10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2016

The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices. And all the time I was testing the CLs, I was wondering what the difference was between them and their big brother, the ELs. Still, testing binoculars on a bright sunny day? Photo by Senka Puhalo.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2024

Around 2011 or 2012, I discovered an online forum of a rather select group of Mexican birders. In May of 2018, I included some rather sad photos of what I had identified as a group of 6 Long-billed Dowitchers in my eBird report for Lake Cuitzeo. I could not test this theory in 2024, as by that month the lake had disappeared.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

I recently birded the Tualatin River NWR near Portland, Oregon, and made that my test case for a deeper dive into the Mobile Track. The meanderings and backtracks in the wooded area were looking at groups of Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets, etc. The eBird checklist is here.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2011

When my friends over at YourBirdOasis sent me a super squirrel-proof bird feeder to review, I had to think about who I knew who could really put the device to the test. The proof of this is their Squirrel Buster Plus bird feeder , which I had the pleasure of testing over the last several weeks. I chose this as my test.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Now, let me test the armour of “Birds of Cyprus” (BOC) against the mace of the “Collins Bird Guide” (CBG). In Europe, shorebirds, gulls an warblers are the three hardest groups to present, describe and ID, so I tested the BOC armour where I know it will be the weakest. The other groups are easier and, hence, shown well.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February. The gardens of Krakow’s Wawel harbor migrants and resident birds alike.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2014

Activists and environmental groups went into overdrive, and in March 2014 the State of California approved a ban on the sale of the worst types of anti-coagulants. There are no tests to diagnose it, either. Read that again: it has no antidote. Do we all feel better?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2015

Science is fairly well established that yawning can spread like wildfire among groups of humans, as well as a few other mammals. The amount of yawns increased significantly when the test birds could see others—whether real, or on a screen—also yawning. (Our first victim appears to be the Ring-billed Gull above, photographed by Corey.)

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? In September 2015 a group of eight intrepid bird watchers linked up with the African Wildlife Foundation and arranged for a 10-day stay in Yemi [DRC].

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. From the alpine habitats of the Himalayas, to deserts, grasslands, wetlands and forests, India has a great deal to offer the birdwatcher.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders. That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. Wait, let’s backtrack a bit.

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2010

An experiment in which anesthetized pigs were buried alive in snow to learn how humans live or die in avalanches was halted today in Austria after animal-rights groups denounced the research as cruel and useless. From USA Today. The two-week experiment involving 29 pigs began Tuesday in the Western Austrian Alps.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

” A group of nine researchers published a paper titled “Exploring the fecal microbiome of the Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)” Makes you wonder what they talked about during their lunch breaks.

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Iran Germany Research Humane 218

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Large groups of Little Bustard are not uncommon in winter. They have many different varieties, and I selflessly tasted/tested a dozen different varieties. The Skylarks and Northern Wheatears in the barren fields attract all four European species of harrier (but no Montagu’s for Christmas, sorry).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

I lean towards the second group. Ok, I had studied the storm-petrels, but these were far and could not get a long-enough view at them to test how well or badly prepared I was. Some birders like to see just birds, while others like birds, but don’t mind stopping or even taking detours to see other creatures along the trail.

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Peru Birds Albatross Experience 216

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2020

Rather, it was seeing a large group of dedicated and passionate professionals proposing and testing theories and generating mountains of data about birds. Of course, my choices of presentations surely differs from others, but there are literally hundreds to choose from.

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Puerto Rico Parrots Ecuador Protection 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This photo, which was shared on a local birders’ WhatsApp group, shows the enormous extension of burning reedbeds on that very windy day. A recent local news article says its current maximum depth is 60 cm/2 feet, although I didn’t test this statement.)

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2012

Yet, somehow, that is what I found myself doing on the grounds of Tisza Balneum, the gorgeous hotel on the shore of Lake Tisza in Hungary where Swarovski Optik had decided to unveil to a gathered group of European and American birders the scope for which we had all been waiting, even if we didn’t know we had been.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Lush USA has a program where they sell hand and body lotion that supports a variety of animal and environmental groups. Called the Charity Pot, they donate 100% of the retail price minus taxes to a group you can designate. I found this through Sea Shepherd, which is one of the groups that you can donate to through the program.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In one case study, a sales group tested an AI-driven sales technology that recommended accounts, contacts and opportunities to pursue, products to focus on during sales calls and messages tailored to buyers. Using AI and CRM can also cut costs by up to 60 percent. How AI Will Change Salespeople’s Lives.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In a recent study , a team of French researchers set out to test whether a drone’s color, speed, and angle of approach affected different groups of birds. While drones have the potential be a great tool in the world of wildlife conservation, they can also pose a serious problem for the animals they’re trying to protect.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2016

