Number of states with HPAI-infected dairy cows grows
AVMA News
APRIL 2, 2024
More dairy cattle in Idaho, New Mexico, and Texas have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI).
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Wolf Killing in Idaho Under Scrutiny
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
I'm not surprised Sarah Palin's family is from Idaho. Tags: cull montana idaho wolves. The state government is as crazy about wolf killing as she is. But a US District Court Judge has granted a hearing on stopping the killing to wolf advocates represented by Earthjustice. Montana is another state where wolf killing is allowed.
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Activists Set Fire to Idaho Fur Store
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
No one was injured in the early morning blaze at Rocky Mountain Fur & Fireworks, a retailer in Caldwell, Idaho, about 30 miles northwest of the state capital. Animal rights activists claimed responsibility on Monday for a fire that caused $100,000 in damage to a Boise-area store that sells fur coats and fireworks, authorities said.
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Introducing Bluebird Man
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2013
Bluebird nest box near Prairie, Idaho. By telling the remarkable story of one man’s life work with bluebirds in southwest Idaho, we hope to inspire that next generation of bluebird and cavity nesting bird enthusiasts to carry the torch of environmental stewardship begun in the 1970s by the North American Bluebird Society founders.
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Camas and Cranes
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2013
Highway 12, as it takes you from Montana into Idaho, has been the road to some of my greatest adventures during my time here. It also, if you turn off at the visitor’s center just over the Idaho border, takes you to Packer Meadow, a high damp sunlit clearing of some fifty acres, cut by a winding creek. Photos by James Nokes.
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Grouse Friends?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
Is there something about Idaho Ruffed Grouse that make them seek out human men as companions? Judge for yourself !
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154 White-tailed Antelope Squirrels at Joshua Tree National Park
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2012
The other subspecies range from the southern end of Baja California north into Idaho and Oregon but never east of the Colorado River. It seems likely that the squirrels we saw are of the nominate subspecies, seeing as Merriam described the species from a specimen taken in Riverside County, California, not far from Joshua Tree National Park.*
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Osprey in Missoula
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2013
although in real life Osprey are most likely to face off with thieving Bald Eagles and the occasional Raven , the Missoula Osprey’s avian opponents include the Idaho Falls Chukars and Orem Owlz. Time enough, I suppose, for our newcomers to figure out that those aren’t eagles. Birds baseball inland west Ospreys'
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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).
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235 CA Wildlife Official Photographed with Dead Mountain Lion
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, is shown in the photo, holding a mountain lion he reportedly hunted and killed in Idaho, according to Western Outdoor Press, which published the photo. Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California.
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Best & Worst States for Animal Protection
Critter News
JANUARY 3, 2011
New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way. BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.
HSUS Offers Reward in Grizzly Poaching Case
Critter News
JANUARY 22, 2009
reward for the poaching of a Grizzly in Idaho. The Humane Society of the United States and The HSUS Wildlife Land Trust are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the illegal killing of a grizzly bear found dead in Ashton Reservoir near Ashton, Idaho.
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California Legislators Call for Wildlife Official's Resignation
Critter News
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
He is a proponent of trophy hunting and was photographed with a dead mountain lion in Idaho. The wildlife official in question is the President of the California Fish and Game Commission. Full story here.
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Contemplating California Condors
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2012
The World Center for Birds of Prey ( The Peregrine Fund ) in Boise, Idaho, most famous for its Peregrine Falcons , also has a vital population of California condors. They reside there at the top of a small mountain sanctuary as mythical as my first remembrances of ancient thunderbirds, living, mating, and raising young.
A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). On a state-by-state basis, that percentage increases dramatically as one moves from east to west.
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Humane Society Ranks States in First-Time Report
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
Ohio, Mississippi, North Dakota, Idaho and South Dakota are at the bottom. It's their first annual "humane state" report. California and New Jersey came out on top.
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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Taking up the pertinent question of how the newest form of recreational aviation technology affects avians is Liz Greene, who hails from the beautiful city of trees, Boise, Idaho. She’s a lover of all things geek and is happiest when cuddling with her dogs and catching up on the latest Marvel movies.
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Back from the West!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2016
When we left Wyoming we headed west across Idaho making a stop at Craters of the Moon National Monument and spending the night further west still in Boise. I saw few birds in Idaho mostly because of our lack of time but a couple of rest stops did provide a few highlights.
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Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks States on Animal Protection
Critter News
DECEMBER 26, 2008
And the worst: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, South Dakota, Wyoming You can check out the whole report on their web site. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.
The Last Few Rays Before Extinction
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
As for me, I didn’t see a passenger pigeon until visiting the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, about three summers ago, a specimen tagged and strangely out of place in a haven for raptors. Gene Stratton-Porter ( Photo used with the permissions of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites ).
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221 Essentials For Packing When Birding Anywhere In The World
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
I remember years ago when one of my sisters came with me on a birding trip to Idaho. The one downside: they make your feet incredibly stinky, but if that’s what I must suffer for foot comfort, so be it. Hats are a must. Before we set out for the day I suggested she put on a hat, I even packed an extra one.
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260 Obama's Rules Freeze May Help Wolves
Critter News
JANUARY 30, 2009
Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of August 2016)
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 7, 2016
Basically, he’s too busy birding from Colorado to Idaho to write about birding! Yet, in realms such as birding, the acts rarely overlap; if you are birding, you’re probably not writing about it, and vice versa. This brief moment of rumination is meant to explain why we don’t have the best bird of Corey’s weekend.
