10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2013

'Snowy Owl in Queens, New York, 1 December 2013. The midwestern and northeastern United States, especially coastal regions and areas along the Great Lakes, is currently experiencing an invasion of Bubo scandiacus. Snowy Owls have been sighted as far south as North Carolina and some locations have as many as seven! Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 30, 2013

'Mad over Maltese. . These tiny fluff balls will make you laugh out loud and drive you crazy. Best friend and protective- pampering parent, you will have to switch roles and shift gears with these sprightly creatures before blinking an eyelid. “The tiniest dog Nature has ever produced –. Her coat of long hair, whiter than ermine, Her movements exquisitely graceful and.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 15, 2013

'Issue Date: 2013-12-16. Author: Danny Smith. Teaser: Frontline salespeople are in a good position to determine what and when customers will buy, but often they are not fully involved in the enterprise’s formal planning process. Many companies employ statisticians or other demand planners to predict what sales will occur. The frontline view is something I want to leverage, not leave behind.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2013

'How, then, shall we sum up in a sentence the principle of our duties to the lower animals? I do not know that it can be better done than in the words of George Nicholson, one of those early pioneers to the influence of whose writings, though now almost forgotten, the cause of humaneness owes so much. "In our conduct to animals," he wrote, "one plain rule may determine what form it ought to take, and prove an effectual guard against an improper treatment of them—a rule universally admitted as a

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

'The video above, taken yesterday at New Jersey’s Stone Harbor Point by Tom Johnson , is pretty awesome. He was simultaneously filming with two different devices so the video starts with the wide-angle view and then starts over again with the closer look. As we have already mentioned here on 10,000 Birds, Snowy Owls are in the middle of a pretty epic irruption , and they are facing all kinds of pressure, from people harassing them to crows and falcons taking exception to their presence.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2013

'Late-breaking Update! It looks like we are well on our way to victory on this issue! The following has been released by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. December 9, 2013. CONTACT: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 212-435-7777. STATEMENT FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY ON SNOWY OWLS. “The Port Authority is working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to move immediately toward implementing a program to trap and relocate snowy ow

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

'Wildlife rehabilitators are not known for our bling. First of all: most of us don’t have much, because we spend all our money on gauze, antibiotics, and frozen rats. Second, even if we do, we have discovered through bitter experience that jewelry can either be snatched or, like very small guns, used against us. As for nice clothing … right! People who work with wildlife wearing nice clothes?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2013

'Last time it was birds and bling. Now it’s birds AS bling. Normally wildlife rehabilitators do not go around wearing birds on purpose. It’s just something that happens. “The Chimney Swifts I had this season made fabulous brooches,” said Leslie Jackson, who sent the photo above (along with the caption “All the rage in Paris.”) Swifts and swallows are notoriously hard to raise and/or rehabilitate, so rehabbers who don’t specialize in them tend to lose their heads when they’re successful.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2013

'I don’t know what those so-called meteorologists are doing: they all claim a moderately cold morning, but do not say a word about the fog! Yet, tree branches are covered in hoar frost and the fog is so thick one could cut it with a machete! Of course, I was going – birding, so the view of the fog (certainly not through the fog) has drawn several comments which I will not share here with you… While the car is bumping along the dirt road, a Common Reed Bunting awaits me on a low branch̷

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2013

'As we might have already mentioned here on 10,000 Birds, this year is shaping up to be a historic year in terms of a Snowy Owl irruption. And because birders are often bloggers, the amount of material that has already been published regarding this invasion of big, white owls from the north is pretty impressive. Not only are there a host of blog posts simply featuring images of Snowy Owls but there are quite a few out there that tackle a whole host of different issues related to Snowy Owls.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2013

'When I was kid, I tried to turn every House Finch we had in Indiana into a Purple Finch. Trying to figure out if one is a little bit more raspberry red from another was the id of choice as the local bird ladies told me. I was also trying to see how far down the pink coloration went on the body. The above bird is clearly a male House Finch. But now that I live some place where we get Purple Finches regularly, there is no question on how to tell them apart.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

'What was your first bird of 2014? Hopefully it was better than a pigeon! Let us know in the comments…and, if you wrote a blog post or have a picture of your first bird of the year online somewhere, well, leave a link in the comments too. Happy New Year from all of us at 10,000 Birds! And here’s hoping you see many great birds, including lots of lifers, in 2014!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 26, 2013

'Some time ago, I was doing research of waterbird migrations with a friend of mine, a young ornithologist currently busy writing his Ph.D. thesis and trying to annoy most of us by uplisting some subspecies to full species and downlisting some species into mere races! A knowledgeable birder and great company, he was able to forget just about everything.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

'With the Audubon Christmas Bird Count season in full swing here in the Western Hemisphere, one of the birds on my mind is Golden-crowned Kinglet , a bird often heard and seen on the counts I do every year, and thus one that holds special seasonal significance to me. So naturally, I got to thinking about kinglets, and their Palearctic kin, the “crests,” and where they belong in the avian family tree.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

'In under a month I will looking at lots of great birds at the 17th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. I can’t wait – two years between visits is too long. I want to see Limpkins and Snail Kites and American Alligators and Yellow-throated Warblers and Painted Buntings and this list could go on for quite some time. I thought it would make sense to share which trips I would be on so if any of my legion of adoring fans (Hi mom!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2013

