentation, political maneuvering, conflicts with the National Guard, and some tragic fires to establish what is now acclaimed as a model conservation project. Now there are volunteer guides, tours and a local festival.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 256

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. His employers were magnanimous in granting him time to research what was to be his magnum opus, published over the course of 20 years – the four-part Birds of the Belgian Congo. Most definitely so.

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Congo Africa Madagascar Kenya 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

You definitely need to make heavy use of the index, and this is not something birders are very keen on doing out in the field while they are trying to sort out the identification of a tricky bird they had just seen. Look, I am definitely not part of the reason scientists were forced to march the streets recently.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book! I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources. Is all that material on Selkirk needed?

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Costa Rica Brazil Bolivia Ecuador 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

With climate change appearing to expand the skeeters’ range, according to recent research in Science Advances , the birds have fewer safe places to hide. 24-25), you’ll definitely want to hit up the island’s first-ever birding festival. And if you’re lucky enough to be on the island of Hawaii next weekend (Sept.

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Hawaii Branding Science Birds 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

Northern Gannets on cliffs Dense Northern Gannet colony While researching this trip, there was a common theme in the articles relating to the gannets: Avian Flu hit this colony hard in 2022. An odd side effect was noticed by researchers – black irises. On a single day, more than 5,000 dead birds were counted.

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Puffins Sanctuary Lamb Investigation 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2023

The eBird cartoonists call the Spot-breasted Parrotbill a “bulbous-headed brown bird with a comically large bill” As a foreigner living in China and thus used to having my nose size ridiculed, I definitely feel with the parrotbills. What a pity.) In one group, they added a blue egg to their nests.

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Italy China France Eggs 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2024

Kaufman says he worked on this book for five years and it shows in the depth of research, scope of topic, and the elegance of his writing. Changes in definitions, changes in understanding, and changes in methods would keep the age of discovery alive” (p. It does not have a bibliography, which I very much missed.

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Philadelphia Birds Investigation North America 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2011

The bottom line is that we do not have enough information or research to give a definitive answer as to whether to not it’s harmful to birds. I can’t help but wonder if this article will inspire people who never thought of using taped calls to give it go.

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Tenant Birds Seattle Sparrows 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2024

A quick bus ride brought us to the border crossing near the International Birding & Research Centre, a fantastic birding site in Eilat. It was definitely a challenge not to have our optics, as we wish we could have had closer looks at the lifer birds and some distant sites.

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Israel Jordan Indiana Egypt 244

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

But they were definitely not birds. And this is where the latest research related to Archaeopteryx comes in. The new research looks in detail at another fossil, Xiaotingia zhengi , which is not on the bird lineage, being one of those non-birds with bird like traits. You remember that her name is Emily.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 266

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

April 14, 2012 Liquid oil still seeps from some Louisiana marshes and ongoing research of toxicity levels is being conducted by LSU researchers. The visibility of the BP oil spill might be blurred but it is definitely not forgotten. April 16, 2012 BP Oil Spill Settlement is extended by judge. It will happen again.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2015

And BNGs also had bright white cheeks, but they most definitively were Black-necked Grebes which I was able to confirm when I observed their rounded heads against the sunlit Danube surface, further away from the willows. But, beside Geoff, they had no previous experience with the species and most were not as critical as I was.

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Serbia Norway France Japan 188

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else. The absolute craziness of it all?

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Los Angeles Massachusetts Birds New York City 244

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. Definitely my personal favorite of Africa’s pink birds is the delicate Pink-throated Twinspot. There are certainly some stunners involved. Pink-throated Twinspot.

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Africa Somalia Mozambique Pelicans 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2013

This is an idea that has been around for more than a century, to which recent research has given considerable support. Also, a prediction: In the future, experts studying early birds will question the definition of powered flight vs. stabilization. Birds may have evolved from an ancestor with four wings.

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Apes Humane Mammals Research 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2017

The Home Place is definitely solid, and it also sparkles. But a black birder is still a rarity, and whether Lanham is finding blank pages in his genealogy or conducting field research with the breath of white suspicion on his neck, he can never compartmentalize himself. And sure, some stinkers make it out there between the covers.

