10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

This Peregrine close-up courtesy of Larry Jordan. In a move that’s sure to stir controversy far beyond the borders of California, federal officials have announced that h enceforth, fledgling Peregrine Falcons won’t be relocated from nests built on bridges in the state.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet ( Regulus calendula ) photos by Larry Jordan If you live anywhere other than Western North America, you may be able to identify this bird by its tiny size, its broken eye ring and its petite bill. Click on photos for full sized images.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Common Merganser ( Mergus merganser ) photos by Larry Jordan (click to enlarge) The Common Merganser ( Mergus merganser americanus ) or Goosander ( Mergus merganser merganser ) as it’s known in Europe, is a large, cold-hardy, fish-eating duck that nests worldwide near large lakes and rivers in northern forested habitats 1.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2012

Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. Birders in Northern California have been treated to rare sightings of several species, sending avid twitchers from all over the west in our direction.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2023

First, we had our five-week trip to Spain, Turkey and Jordan in September and October. I assured him then, and assure you now, that I am fine. But my wife’s and my lives have been rather chaotic of late. Then we threw together a semi-planned family-related trip to the States in early December.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But it certainly appeared that this tree stump just off the trail on a far arm of Jordan Lake would do. Her opinion matters, and he waits with baited breath. It’s hard to read those implacable faces. Proud cavity-owners! And a lucky birder to watch it happen. Now back to all the transient species that I can’t bear missing.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2012

Evening Grosbeak Male ( Coccothraustes vespertinus ) photos by Larry Jordan The Evening Grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus ) is a striking bird. With his dark head accented by a bright yellow forehead and supercillium, the male really stands out in a crowd.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2013

To say nothing of the opportunity to glimpse lifer birds that I’d likely never get to spy in my midwestern neck of the woods, including the adorable Western Screech Owl captured so wonderfully here by Larry Jordan.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2020

That trip was to take my wife and I to Turkey, Jordan, and southern Spain, with stopovers near Paris. I should have been on my way to Istanbul by the time this post came out. And while it was to be a work (ministry) trip, I had still managed to schedule it right during the migratory peak along these two major corridors.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Pochards: Last Lifer of the Trip About the Author Larry Larry Jordan was introduced to birding after moving to northern California where he was overwhelmed by the local wildlife, forcing him to buy his first field guide just to be able to identify all the species visiting his yard. Forgotten Owls When Is A Tanager A Spindalis?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2013

Ring-necked Duck ( Aythya collaris ) photo by Larry Jordan. The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act , which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1, 1934, authorized the annual issuance of what is popularly known as the Duck Stamp.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The smooth mass of bronze (photographed at right by Jordan Mann) was a stylized version of a Great Auk —a bird that no longer exists. What was this solitary stranger greeting me at the edge of the John James Audubon Center in Mill Grove, Pa., the epicenter of U.S. It turned out that I was gazing at a ghost.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Cinnamon Teal ( Anas cyanoptera ) pair by Larry Jordan (click on photos for full sized images) Winter is the time to visit the National Wildlife Refuges in California.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Greater Yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca ) photos by Larry Jordan Shorebirds. Why are they seemingly so difficult to identify? One obvious reason is that most have plumage variations between their breeding plumage and non-breeding plumage. Plus many sandpipers plumages are very similar.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Lark Sparrow ( Chondestes grammacus ) photos by Larry Jordan Nearly two years ago I wrote my second post as the West Coast Beat Writer on Lema Ranch, a Northern California birding hot spot.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 7, 2015

Author: Jason Jordan and Michelle Vazzana, Partners of Vantage Point Performance. Issue Date: 2015-06-08.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 24, 2014

Author: Jason Jordan. Issue Date: 2014-03-24. Teaser: Dumping leads into the classic sales funnel results in a significant amount of wasted effort on deals that will never make it to the final stage of the pipeline. It’s time for a new, more productive model.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

Take, for instance, the Lesser Black-backed Gull I happened upon on the recent Jordan Lake Christmas Bird Count. My latest, and ongoing, project, akin in some ways to a Big Year, is the Carolina Century Project , in which I try to accumulate at least 100 species in as many of North and South Carolina’s combined 146 counties as I can.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

