10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2016

The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices. And all the time I was testing the CLs, I was wondering what the difference was between them and their big brother, the ELs. Still, testing binoculars on a bright sunny day? Photo by Senka Puhalo.

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Serbia Birds Eagles Fish 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2013

Now nearing 50 and duly lost in a mid-life crisis, Dragan Simic took to birding rather late – only half a lifetime ago, after successfully testing his inadequate skills in other life threatening activities, such as rock climbing and vertical caving. Steve answers: Bonelli’s Eagle ! Garraf Natural Park.

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Spain Terrapins Europe Eagles 253

10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Flycatchers are some of the kindest birds to photograph, this Euler’s Flycatcher helped me test my camera settings. Even the distinctive bleating of a nearby Ornate Hawk-Eagle only got us to pause briefly. It has been some time since I went trekking through the forest and I was making sure to keep my eyes on the ground.

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Trinidad Groups Parrots Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, on behalf of the breed, animals went unneutered (an animal welfare faux pas) and individuals who couldn’t be tamed were allowed to roam feral on their owners’ farms (an environmentalist no-no) and their potential as meat animals was taste-tested and they were even cross-bred to impart their hardy but docile genes to other, more common types.

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Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

military, with all their ballistics and performance testing, it should be good enough for hunters.” Reduces the risk of harming other wildlife, particularly Eagles and Condors, from getting sick and dying from lead consumption. Delivers devastating hydrostatic energy and shock to a game animal.

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 205

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

“We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Two years ago we got a call about an eagle hit by a car. When we arrived we looked and there was our one-eyed eagle, eating a raccoon that had been hit. That was 9 years ago.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 251

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. All I see are their buts. But that’s not the most interesting thing I’ve seen recently.

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Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Birds 212

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

It actually works, giving you just enough stability to catch the stare of that eagle flying above you (I was so proud once when from such a position I established eye contact with a White-tailed Eagle ). The phone that claims to be rain resistant, but are you resistant to test that claim?

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Birds Botswana Mississippi Eagles 244

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

The Cherokee nation called them “Peace Eagles” owing to the fact that they never killed a living thing – and also that they tended to show up in numbers after battled when peace treaties were being signed, though admittedly that may have been for a slightly more macabre reason.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 223

Animal Person

MARCH 20, 2009

They will spay/neuter, vaccinate, tip ears and microchip , and they do not test. This time it's Little Black: Stay tuned also for photos of the eagle's nest down the block that has a baby! I hadn't realized how enormous eagles are; they dwarf hawks. I guess I'm about to learn more than I ever thought I'd know about eagles.

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Project Treadstone Spay Spaying Feral Cats 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin).

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Mexico America North America Falcons 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

I was ecstatic when we found two giraffes by the side of the road “necking”, which I found out is a male test of strength and dominance, not a romantic entanglement. This immature Verreaux’s Eagle-owl was one of the first birds I saw at Kruger, on the introductory afternoon ride through the park.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2017

1) Dusky Eagle-Owl. There’s a lot of good birding to be done at the Taj Mahal: Rose-Ringed Parakeets and Red-vented Bulbuls on the grounds; Painted Storks and Pied Avocets along the Yumana River, seen from the Taj terrace; Booted Eagles and Black Kites flying overhead. 2) Plum-headed Parakeet. But, I saw the bird!

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2016 India Ducks Costa Rica 134

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2018

That would have tested out rental insurance policy! I have managed to find two owls, the first was this pair of Verreaux’s Eagle-owls. Three solid hours of lightning, coming at the rate of a down strike, or fan lightening about every 3 seconds. NOTE: A quick update on this story, we have moved into the park for a few days.

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Lions Buffalo Zebras United States 136

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

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. Autographed acoustic guitar by The Eagles. For more information, please visit www.preciouspaws.org. Auction Catalog. Alana Curry.

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For Animals Animal Rescue Unwanted 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

A Preview… About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Blue Tailed BeeEater, White Bellied Sea Eagle, White Rumped Shama were other ones I particularly enjoyed. Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of January 2010?

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2011 Deer Owls Birds 133

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The aim of the game was to band raptors, and specifically to band Golden Eagles. To assess their populations, draw their blood, test them for lead, and discover what kind of impact feeding on gut piles might have on these iconic raptors, particularly the young ones, as hunting season begins in Montana. And Science requires Sacrifice.

