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The answer is: no. No hawk can carry off a 12-pound pet. No hawk can carry off a 3-pound pet. The largest hawk in North America weighs about four pounds, so leaving the ground carrying three – let alone twelve – would be aerodynamically (not to mention logically) impossible. That did not stop a New Jersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS.
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It is a cold night in early March and the young moon barely visible through the thick branches of the oak forest. Two of us are sitting in a car parked by the side of the road, all four indicators blinking just in case of some drunk driver. Not that there is much traffic and yet, we do get three to five cars in the fifteen minutes that we spend on each census point.
Jason A. Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon. He has visited more than 40 National Wildlife Refuges in 20 states and frequently visits NWRs in his travels, most recently Buenos Aires NWR in southern Arizona. This is Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: Birders were rightly alarmed by the armed occupation of the Malheur NWR in Oregon.
Don’t you hate those people who say “I told you so”? But – I did tell you. While birding the fir forests of the Greek island of Kefallonia , I noted: Coal T**s move here in about dozen or (likely) more strong groups, chitchatting all the time. Do those voices have some meanings? One voice could mean “here’s the food”, so the flock would move in that direction, while the other voice could mean “no food here”.
Don’t you hate those people who say “I told you so”? But – I did tell you. While birding the fir forests of the Greek island of Kefallonia , I noted: Coal T**s move here in about dozen or (likely) more strong groups, chitchatting all the time. Do those voices have some meanings? One voice could mean “here’s the food”, so the flock would move in that direction, while the other voice could mean “no food here”.
Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. I remember, several times while motionlessly surveying birds, I found myself being investigated by Striped Field Mice , who would dare to come to sniff me. They were probably just checking if I am already dead and possibly edible and not admiring me, but I admired them for their guts and curiosity to approach a creature so much bigger.
India was not on my list of places to go in 2016. But, when I heard that it was the destination for the next American Birding Association Safari, and when I found out that many of my friends from the incredible ABA South Africa Safari were participating, as well as ABA hosts Jeff Gordon, Liz Deluna Gordon, and George Armistead, and that the trip was once again being coordinated by Rockjumper Birding, and that Rockjumper chief honcho Adam Riley (also a 10,000 Birds family member) would be one of
Tom Brown grew up in the high desert area of Central Oregon. His love for birds and photography started at a young age. Thru the course of time, travel, and a lot of different occupations, he ended up living in Seattle, and met a girl with a sailboat. They’ve been traveling the world ever since! After collecting nearly 70K bird photos, he felt that it was time to share them, so he now has his bird blog in order to do just that!
Great wildlife preserves, reserves and parks exist for a number of reasons. In some cases someone was blown away by the scenery and thought “this needs saving” In some cases someone thought “there seems to be a lot of animals here, let’s keep things that way” Still others happen because no one had done anything with the land yet and no one wanted the land anyway.
This guest blog was written by Mikal Deese, Wildlife Educator, Rehabilitator, and founder of On A Wing And A Prayer in Corrales, New Mexico. Back in October, ON A WING AND A PRAYER was brought an injured Great Horned Owl who had been found on the median of a rural interstate highway several hundred miles away She was a great big female, presumably hit by a vehicle.
As a child of the eighties, I experienced a number of elegies for Whooping Cranes. Commentators seemed to take their extinction as inevitable, although in fact their numbers had begun a slow climb from their historical nadir and would break the 100-individual mark in 1986. It was more that this was a gloomy era. Nuclear dread, viral plague, and a general sense that doom was upon us all probably had a lot to do with our vision of the Whooping Crane ‘s prospects.
You don’t know how hard it is to see a common bird until you try to get someone else to see one. This is the lesson I learned at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival back in January when a young birder, Noah Kuck, let me know that he really wanted to see a Carolina Wren. He let me know this at the end of a field trip to Salt Lake Wildlife Management Area during which I had heard several wrens doing their “Teakettle Teakettle Teakettle” song but hadn’t really trie
The world is still turning, the blog didn’t crash, no anonymous threats against my family on social media … I guess my small series on gulls may continue with part 2 of 3, which will focus on the Herring Gull ‘s second side-kick: Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans. Amongst all the species that were split off the Herring Gull, the Caspian Gull is my favourite one, and its existence alone is our fair reward for the identification crisis we had to endure during the dark ages of the 199
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Tis the dry season in Costa Rica and on this side of the mountains, we are under the direct rule of the glaring sun. I walk outside and move from shadow to shade, keeping to the edges of walls and houses. If there were more trees in the Central Valley, the walks would be more leisurely, and, I dare say, with a bit more moisture in the air. But, at present, there’s not enough room for trees in most of the urban zones, only cement, asphalt, and houses.