In “Where to Watch Birds in Africa”, Nigel Wheatley says: “In terms of its size, Uganda is the richest country for birds in Africa.” also the crime rate lower than in developed countries, stable politics, reasonable prices and landscapes as green as can be.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Not only are the individual ducks hard to look at, but in groups, the feral populations create the same messes other masses of waterfowl do. Sandy Hook Sightings About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In this week’s podcast ending February 13, 2010: **Britain’s Ministry of Defense defends its use of pigs as subjects in explosives testing; **an elephant expert argues for the closing of the elephant exhibit at the Toronto Zoo; **the State of Hawaii seeks to toughen penalties for dog fighting; **Animal rights groups protest the Canadian seal hunt in (..)

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Seek third-party sources of information, leverage your internal data, and work to create a comprehensive view of a single group. What does the data say your company can you do for these customers that you cannot do for other groups? Evaluate your data and the power it provides, then get ready to test your theories.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2014

Antbirds, flycatchers and ovenbirds (Furnaridds) are the largest groups of Tropical Rainforest birds, but they don’t occur evenly along the altitudinal length of the forest. Most species of antbirds live on the ground and understory, flycatcher in the top and middle levels, and Funariids largely in the middle strata. Birding Birding Rally'

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Peru United Kingdom Birds South Africa 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2024

At the time I was writing about cars, so I recall we travelled in a road-test Porsche. This past winter has been an exceptional one for Waxwings in Britain, with flocks and small groups spread throughout the country. A young friend, David Tipling, travelled with me from Kent. I never did discover what was attracting them to the ground.

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Finland Estonia Bears Ireland 243

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2012

I’ve written at length in the past about the circumstances of that extinction event, how the rich endemic fauna was utterly vulnerable to introduced mammals and how waves of invaders wiped out different groups of species. I’ve also touched on how New Zealanders have responded to these extinctions, but not in as much depth.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

One group is trying to make a better list of which species of birds to pretend to be doing something about vis-a-vis imminent extinction using a unique approach: Identifying the most genetically unique species. But there were a gazillion of them. There is a bit of science news.

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Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Birds 202

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2013

Now nearing 50 and duly lost in a mid-life crisis, Dragan Simic took to birding rather late – only half a lifetime ago, after successfully testing his inadequate skills in other life threatening activities, such as rock climbing and vertical caving. Sardinian Warbler by Szabolcs Kokay.

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Spain Terrapins Eagles Europe 249

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Myers, a professional birding guide in “real life,” summarizes the etymology and history of all common bird names (of bird families and groups, not all 10,000-plus species). Although I did test them thoroughly later, I knew from that first sight, this pair was made for me.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

As a test of endurance, as a physical ordeal, it’s both miraculous and monstrous.” Environmental groups are all over the map regarding their positions on wind energy,” Kaufman says, and “the forces pushing hardest for wind-power development don’t speak any language but money.”. Eighty hours of flying.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Halfway up the pier, I spotted another knot of American Wigeon, and sure enough, this group included one individual with the tell-tale red head. It posed nicely for me next to an American drake in equally lovely plumage, and then the whole group began moving out and around towards an area beyond the boundary of the park.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2018

But our adventurous group, led by Oliver Komar and Yobani A. Alex first led our group to nesting Yellow-tailed Orioles , which made spotting these exquisite but elusive birds gratifyingly easy. We spent two blissful days exploring both the waders and wildlife of Lake Yojoa and the tropical splendor of PANACAM Lodge.

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Honduras Birds Farming America 172

Critter News

MARCH 18, 2010

Jeff Rowell, NIRC director, in an e-mail Wednesday} "said the nine remaining animals are being housed as a family group at the center with access to indoor-outdoor caging. They may as well be centrifuges or test tubes to these people. The animals have not been and are not currently being accessed for biomedical research,” Rowell said."

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Critter News

JANUARY 20, 2012

Animal advocacy groups have been lobbying for this for a while. Excellent news! Thank you Air Canada! The announcement below comes verbatim from the Pacific Free Press.they still need approval from the Canadian Transportation Agency though. Airlines in Canada must obtain approval from the CTA to revise their shipping guidelines.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

ANIMAL rights groups have begun a campaign against the dairy industry's treatment of bobby calves. Dairy Australia commissioned a blood-test study which showed that calves deteriorated after 24 hours off feed, she said. Here's the full article from the Weekly Times Now.

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