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Eagles Tethering Wounded Science 211

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I bought a new rucksack yesterday and the first thing I checked when I brought it home was, how easily my spotting scope with a mounted window clamp fits in – test passed with flying colours. What purpose rucksack did I choose? Well, that tells a lot about me: it’s a 40l plane carry-on type (which I will carry on as my day-pack, too).

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Asia Malaysia Papua New Guinea Thailand 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2020

A Field Guide to the Birds of Mongolia by Dorj Ganbold and Chris Smith (2019) offers more than 500 species in one neat edition. Overall, this is one good field guide. A Field Guide to the Birds of Mongolia By Dorj Ganbold and Chris Smith • 210 x 148 mm (8¼ x 6”) • 304 pages • c.154

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Mongolia Falcons 2019 Birds 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Getting pictures of these naturally cloaked, shy, hyperactive birds is always a feat that tests the limits of both optics and frustration but one or two sometimes stop long enough for the shot. White-flanked Antwren tends to be one of the more cooperative members of the understory flock.

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Costa Rica Italy Sparrows Birds 153

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2013

They asked me to anthropomorphize and say things like, “eagles fall in love for life.” There are very few that stand the test of time. Can you come up with an outline and a sample chapter based on that title?”. My first outline and sample chapter was rejected for being “too technical.” Have I somehow overlooked another section?

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Rabbits Detroit Florida Minnesota 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2017

One of the nestlings decided to test its flight feathers during the photo shoot, to the dismay of its sibling. The Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) nestling has a dark brown iris… which becomes a buffy brown within a year… and then pale yellow at maturity as is the case with this leucistic Bald Eagle.

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Bald Eagle Woodpeckers Eagles Species 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

AND you can use lead shot, which will impact any scavenger like a bald eagle that happens to feed on the carcass you leave. Hunters will be required to pass and ID test. You don’t have to buy a special license to hunt a crane. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp! It’s free!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

Aside from geese, various albatross, alcids, eagles, owls, cranes, swans and condors have life partners as well. We can’t very well ask these birds themselves or test this in a lab, but there is a large body of anecdotal evidence demonstrating that individuals of these species really can have feelings for one another.

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Albatross Lifestyle Birds Raised 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

Two days after September 11, 2001 (of course) on a day in the mountains when she sees, for the first time in her life, Bald Eagles (of course) Alejandra becomes pregnant. The baby wasn’t planned — he’s another “accidental.” But, well aware of the risks of “gene overlap” in parents, they have a plan.

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Uruguay 2001 Bald Eagle Science 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

No human can divine what a mated pair of geese or eagles may feel for one another, but stories abound of birds,especially Canada Geese , who spurned all offers from members of the opposite sex for years after a mate was killed. The real test of hummingbird bonds came in 2004. It sure was a kick to have them around! Would they return?

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2003 Parrots Birds 2004 273

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Air Force test runs in breaking the sound barrier, nearby turkeys dropped dead from sudden cardiac arrest. Benjamin Franklin disapproved of the selection of the Bald Eagle as our national bird, calling it “a Bird of bad moral Character.” During U.S. Turkeys can see in color but have poor night vision.

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Turkey Bald Eagle Game Alaska 266

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

These sorts of tests have been done in many species and it has always been assumed (hoped), that what they found in the little white cages at the back of the zoology department had some wonderful relevance to what happened in the real world. Item B is a plastic red frog. I think item A is the top of a purple Klingon’s head.

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Cats Costa Rica 2011 Deer 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

ospreys are mostly right-“handed,” and carry their food, while flying, in one foot only, to fight off kleptoparasites like bald eagles with the other), and of detail, as well, of the process involved in taking that particular photograph. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g., Donna). ==.

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Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Black-capped Chickadees , Song Sparrows , and Dark-eyed Juncos start testing their breeding songs as well, though they have a longer wait before things get serious. A pair of Bald Eagles scopes out the Clark Fork for likely snags. Walking home at night, I hear a Boreal Owl calling from the conifer-coated mountains.

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Bald Eagle Montana Owls Geese 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2024

This one on birding in Skåne claims that “ in winter, golden eagles, buzzards and werewolves are often seen ”. I dipped on both the Golden Eagle and the werewolves, which left me with mixed feelings. I went to Väko Myr to test my luck and although the Black Grouse were a no-show I did see a pair of Bullfinch in the parking lot.

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Sweden Geese Portugal Minnesota 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. But I am grumbling a little bit about it.

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Birds Sparrows Mountain Goats Protection 240