10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Ottenby Nature Reserve is run by The Swedish Ornithological Society and visitors can observe researchers collecting data and birds being caught in the mist nest and funnel traps on site. Barnacle Geese and their downy-grey cygnets were everywhere, grazing alongside picnickers and sunbathers. How could Norway top this?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2011

We stayed at the Yellow Bay Biological Research Station, a cozy collection of buildings located, logically enough, on a slope overlooking a bay lined with yellow sandstone on the eastern shore of the lake. Migrants, alas, were not yet much in evidence aside from the Canada Geese (mild climate my foot.)

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Mules Bald Eagle ALA Turkey 197

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As the Hooded Cranes know that I am a consultant, they sometimes ask me whether they should forage together with geese or preferably seek areas in which geese are not present. Seek geese in meadows and mudflats, but avoid them in paddy fields ( source ). I am giving them the typical consultant answer: It depends.

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Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. It’s a small group of 10 to 12 researchers and crew members, and Fox is the sole person responsible for the bird surveys. Although we are not close nor on a direct course, the geese are skittish.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

New Zealand had, once upon a time, some fairly spectacular game birds, including massive flightless geese, massive flightles rails, and really enormous moa. A PhD student was presenting her research into the population in Westland, the relic population of Grey Duck. I mentioned 2008 as the year I became aware of the issue.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 217

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Several recent studies have found that tinamous are embedded within the ratites, which means that either they regained the ability to fly or (as many researchers feel is more likely) that flightlessness and large body size arose multiple times within the paleognaths, a topic discussed in detail at Tetrapod Zoology. Jarvis et al.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2024

Late summer 2023 the lakes and ponds had been empty, presumably because the ducks and geese were moulting. Our internet research showed that somebody in Pine County had all three ( Black, Brown-capped, and Gray-crowned ) Rosy Finches on the feeders in their garden. And now I did. It is also bird 2100 on my life list. Chuffed to bits!

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Denver Colorado Ducks Mules 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

Specifically, the notice summarizes the long history of Hawaiian Goose conservation, including written recovery plans in 1983 and 2004 , implementation of those plans, and research, including a population viability analysis. Also, research filled in many knowledge gaps and informed conservation efforts.

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Endangered Species Species Hawaii 2018 133

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Lifers includes Gambel’s Quail and Neotropic Cormorant, but the real highlights were the morning fly-out of Sandhill Cranes and the evening fly-in of Snow Geese. I mention these trips because, along with other trips and experiences closer to home, they inform my research into my future birding travel.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge was established to conserve and enhance populations of wildlife and their habitats, to protect and enhance water quality, and to provide opportunities for wildlife-dependent recreation and research. Finley National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting. Established in 1964, the William L.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Plus other Diving Ducks and Dabbling Ducks, as well as Swans, Geese, Cormorants and Anhingas, Loons, a couple of Grebes, Alcids (this is where my heart starts to go pit-a-pat), Tubenoses (love that term), one species of Frigatebird, a Gannet and two Boobies, Pelicans, Skuas and Jaegers (more pit-a-patting), Gulls, Black Skimmer, and Terns.

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Ducks Groups North America Species 247

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Most of the time, I know enough about an area, or have done some research into what is found there, that I am pleasantly surprised at best. This 57,331 acre refuge was set aside as a critical wintering location for tens of thousands of Geese, Ducks and Sandhill Cranes.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2020

Glengoyne’s understated logo shows a simple silhouette of two standing geese facing one another, rendered either in silver or gold depending on the bottling – a nod to the distillery’s name, which means “the valley of the geese” in Gaelic. Gäss ( Geese ) (1922) by Swedish painter Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939).

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Geese Ireland Investigation Wildlife 222

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

Researchers studying the Fork-tailed Drongo (like the one above spotted by Redgannet) found that these birds essentially “cry wolf” to steal the food of others. Also from the Philly area, where Canada Geese are concerned, where is the love ?). But our new nest is, at last, well on its way to getting feathered.

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New York Times Oakland New York Geese 239

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

Ducks, swans, and geese may initially appear easy to identify. It’s heavily illustrated with both drawings (72 Colour Plates, 920 drawings) and photographs (over 650), and employs extensive references to and from each section, which makes research relatively easy. Or, a Tufted Duck or Cackling Goose.

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North America Asia Europe America 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name? Isn’t that neat?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2014

And, as we talked of Long-billed Murrelets and Pink-footed Geese and Nutting’s Flycatchers, questions came up. He has led birding tours for many years and is a research associate at Point Blue Conservation Science. Or, is this research for its own sake, aimed at helping us understand a tiny bit of the unknowable?

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North America America Birds United States 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

I also want people to know that our understanding of birds’ mating habits are constantly changing and evolving…there is still a lot of research to be done here, and we will be learning a lot more in the years to come. Greater White-fronted Geese are one of many species that mate for life.

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Albatross Lifestyle Birds Raised 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2011

Researching this single hybrid revealed that teals are as liberal with their love as mallards! However, Blue-winged x Cinnamon crosses have been spotted before by, for example, Bill Schmoker , Greg Lasley , and still others. NORTH AMERICAN TEAL HYBRIDS Clearly at least two teal species take to each other. What about the rest?

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Ducks North America Denmark America 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2016

66 million years ago, and one of those groups gave rise to the ducks and geese. The different main groups of living birds differentiated from one another prior to the extinction of the dinosaurs, ca. One of the few reasonably well studied really early true birds is a member of this group, the genus Vegavis.

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Primates Groups Collecting Bats 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Closer to the research centre we discovered a flock of over 150 Brolga walking through one of the recently harvested crops. There were also Purple Swamphens around the edges of the lagoon and Green Pygmy Geese further out. Three Australian Bustards. Straw-necked Ibis accompanied them as they searched for food amongst the crop.

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Birds Collecting Seals Cattle 145

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. The fact that geese mate for life, and that the mate of the poor goose that was slaughtered would step forward, was enough to make me swear off meat forever, if I hadn’t already.

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New York Times New York Factory Farming Factory Farm 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

“Ducks, Geese, and Swans” in the front, “Blackbirds” in the back; “Caracaras and Falcons” next to “Old World Parrots,” “Loons” about one-third of the way down the list, after “Tropicbirds” and before “Albatrosses.” The wonder of research?

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North America America 2017 Birds 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2011

However, in this case, a bit of research paid off. Ring-necked Pheasant by Corey Finger On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: Six Geese-a-Laying This line does not require inference or imagination to understand. ” This could refer to any of the passerines, though most likely a canary or similar caged exotic.

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Turtles United Kingdom 2004 Geese 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

They have a hard enough time with Canada Geese. Is this the type of bird behavior that makes sense in our world? Is this the type of avian experience we want? First of all, airplane pilots and flight controllers would go nuts. Second, we want children to enjoy observing birds, not running and screaming like a scene from a Hitchcock movie.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 133

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Of the dozen gifts mentioned in the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” seven are birds: the seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and – of course – a partridge in a pear tree. This is a book that will be read with pleasure and amazement by both birders and nonbirders.

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Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 246