10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2021

Vaccinated, with no symptoms and negative tests to boot, Corey got to Prospect Park in Brooklyn and was very relieved that the previously reported Progne martin was still present, on its fourth day. Consensus is forming that the bird is a Gray-breasted Martin , a rarity that isn’t expected even in south Texas, much less New York.

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Texas New York Owls Birds 168

Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2010

The contract expires next year and Richardson opposes a plan by the agency to transfer the chimps from the Alamogordo Primate Facility, where they are no longer used for medical testing. The animals can be used again for medical experiments if transferred to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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New Mexico Mexico San Antonio Medical Research 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I am deeply troubled and angry that the National Institute of Health wants to move almost 200 chimpanzees from this facility to a laboratory in Texas where they may be subjected to testing. This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Primates New Mexico Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. That was easily fixed by adding a post-Safari trip to Eastern South Africa, led by dashing Rockjumper guide Clayton Burne, to my itinerary.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 252

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

Experience is the best teacher, we’re told, but sometimes past experience can be misleading. We learn to trust the dog across the hundreds of increasingly-difficult test searches we do in training together, but it’s sometimes tempting to give in to doubt and try to take over. Past experience? Avoid Hasty Conclusions.

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Rescue Dogs Humane Hamburgers 100

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2020

Texas was among the states that experienced a significant spike in coronavirus cases and deaths this summer. While the best managers are adept at increasing engagement, productivity, profitability and a host of other bottom-line issues, few have virtual management experience. How can we get our economy going again?” Managing virtually.

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Medical Psychology Houston New York 54

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

These bird songs have two aspects, and I oversimplify but not excessively so: A genetically inherited template, usually specific to the song-producing sex, and a learned song that consists of the template shaped by experience as a developing bird hears the adult version of its own song. The top two are individuals with normal song.

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Zebras Humane Birds Raised 253