Critter News

JUNE 23, 2009

I don’t think that was illegal, I was never informed of any charges. “Well, it appears that you did something in Northern Portugal in the 70’s,” He said. “Oh, Oh, they’re probably referring to when I chased the pirate whaler Sierra into Lexioes Harbor and rammed it twice.

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Portugal Whaling Whales illegal 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Add to this regular sightings of Humpback and Southern Right Whale, inside and outside the bay, as well as year round sightings of Bryde’s Whale and occasional summer reports of Orca in pursuit of dolphin off Cape Point, and you have some idea as to what to expect in the way of the ‘unexpected’.

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Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 241

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. They complement Kricher’s text.,

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2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Porpoises 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

Even though I picked up several books along the way, I always returned to this guide for its detailed descriptions and drawings in order to compare its information with other sources. The group we were with mentioned that they had seen Minke Whales just off the coast of the fjords the day before, but we missed out on our drive back south.

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Iceland Puffins Europe Birds 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support. author’s note: Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale by Ted Williams, is due out in late April, published by Storey Publ.])

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 279

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

It is acceptable to point out other sea creatures–dolphins or whales or dragonflies–but the main goal is the observation and identification of the birds. Three Appendices give (i) Answers to Quizzes in Photo Captions, (ii) Additional Photograph Information and Credits, and (iii) Taxonomic Notes, Glossary, Bibliography and Index.

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Ducks Groups North America North Dakota 247

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Life Along the Delaware Bay starts with a brief cultural history of the Bay, showing the sod dikes farmers built to drain the marshes, and how Cape May went from being a whaling town to a Victorian beach resort to the home of the Cape May Hawk Watch. The visual beauty and textual facts are a strong combination.

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Delaware New Jersey Eggs Medical Research 237

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 14, 2012

We loved seeing penguins, whales, polar bears, and wolves. For more information about Frozen Planet (and a chance to win a trip) be sure to visit [link]. For more amazing images and information about the Arctic and Antarctic, be sure to follow Frozen Planet on Tumblr , Facebook , Twitter , and Pinterest.

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Polar Bears Penguins Wolves Whales 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

We had posted the oddity on the Shorebird Resighting Information of East Asian-Australasian Flyway website in the hope that somebody may see this odd looking Greater Sand Plover on migration, but he remained incognito for almost six months. All of the migratory shorebirds had started to leave Broome and it appeared it had also gone north.

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Eggs Whales Whaling Breeding 124

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2010

“These filmmakers have given us the pleasure of looking over their shoulders—of doing what I have dreamed of being able to do—to get in a school of fish, to be a dolphin, to be a whale—and swim along with them,” said Dr. Sylvia Earle, Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society. This is the best I’ve ever seen.

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Bahamas Dolphins Sea Turtles 2010 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 15, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Japan’s Whaling Obsession ” (editorial, April 1): Japan strongly supports the international protection of endangered whale species and advocates for the sustainable harvest of species in abundance only. Japan Information Center Consulate General of Japan New York, April 4, 2007 Jiro Okuyama Dir.,

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New York Times New York Whaling Whales 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

According to this AP Newswire issued yesterday: "President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals. Navy to do so?

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Los Angeles Whaling Whales Mammals 40

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 11, 2010

We recently got an email about the dangers currently being faced by our whale population as a result of a recent proposal to legalize commercial whaling. As whale lovers, and people who hope to one day be able to see them in the wild, we wanted to share this information with you in case you would like to get involved.

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Whaling Whales International Fund For Animal Welfare IFAW 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. Sperm Whales prey on Toothfish and large squid and in February 2007, a 10-metre (32.8 Additional information: The Last Ocean.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2015

Helen Macdonald writes breathtaking prose, her story is poignant and filled with all kinds of fascinating bits of information, and she has an extremely likable voice. Spoiler: the hawk ends up like the fish, not the whale. Note: it’s not really a bad review, it’s a good review with a sidebar. So what’s wrong with the book?

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Falcons Michael Vick Whales Whaling 260

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2020

No doubt, the big five of Sri Lanka include the biggest of the big ever – the Blue Whale , followed by Sperm Whale , Asian Elephant , Leopard and Sloth Bear. Blue Whale – 80%, Sperm Whale on 1 in 3 trips, Asian Elephant 100%, Leopard on 1 in 2 game drives, Sloth Bear on 1 in 3 game drives.

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Sri Lanka Leopards Whaling Whales 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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Cats Costa Rica 2011 Deer 203