10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Having warned to her theme she introduces her villain of the piece, the AMNH researcher Chris Filardi, who collected a kingfisher. Throughout his professional career, Chris has maintained a commitment to bridging his research interests with grassroots conservation. Enter the Villain of the Piece (Dramatic Music).

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Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Guinea 158

Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This place is celebrating its 10th year with ground-breaking research into what makes us all fat. And let's not forget the required sanctimonious quote from an animal researcher “Our primates are essential partners in medical progress, as are mice, rats, guinea pigs and opossums. Tags: primates medical research.

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Primates San Antonio Guinea Pigs Biomedical Research 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

When I read somewhere that Pygmy Geese were not actually geese at all I started doing some research. The three distinct species are the Green Pygmy Goose of Australia and New Guinea, the Cotton Pygmy Goose of Asia and the African Pygmy Goose of obvious geography.

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Geese Ducks Botswana Madagascar 179

Critter News

APRIL 23, 2010

Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA.

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Utah Guinea Pigs PETA Animal Welfare 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2009

The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. Huntingdon used mostly mice and rats , but also some dogs, monkeys, fish and guinea pigs , in its research in New Jersey.

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Guinea Pigs United Kingdom New Jersey Protesting 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), often touted as the most dangerous in the world due to its powerful kick when provoked, is a large, flightless bird native to the tropical rainforests of northeastern Australia, New Guinea, and a handful of islands in the Moluccas.

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Guinea Meat Australia Pets 138

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2011

I got my first pets, mice and guinea pigs, when I was 8. For these folks, I recommend a nontraditional pet like a rat or a guinea pig. Guinea pigs also do not bite, unlike hamsters and gerbils which can tend to be nippy. I believe between ages 4 and 8 is ideal, although older kids can also benefit.

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Compassion Guinea Pigs Animal Purebred 100

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research.

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Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The archipelago consists of 17,000 islands stretching out over 2500 miles along the Equator with a varied history of avian research and study, most on the under- or not-studied side. So, this is no ordinary bird guide. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago?

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Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 124

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

The speaker turned out to be Tim Laman, and the topic was the incredible research he and Ed Scholes had spent years doing on birds of paradise in New Guinea. If I was preparing for a birding trip to Papua New Guinea (and, I hope one day to be doing that), I would supplement these plates with the Laman/Scholes videos available online.

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Guinea Papua New Guinea Birds Family 262

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

It is, instead, a member of the Petroicidae, the Australasian robins, a family mostly found in New Guinea and Australia but also reaching here in New Zealand and as far across the Pacific as Fiji. Until I started researching this post I didn’t know an interesting fact about the range of this species.

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Guinea Fiji Australia New Zealand 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Those are getting harder to find, so I was very happy when I was asked to review Searching for Pekpek: Cassowaries and Conservation in the New Guinea Rainforest , by Andrew L. Mack tells the story of how he set up a research station, and a life, in Papua New Guinea. Mack (Cassowary Conservation and Publishing, 2014) for Birding.

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Papua New Guinea Penguins 2014 Guinea 180

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2014

While Australian birds migrate to New Guinea, New Zealand birds migrate to the Bismark Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (there are also resident populations in New Caledonia and Vanuatu). That said, it was just such a silly impulse that took me last weekend. Note the contrasting stripey belly.

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New Zealand Solomon Islands Vanuatu Sanctuary 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

These species wander far and wide and with the addition of wing tags they have been able to confirm movements as far away as Papua New Guinea. This does not mean they should not be recorded, because it shows the researchers that they have not gone anywhere and that is just as interesting as birds that have gone somewhere!

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Papua New Guinea Australia 2015 Birds 134

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2012

We really do have to research the nnsexy because, costumes make EVERYTHING sexy these days. As part of my research, I thought I would see what sexy bird costumes were out there. I suspect the latter based on price, they are most like guinea fowl feathers. Nothing is sacred, not even Big Bird or Honey Badger.

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Badgers Birds Owls Fowl 215

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Most importantly the Upper Guinea forests, one of Africa’s two major rainforest regions (the other being the far more extensive Lower Guinea forests of the Congo basin and surrounding areas). One of these colonies has now been opened to tourism after researchers studying the birds deemed visits by birders to be non-disruptive.

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Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Please do not think any less of me, I set out to write a more sensationalist piece about adult Dusky Moorhens murdering their young, only to realise when I opened a book to do some research that I had misremembered that fact and it was coots that committed that misdeed.

Pythons 165

Pythons Guinea Breeders Australia 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.

Los Angeles 182

Los Angeles Woodpeckers Birds Wounded 182

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Blacksmith Lapwing – Vanellus armatus. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Pea Island NWR.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). African Pied Wagtail – Motacilla aguimp. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). African Pied Wagtail – Motacilla aguimp. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Pea Island NWR.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Clark’s Grebe – Aechmophorus clarkii. Main Beach Park. 06 Apr 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Clark’s Grebe – Aechmophorus clarkii. Main Beach Park. 06 Apr 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2015

Last Sunday Grant was able to leave work in the afternoon and I had researched options of places we could get to within one hour of the city of Melbourne using public transport that would offer us some birding opportunities. Australian King-Parrot.

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Papua New Guinea Parrots Transported Litter 157

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Yellow Bittern – Ixobrychus sinensis.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Speckled Pigeon – Columba guinea. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). African Pied Wagtail – Motacilla aguimp. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. 23 May 2018.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100