'As you can see in the picture above, all Snowy Owls do not just sit there like lumps of white awesomeness just waiting for a birder to come along and take their picture. Sometimes, if you are lucky, Snowy Owls fly! Well, I guess everyone knows that Snowy Owls fly – they certainly don’t walk from the Arctic. But I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times that I have seen a Snowy Owl fly that wasn’t a direct result of people getting too close to an owl a

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

'In 2013 I birded in two countries, submitted eBird checklists for seven U.S. states and thirty-seven counties, and added a whopping ninety-two species to my life list. At the beginning of the year I said the following about my goals for the year’s birding: I start 2013 with 297 birds on my Queens Life List , 500 birds on my ABA Life List , and 1,096 birds on my World Life List.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2013

'The promise of rain and high winds ahead of Tropical Storm Karen might have brought a few warblers down into New York’s Central Park during a visit last month. I stood, eagerly waiting, ready to give them a good watching as soon as they dropped into the Ramble, but the storm veered out across the ocean and left the city in the gloom under a blanket of low cloud.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2013

'Steve Leddy is a business writer and editor, based at various times in London, Dublin, and Paris and once even part-owned a villa in Tobago, where the birdlife is out of this world. Steve now live in the Auvergne volcanic region a few hours south of Paris, where the birds sometimes inspire him to verse. This is his first contribution to 10,000 Birds: Near the lightning breach in my blister-barked beech –.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2013

'Calilegua National Park Birding – Trip Report. … continued from: Bird Watching Laguna del los Pozuelos. Driving to Calilegua National Park was not very difficult, apart from one wrong highway exit, we did not have any other troubles. From La Quiaca, near the border with Bolivia, to Calilegua it takes six hours so we arrived to Libertador General San Martin by 7 pm.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

'The North Wind doth blow, and we shall have snow. And what will the robin do then, poor thing? He’ll sit in the barn to keep himself warm. And hide his head under his wing, poor thing. Nursery rhymes are not, perhaps, renowned for their ornithological accuracy. Nevertheless, Mother Goose does occasionally see fit to drop some knowledge of her feathered compatriots onto a youthful mind, as the above shows.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2013

'Even in winter, a sunrise is warm. Ah, December, such a deceptively cheerful month! December offers us many reasons to celebrate, one of which I never considered until I heard the words of American author Oliver Herford. Herford (1863-1935) gave the world such wry epigrams as “Many are called but few get up,” and “Only the young die good,” but his most sincere and touching contribution was surely this poem, I Heard a Bird Sing : I heard a bird sing.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'Over the past two weeks, an incursion of Snowy Owls ( Bubo scandiacus ) has spread rapidly across the Great Lakes region and down the Atlantic Coast, as far south as North Carolina. (The haunting image above is from another year, by Kate Ter Haar.). It’s the third year in a row for a significant, hunger-driven push south by these spectacular predators of the far north, so commanding of the imagination with their striking plumage, remote origins, and wondrous peregrinations.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2013

'Winter may not technically begin for another couple of weeks, but frigid temperatures and wicked snow are assailing various parts of North America. The weather outside is frightful, but winter birds are so delightful… guess that’s as good a reason as any to brave the cold. Alas, I had no time outdoors this weekend, which leaves House Sparrows sheltering a giant wreath as my Best Bird of the Weekend.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

'The American Pipit ( Anthus rubescens ) is described as a slim-billed, sparrow-like bird of open country. They migrate down from alpine and arctic tundra to lower latitudes in the non-breeding season (click on photos for full sized images). We are lucky enough to see them every winter in California where they take advantage of coastal beaches and marshes, stubble fields in the fall, and recently-plowed fields in the spring as well as mud flats and river courses.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2013

'To all you hardy naturalists who have already logged Christmas Bird Count hours in service to citizen science, I salute you! Winter has come early and often to Western NY. In the face of endless snow, all I want to do is seek shelter, warmth, and booze. Those of you willing to eschew creature comforts to tally birds across your ice-rimed count circles are my heroes.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

'While everyone in the northern hemisphere is enjoying all that winter has to offer as far as food goes, we are currently enjoying all that summer has to offer in the north of Australia. We are lucky enough to actually have some mango trees in Broome as “roadside” trees, so you don’t actually have to have a tree in your garden to enjoy the mangos.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2013

'Believe it or not, a Snowy Owl is in this photo! The first weekend of December is a good time to review your lists: year lists, shopping lists, naughty or nice lists, etc. How do these lists need to change for you to be satisfied with your year? More importantly, what are you going to do about it? Corey will be conducting some pre-CBC scouting throughout Queens this weekend.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2013

'The title of this post is a trick question as Trinidad and Tobago actually has two national birds, one for each of the country’s namesake islands. Trinidad is represented by the Scarlet Ibis , a beauty of a bird, resplendent in its crimson hue. It is easiest to find in the Caroni Swamp. Tobago, on the other hand, has the Rufous-vented Chachalaca , known locally as the Cocrico after its loud calls that echo throughout Tobago at dusk and dawn (like the one in the photo at top), or as the To

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2013

'Baby recently got some new treats to try thanks to Rachael Ray Nutrish! They sent her some of the new Soup Bones and Savory Bites. As always, we weren’t sure if they would be a hit or not, since Baby is an odd dog and doesn’t always love treats. So, what was the verdict? They were a hit! Baby tried the Soup Bones Minis. Since she is a smaller dog they were just the right size for her.

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Speaker: Gabriel Wagner

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