10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.

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Science Costa Rica Birds Research 257

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

And I have lots of experience with my long lens drawing attention. And it offered up another taxonomic family I had longed to meet, with my first bee-eater , an Arabian Green Bee-eater. But my bird of the day was a member of the wheatear genus, which I had recently met in Turkey. This was due, oddly enough, to my binoculars.

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Jordan Israel Birds Turkey 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

If only you could make fine adjustments to the expression of existing DNA you could hatch a dinosaur, starting with, for example, a turkey. Skeletal phenotypes from both types of experiments had premaxillae that clustered geometrically with ancestral fossil forms instead of beaked birds. See: Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?

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Alligators Chickens Research Reptiles 243

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2011

Kirby Adams had a magical experience with his Best Bird of the Year and he blogged about it on his blog, Sharp Tern. My family also farms so that limits places we are able to go throughout the year. A whole bunch of you responded and shared your best birds either in blog post form, email form, or in our comments.

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2011 Ohio North Dakota Bald Eagle 163

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). There will be no greyhound corpse on our table, no turkey corpse and no pig corpse. But they always have their desire to not be killed.

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Greyhounds Forced Molting Debeaking Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

No turkeys up in here, just a big wild and crazy Cracid! Endangered and awesome, it’s pretty easy to experience this big parrot in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica from Tarcoles north to near Nicaragua. This former aberrant wood-warbler is so weird, it has been given its own family. Yellow-naped Parrot. Wrenthrush.

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Costa Rica Panama Birds Nicaragua 203

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Large picnic pavilions border one side, and while I was there the largest was commandeered by a family party. Tricolored and Little Blue Herons provided diversity, while an Osprey and group of circling Turkey Vultures were the only shapes that broke the constant blue of the sky.

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Alligators Florida Deer Birds 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. I do have experience with this species from Bodrum, Turkey; it is daring, bold and cocky, and is impossible to forget.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

more migratory sky shots here ) Tags: march , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Turkeys, 3 or 4 species of woodpeckers, all kinds of song birds grace our view constantly. Stop by our blog for some nice shots and share the experience!! As I said, we are blessed.

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2011 Deer South Dakota Costa Rica 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2016

My visit to the park in southwestern Utah commenced with us (us being me and my family, and an extended number of in-laws, eleven people in total, four of us kids under ten) driving through Zion late in the evening on Saturday, 26 December, in order to get to our lodging just east of the park in Zion Pionderosa Ranch Resort.

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Mules Utah Birds Deer 103

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

According to Dr. Spock: Most families have become more conscious about the fat content of meats, and many are choosing the lower-fat cuts. My emphasis] There are other reasons why families are looking more favorably at plant-based choices. Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. But what about prior to two years?

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2015

Most interesting is that one’s knowledge of important things like where to find food (or danger) was based on experience not on general principles. So an Efe off his trail, or another trail he knew about, was not much better than, say, me (after a couple of years gaining my own experience) at having a clue. So remember.

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Minnesota Detroit Congo Laws 195

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Can a family-focused trip—even to one of the world’s most biodiverse countries—deliver enough opportunities for avian observation to satisfy this serious world birder? With enough planning, you can enjoy a family-friendly, bird-rich vacation in the Panama Canal zone. If you have kids, you’re probably as curious as I was.

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Panama 2017 Monkeys Family 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2021

Spangled Drongo – a common and conspicuous member of a family that has many species in Asia. The second part of my page’s experience was for members, preferably the beginners were to identify the birds posted. Ken Cross]. I wanted my site to ‘work’ for beginners as well so I added a small but important detail. Ken Cross].

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2020 Birds Australia Species 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2013

I haven’t done any surveys, but I would bet my binoculars that images and stories of hawks attract more attention and adoration from birders and the average person on the street than any other bird family. Families do not hike up mountains to sit all day on pointy rocks to watch woodpeckers. Those cameras are aimed at hawks.

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Bald Eagle North America Falcons Owls 241

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

It is home to four diverse forest ecosystems (deciduous, mixed, boreal, and lowlands), experiences seasonal weather systems ranging from cold dry Arctic winters to humid, thunder-storm filled summers, and, according to the latest official checklist, hosts four professional sports teams with bird names.* state and Canadian provinces.

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North America Birds Owls Canada 241

Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Author: Michelle Huff and David Satterwhite Ahh, Thanksgiving, the holiday of turkey and stuffing, pumpkin pie, football games, cozying up by the fire… and praying that Grandpa Joe and your brother Lucas don’t get into it over politics or some other divisive topic. But the stakes are high and the investment is well worth the effort.

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Game Turkey Adoptable Branding 84

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

So, we are given the "cull the herd for its own good" defense, or the "cull the herd to prevent automobile accidents" defense, or the "I hunt to put food on my family's table" defense. That's one more reason to forego the Christmas Turkey or Ham this year. The weakness of these "defenses" must await another occasion.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Inhumane 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2011

Many a birding trip starts with a longish drive from the airport to the first birding site with these common roadside birds being the first taste you get of a country’s wildlife, and I feel that many bird trip reports, interested mostly in mega-rarities, gloss over the amazing experience this first drive can give.

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New Zealand Birds Thailand Falcons 190