Larry Jordan wrote a profile of The Unique Black-Necked Stilt for 10,000 Birds in 2011; he points out that they have the second longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by the Flamingo (another Pink Bird). They make a bird that is quite watchable to begin with, totally irresistible.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Some of this tourism occurred because we were supposed to visit Jordan, but recent geopolitical events have made Americans rather unwelcome in that corner of the world. This trip included seven international flights, between six countries, on three continents. Flight changes were required, in mid trip.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Larry Jordan Mar 1st, 2011 at 3:06 am I plan on doing an entire post on bird butts sometime in the future. I guess I’m one of those pervs. Jennifer Clement Feb 28th, 2011 at 11:01 pm Did you want Woodcock? We have them performing now… ~55 miles East of NYC on the south shore.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge – Larry Jordan, 10,000 Birds. White-faced Ibis Killed by One-eyed Peregrine – Alex Lamoreaux, The Nemesis Bird. White-faced Ibis: 2nd State Record for PA – Alex Lamoreaux, The Nemesis Bird. Glossy Ibis , photo by Valerie Gebert. Glossy Ibis , Plegadis falcinellus.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

If you want to contribute to that effort, I know that Larry Jordan, Ingrid Taylar and Hugh Grew are asking for help, including guest bloggers who can write about wildlife refuges. Most wildlife watchers are anxious to contribute their resources toward that end. Check out their site.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

What to Ask to Trust a Pet Sitter Jordan Walker has always been passionate for animals. He loves to share his knowledge and expertise about the animal kingdom through pet-related blogs.

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Critter News

JULY 5, 2010

Alex Hall released 650 mink from McMullin Fur farm in South Jordan, Utah in 2008. He received a sentence of 21 months under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA.) Hall is expected to serve the rest of his sentence in Davis County Jail, rather than be shipped to a federal prison. He is expected to be released in two or three months.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Jordan Halliday, 22, served several months in jail for contempt of court after he said he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination. The article is from October 5. Fox 13 Now reported. A federal grand jury has indicted an animal rights activist who refused to testify about the release of thousands of mink from Utah ranches.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The raid to which Viehl pleaded guilty took place at the McMullin mink farm in South Jordan in August 2008. A man in Utah has pled guilty to "interfering with an animal enterprise" in federal court. Rydalch said the raid consisted of releasing minks and spray-painting parts of the farm, including a barn.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Author: Jason Jordan. Issue Date: 2014-02-24. Teaser: While so-called Big Data is an exciting opportunity to identify new trends through powerful computing, sales managers need to zero in on small data do their jobs well. In fact, they don’t even need many of the dozens of dubious reports embedded in their CRM.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The natural, whole-food pet supplement was formulated by Dr. Patricia Jordan, a naturopathic veterinarian with more than 25 years of experience with an education in both conventional and holistic veterinary medicine. Dr. Jordan said that most pet foods are highly processed and lack vital nutrients pets need to thrive.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

It’s not as athletic as the Hooded Grebe ’s calisthenics, nor as astonishing as the acrobatics of Clark’s Grebe (photographed solo, above, by Larry Jordan ). The pas de deux concludes with what can only be described as a sweet bird hug.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

His work in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remains inspirational to researchers throughout the region. Richard Porter already authored the Birds of the Middle East and has been active in the conservation of birds throughout the Middle East region since the 1960s.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

If we hadn’t we might be there still — stuck, perhaps, in Turkey or Jordan. (For some strange reason, I had managed to schedule this work trip for the peak migration month of March!) But then things went crazy, and we cancelled the trip. But I would have some great birds to report! presidential elections.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

All of the following photos were taken at Ebenezer Point on Jordan Lake in Chatham County in about an hour. And when you spend enough time down here you end up looking at lots of Pine Warblers thinking for seconds or minutes that they might be something else. But they almost never are. And they are all Pine Warblers.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Female Bufflehead by Larry Jordan (Have you ever seen a Bufflehead search for a nesting cavity? I suppose the densely feathered, black and white head of the drake does slightly resemble a buffalo’s head. These birds have also been called buffel duck , spirit duck , and butterball. That’s a long list for a little bird. Larry has.)

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

An op-ed in the Washington Post by Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter is a fine summary of the arguments, and there is a good background article at Birdwatching magazine. The most comprehensive articulation of the movement to change honorific names is at BirdNamesForBirds and on Twitter ( #BirdNamesforBirds ).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Larry Jordan Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:13 am Wow Corey, that must have been some sight to behold, and sound too! Mar 14th, 2011 at 9:20 pm The word “awesome&# is thrown around a lot these days, but this does sound truly awesome. Were you and Jeff the only witnesses? What a spectacle indeed.

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Critter News

JUNE 18, 2009

The links would mean researchers would never have to transport animals above ground, said Jordan Cohen, interim U of I vice president for research. The 35,000-square-foot facility would connect the Medical Education Research Facility and Carver Biomedical Research Building on the west side of campus. Advertisement.

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