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100 Kill the Sea Lions Before They Kill Again!
Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Judge Michael Mosman’s ruling means Washington, Oregon and Idaho can shoot or remove up to 85 sea lions next year. Portland judge said Wednesday the Northwest states can kill hungry sea lions on the Columbia River. The animals eat salmon as the fish try to pass Bonneville Dam each spring.
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Tell Congress To Fully Fund The Land And Water Conservation Fund
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
The landscape known as the Crown of the Continent extends from northern Idaho and Wyoming through Montana to the Canadian border, linking the Greater Yellowstone and Salmon-Selway ecosystems and including Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.
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177 Car Birding: A Birder Litmus Test
10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2013
This Swainson’s Hawk was photographed above a gas station in Idaho. Indeed, can you truly experience the wonder of nature from the confines of a vehicle? Always, always, have binoculars and camera within reach when you are driving around on a birding trip. But hear me birders, for I am The Greatest Ornithologist.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Some are all three ( e.g. , New York, California, and Florida).
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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA
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. I’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea.
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Week 31: Visits to Hart Mountain, Malheur and the surrounding areas.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Next week we will continue north towards Idaho, and the Grand Teton area, and then finish the week in Yellowstone National Park. Interestingly enough, every time it would land, the Black-billed Magpies were right there to harass it. This shot was taken just as it was driven away for the 5th or 6th time. eBird Reports – 276.
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116 Canis Lupus
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 22, 2008
Here is a New York Times story about gray wolves, who are no longer on the protected list in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. If you haven't read Barry Holstun Lopez 's 1978 book Of Wolves and Men , you should do so. It changed my life.
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Animal Ethics
MAY 30, 2008
Here is the management plan of Idaho's Fish and Game Commission. The editorial board of the Times is intellectually dishonest, so please don't let this be your only source of information about the delisting. Here , for example, is a news release from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Here are questions and answers.
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40 “Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2018
More remarkable still was the recent appearance of a California Condor in Idaho , a first for that state since recovery programs began and a hopeful indication of further range expansion. I was fortunate enough to see these birds myself on a trip to the Grand Canyon a few years ago, not long after I began birding.
The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 29, 2006
However, 12 states, namely, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Wisconsin [Imagine, The Dairy State doesn't protect a woman's right to nurse!]
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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2019
In the years that followed, Tom Cade worked with various birds of prey through two revered organizations, The Peregrine Fund and The World Center for Birds of Prey, linked in one sanctuary at the edges of Boise, Idaho. Kumpan, a Gyrfalcon, became his companion and accomplice in the world of inseparable flight between man and bird.
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Collaborative List – July 2019
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2019
Cassia County, Idaho. Cassia County, Idaho. Cassia County, Idaho. Cassia County, Idaho. Cassia County, Idaho. Mendon Ponds Park–Quaker Pond Trail. 01 Jul 2019. Osprey – Pandion haliaetus. Flushing Meadows Corona Park–Meadow Lake. 03 Jul 2019. Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. 23 Jul 2019.
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Week 32: Idaho’s Teton Valley, and a visit to Jackson, Wyoming
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Idaho has been very much that sort of exploring. We parked our 5th wheel in a very nice RV park, in Victor, Idaho, which would give us a nice base to explore both the Idaho side of the Teton Mountains, as well as making the 23 mile drive up over the Teton Pass, and down into Jackson, and the Jackson Hole area south of Yellowstone Park.
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113 Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Only several dozen of these swans wintered in the region (the region being, approximately, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming) and for some reason they were almost all at this river in this year, and on this day, they were right there in view. My sister told me they were Trumpeter Swans ( Cygnus buccinator ). All of them. Or almost so.
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238 Birding’s Biggest Dips
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
only to conclude that somebody had misidentified a Bewick’s Tundra Swan.
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251 Avian influenza H5N2 in the Mississippi and Pacific Flyways
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2015
It is the same strain of avian influenza that has been confirmed in backyard and wild birds in Washington, Oregon and Idaho as part of the ongoing incident in the Pacific flyway. The USDA … … has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Pope County, Minnesota.
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183 What is the State Bird of Nevada?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2016
The Mountain Bluebird is one of the most striking birds in the United States, and is the state bird of both Nevada and Idaho. Yet, there is one bird that looks like a piece of fallen sky as it zips around eating summer insects, one bird whose blue color is so perfect that birders and non-birders alike can’t help but stare.
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100 The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
But anyone can keep a list of any area ( e.g. , World, ABA Area, Canada, Idaho, San Mateo County, a backyard, etc.) At the end of the day, the ABA Area is simply a geographic area within which the ABA “counts” certain birds for one of the lists it recognizes.
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Bird Litigation: Greater Sage-Grouse and Oil and Natural Gas Leases
10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2020
Two conservation groups ( Western Watersheds Project and the Center for Biological Diversity ) promptly filed a lawsuit in federal court in Idaho, arguing that the policy was improperly created and that it unlawfully eliminated public involvement in BLM leasing decisions. Idaho 2018) (preliminary injunction) and Western Watersheds Project v.
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244 “Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Ken Behrens is a tour guide for Tropical Birding, originally from Idaho, but now lives in Madagascar. Beside the mouth-watering African destination, what attracted my attention to the Wild Rwanda eco-travel guidebook was the trio of authors, all of them famous bird guides (and I do not use that word lightly).
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