10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

I just finished three days of guiding in Costa Rica, each of which was a day trip from the Central Valley, every one a bonanza of new birds. Costa Rica’s winning combination of small size and distinct habitats makes it possible to connect with species as different as Snowcap, Crested Owl, White-throated Magpie-Jay , and glittering tanagers in a matter of thirty-six short hours, even quicker if you push your luck (and your vehicle).

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Author: Sabrina Chamberlain As marketers, we often carry the impulse to avoid failure, believing a dollar wasted on an unworkable tactic is a dollar on the wrong side of return on investment. Google, on the other hand, has not only embraced failure, but has also put it to work, especially when considering online marketing tactics. By releasing a quarterly failure report that showcases what the worst companywide failures were and how the company learned from them, it effectively builds a producti

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

I created this blog 14 years ago today. There have been 323,991 visits, which is an average of 23,142.2 visits per year and 63.3 visits per day.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

We conduct four Christmas Bird Counts in our part of Northern California, the first of which is the Fall River Christmas Bird Count coming up in just about two weeks. In contemplation of this event, my Audubon chapter scheduled an outing to Fall River and McArthur (location of the previously posted Snow Bunting – see map ). We began birding at Fall River overlook, a vista parking area overlooking a canyon.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Long ago I predicted that I would eventually see a Western Tanager in Queens. Last December one was even found on the Queens County Christmas Bird Count but it was only seen by one birder and subsequent searches by me and others did not rediscover it. So when Eric Miller found one on Sunday, 12 November, in the restoration area by the Alley Pond Environmental Center I was psyched to search for it even if I was upstate for the weekend and couldn’t look for it until the following morning bef

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Cedar Waxwings ( Bombycilla cedrorum ) have the unfortunate distinction of being the undisputed poster-birds for avian intemperance. It seems that at least once a year, mainstream journalism picks up on drunken bird tales of unwitting songbirds getting absolutely sozzled from gorging themselves on fermented mountain ash berries, chokecherries, crabapples, and other fruits that spent a bit too much time aging on the twig or vine.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Author: Staff Yogi Berra apparently said, “In theory, there is no difference between practice and theory. In practice, there is.” Whether or not Yogi actually said this, it sits well within his canon of malapropisms. More importantly, there’s a keen truth to the phrase: practice is about action, not theoretics. In this online-only feature, I’m sharing three additional tips to keep in mind as you prepare to practice.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Author: Staff. Super Heroes: Beatles: 10,000 hours of performing to be great – who has 10,000 hours and such talent? Fighter Pilots: Can listen to combat instructions on the radio while they’re engaging an enemy plane in a dogfight while paying attention to the controls – who has that rare set of skills? Vince Lombardi: “Only perfect practice makes perfect,” – how can you practice perfectly in an imperfect world?

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Author: Jeff Kalter If you’re implementing account-based marketing, you’re likely well aware that your success in attracting and converting your target accounts hinges on customizing your communications. There are, of course, tiers of customization required, depending on the size and importance of these accounts. For good accounts, those that are natural fits for your organization and should be easy to land, you can customize your outreach to their industry, organization or role.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This blog had 1,327 visits during November, which is an average of 44.2 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 53.3.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

On our recent visit to the UK we did a lot of walking and birding and Mum is very familiar with many of the good walks that can be done not too far from home offering a variety of environments. During October the weather can be variable and on the morning of the 9th October the weather did not look great, but we decided to head for Saltfleetby to walk in the Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Author: Charles Brennan Jr. In a recent survey of directors of training, they were asked the following question: “What is the percentage of sales calls that are conducted by your representatives that achieve a level of critical thinking?” Their answers ranged from a low of 5 percent to a high of 20 percent. The average was around 15 percent. Why should this be concerning?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

At long last, we can put all that stuffing and gratitude behind us. The only thing we Americans, a curious people to be sure, love more than a holiday is the next holiday. If you haven’t already transitioned from turkeys to French hens and turtle doves , you’ll falling behind the rest of us… I’m terribly grateful for all the amazing seasonal birds I saw this weekend, but none more than the Glaucous Gull that winged by while a group of us waited fruitlessly for a formerly

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