SoulPancake has teamed with Puppy Chow to release their new #PowerofPuppies video and help raise pet food donations for shelter dogs in need. For each video view, Purina will donate one pound of Puppy Chow Natural to Rescue Bank (up … Continue reading → The post Can Puppies Fix Boredom? #PowerofPuppies appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.
I almost missed it, but New Zealand lost another endemic species recently. Now I’ve written before about how careless this country is with species, having lost around 60 endemics since the arrival of man to introduced species and hunting. Progress has been made in stemming the flow (it has been, so far, a great year for Kakapo breeding ), but against some enemies of species there are no defences, and so it is with no small amount of surprise that I must let you know that the Red-billed Gul
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We all know the feeling. We’re birding in the summertime, when a beautiful whistling calls catches our attention. We turn our eyes and binoculars to the canopy, where we peer through the thick, green foliage. Suddenly, we catch a flash of bright orange: a Baltimore Oriole. Baltimore Orioles spend their winters in Florida, Central, and South America, and migrate north to breed in much of the Eastern United States.
I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2016 on 18 March at Kissena Park, thus kicking off spring for myself two days early. Over the last ten years my average first phoebe has been the 23rd of March, meaning that this bird was five days earlier than average and beat last year’s first phoebe by ten days. (That’s last year’s first phoebe in the image above.).
On Saturday morning I decided to look for early migrants and lingering winter birds out at the southeasternmost part of Queens, the tip of Breezy Point. This barrier beach habitat is often where Snowy Owls , Horned Larks , Snow Buntings , and other winter birds find food and shelter and it also serves as nesting grounds for American Oystercatchers and Piping Plovers , both of which arrive in March.
Let’s start with a confession. I had never heard of Jankowski’s Bunting before last week. But once out in the open spaces of Miyun Reservoir, it occupied my every thought. Backtrack a couple of days and I was heading out to Beijing. Terry Townsend’s website, www.birdingbeijing.com is the prime resource for anyone planning a trip to the city with intent to bird and Terry offers guiding services.
In theory we are supposed to be experiencing tropical storms at this time of year, but like last year the rain just isn’t falling across this part of northern Australia. It is hot and humid and we do get the occasional teasing rumbling clouds, but the rain storms are isolated and not bringing the rain to the land that needs it so desperately. The ephemeral lakes are struggling to fill up this year and the birds are dispersing in search of water and places to breed.
A couple of years ago Adam posted a story on this site that so entranced me that when I went to South Africa a bit over a year ago the location he described was top of my bucket list. That birding Mecca was the Sani Pass, and his article is all you need to read so rather than rehash it I’ll just link to it. But I did visit it, and saw many of the incredible species he described, one of which, my major target of the day, was the Drakensberg Rockjumper.
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As I opined in my post back in 2010 (and continue to preach) the Western Burrowing Owl needs a conservation plan. Above is a photo of the only Burrowing Owl ( Athene cunicularia ) seen at Tuscan Preserve back in February of 2010 when a group of concerned birders installed eight artificial burrows on this property, to be preserved in perpetuity. That original installation (pictured above) was part of a series of 40 artificial burrows created at three separate locations, all made possible by a gr
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I had already walked nearly eight miles, feeling tired but content. It was a warm afternoon on the Florida Panhandle, and my husband and I were exploring the recreation areas of Eglin Air Force Base, which is the size of Rhode Island. For an annual $20 fee, I could roam the open areas of the base all year round, though each day all hikers and recreationists are required to check which sections were open and which are closed.
Depending on where you live, you may have the feeling that April is making fools of all of us. When one season crashes into another, you can expect volatile weather. Hopefully, wild winds will blow some superb birds your way. I’ll be exploring the newest species of the season here in western New York. Corey will be birding in the southern reaches of the state… hopefully, his new field guide serves him well!
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