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South Carolina Stray Cows Blackbirds 159

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2016

That was definitely a bad sign; it’s almost impossible to just walk up to and snatch a healthy adult wild bird. All About Birds Research Surprise: Many Birds Exposed To Eye Disease, But Only Finches Get Sick by Pat Leonard. As I approached on foot, I expected her to fly off in a flurry but once again she did not.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Fox Medical Wildlife 185

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

There are researchers out there who say that they do. Researchers tickled babies and six different kinds of apes, quantified their giggles, and found that the patterns fit a classic evolutionary tree. I certainly think they can laugh and have fun. I've seen it. From Cosmiclog at MSNBC. How do you graph the evolution of a laugh?

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Apes Animal Rats Primates 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

Unfortunately, by the nature of the problem, the history of the young field is littered with examples of researchers allowing their subconscious biases — or worse, their conscious ones — to influence how they read the data. But perhaps such morals would be the hardest to discover and document.

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Morals Animal Humane Litter 127

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The first two questions were never definitely answered. A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The accounts aim for specificity and authority; dates and locations of rarity sightings are given, and research articles on nesting and behavior are cited.

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Trinidad South America Birds 2011 230

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. Well, no, definitely not. Take homing pigeons.

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Compassion Humane Research Egypt 224

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region. The Birds of Cyprus definitively. Richard Porter already authored the Birds of the Middle East and has been active in the conservation of birds throughout the Middle East region since the 1960s. So, which one would I pack?

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Cyprus Saudi Arabia Europe Birds 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The flocking descriptions are also highly specific, telling us if the species tends to flock with other birds, and which ones, or how they are spaced out in a flock, and if the flock is a definite V or a messy U or a long, drawn-out line. This makes researching a species much more time consuming than it should be. ” I agree.

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Ducks Groups North America North Dakota 247

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I tried to get a better idea of what exactly the definition of cuckoo-dove is but am still not very clear about it – Wikipedia only offers the rather formal definition “any of several species of bird in the genera Macropygia , Reinwardtoena, and Turacoena of the pigeon family.”

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Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

SalesFuel

JULY 9, 2024

How To Incorporate Motivation When Setting Sales Goals In Korn Ferry’s recent Sales Maturity survey , researchers checked in with sales organizations about the challenges they are currently facing. In our research , 28% of sales professionals noted the need for co-workers who are more proficient at their jobs.

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Research Humane Groups Rights 104

SalesFuel

AUGUST 14, 2024

According to Ideal Directories , these are common root causes of rejection: Lack of adequate research Not enough in-depth knowledgeable about their product Pushy or aggressive behavior Poor listening Not tailoring the pitch to a prospect’s unique needs Boost your confidence by avoiding these common mistakes.

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Industry Research 105

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

For decades researchers have made annual trips out to the Tortugas to catch Sooty Terns, attach tiny silver bands to their legs with unique identification numbers, and then set them free again. If birds don’t want to be handled, then they definitely didn’t want to be weighed. Oh, the lessons of bird banding.

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Florida Birds Groups North Carolina 205

Critter News

OCTOBER 10, 2010

We're definitely seeing an increase in ship strikes - it's awful," said Mary Jane Schramm, spokeswoman for the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.

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Whales Whaling San Francisco Marine Life 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2019

We then go along Research Station Road, Stock Route Road and complete the circuit back into town along Weaber Plains Road. These Egrets and Little Black Cormorants are definitely using this structure to their advantage. We always visit the Poo Ponds on the way into town and also go to Ivanhoe’s Crossing.

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Cattle Research Family Rights 112

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But something was definitely different about its plumage. Seeing that it was actively hunting and operating like an otherwise normal Green Heron , I opted to photograph it, research it and possibly return and continue observing the bird. But certainly not impossible! I revisited my oiled theory.

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Hunting Research Birds Trinidad 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

I don’t want some researcher a hundred years from now wondering if my single-observer White-winged Dove in Queens was real so I had to add a photo. You can’t even see my visit to Trinidad and Tobago on this map but you definitely notice Kazakhstan !). So, of course, I’ve spent a couple of hours uploading some more.

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Kazakhstan New York Trinidad Branding 171

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

Since it wasn’t Christmas and we were definitely not in a ballet theater this could only mean one thing: Clark’s Nutcracker. Our internet research showed that somebody in Pine County had all three ( Black, Brown-capped, and Gray-crowned ) Rosy Finches on the feeders in their garden. And now I did. Chuffed to bits!

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Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 188