10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The sun was setting fast as my mom and I left Council Grove, Kansas, after a delicious steak dinner and a three hour expedition across the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. We loved the undulating green of the Kansas Flint Hills, and the positive endorphins of the hike pumped through our veins. There was a lake here?

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Kansas Pelicans ALA Cows 116

Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

We recently posted about the University of Kansas which, in response to USDA-cited lab violations, is spending about $1 million on lab renovations (although now I'm hearing it's more like $700,000.) Tags: animal research Kansas PETA. Sorry for the cynicism, but.HAH! Good luck with that argument! The NIH doesn't take back grant money.

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Kansas PETA Animal Research Tagged Animal 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Kansas University Medical Center was nailed by USDA inspectors for violations including improper treatment for sick animals, aging facilities and failing to provide appropriate enrichment opportunities for animals who appear to be under psychological stress.

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Kansas Welfare Psychology Animal Research 100

Critter News

MARCH 14, 2009

It's a two-week old kitten from Kansas. In February she had to put one down because of illness. The other is also quite ill and will probably not last out the year. Friday she showed me the new kitten she will be purchasing. The breeder will only ship her when she is old enough to be separated from her mother.

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Kittens Kansas Purebred Breeders 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

A Kansas Snowy Owl that was seen by hundreds of birders was struck and killed by a car. At death, it weighed 876 grams, about half what a healthy owl should weight.

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Owls Kansas Killing 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2012

Toucans tell you that you aren’t in Kansas anymore. There’s something about a toucan, isn’t there? They affirm that the tropics are true, not just myths manufactured to make those of us with winter jealous. Thanks to a childhood steeped in sugary cereal, I’ve always had a soft spot for Toucan Sam and his ilk.

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Kansas Ecuador 2010 Species 191

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But an excerpt from “Train to Kansas City”, a song also covered by the Shop Assistants. Or if you like Kansas City but dislike trains, you can listen to “ Kansas City ” by Okkervil River. Probably not containing Blood Pheasant blood, though. This song mentions R.E.M.,

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Kansas City Kansas Livestock Eggs 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2013

Kansas Jayhawks. Liberty Flames (represented by their American Bald Eagle, Sparky). Temple Owls. Iowa State Cyclones (represented by Cy the Cardinal). Louisville Cardinals. LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds. Creighton Bluejays. Marquette Golden Eagles.

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Louisville Bald Eagle Iowa Kansas 174

Critter News

APRIL 22, 2010

An animal rights activist has offered $30,000 to anyone who facilitates the freeing of primates, or the end of vivisection, at the University of Kansas, a place cited for numerous animal welfare violations. Tags: University of Kansas animal research vivisection primates. He does not condone violent or illegal acts.

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Primates Vivisection Kansas Animal Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2024

But suffice it to say that when a Black-vented Oriole turned up for a drink, I realized I wasn’t in Kansas anymore. (Or, Black-vented Oriole : trigger bird #1 It’s an unnecessarily long story as to why I first put a birdbath in my backyard. Or, more exactly, I wasn’t in California, and then Baja California, any more.)

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Squirrels Mexico Kansas South America 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).

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West Virginia United States Puerto Rico Minnesota 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

A hero of the Rip Van Winkle Rod & Gun Club is – no doubt – Bob Aronsohn, who lives in Kansas and in December 2013 celebrated killing his 150,000th crow.

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Killing Animal Abuse Slaughtered Slaughter 272

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2021

I realize I’m not in Kansas (well, California) anymore. Four moments (and species) stand out in my own personal birding renaissance: I put an improvised birdbath in my yard to see if I can get the House Sparrows to stop munching on my lettuce plants, and a stunning Black-vented Oriole arrives to bathe.

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Kansas Wounded ALA Squirrels 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2011

Everything is coming to a head in Kansas. Noted Biologists, farmers and ranchers are also interviewed as we take a look at how our society operates in a world we too often think that we are independent of. Do urban/suburban people really get the big picture?

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Chickens Kansas North America America 169

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2019

In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. 2018 proved to be one of my best birding years ever.

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Bald Eagle Alabama Kansas Wisconsin 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2021

In the year 2000, the world held their breath as ornithologists from the Smithsonian and the University of Kansas led an expedition into the southern Rupununi region. Only a handful of small, fragmented populations were believed to exist in Venezuela and possibly parts of Colombia.

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Guyana Otters South America Colombia 279

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 2, 2013

Gulf Coast over Georgetown and LaSalle over Kansas St, proving that mayhem is everywhere making it difficult for even the most knowledgeable basketball analysts to predict what will happen. Among the upsets the dolphins correctly predicted were Wichita St. over Gonzaga, Fla.

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Dolphins Wichita Georgia Kansas 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2013

First, we were on a schedule that, while not tight, did involve being in Kansas City before nightfall. Lest you think that modern technology robbed all the challenge from my hunt, though, I would point out that there were a couple of confounding factors.

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St. Louis Sparrows Kansas City Kansas 175

Critter News

APRIL 24, 2012

Nationally, California ranks behind Texas, Kansas and Nebraska in total cattle numbers. The sale of cattle and calves was a $1.82-billion billion industry in California 2008 and fifth among the state’s top 20 commodities. Beef cattle are raised in nearly every California county.

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Cows California Meat Industry Nebraska 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2018

I would add new sightings to my current year list, which has stood at 250 since the Bell’s Vireo I spotted in Kansas on September 7th. I would tick off migrating songbirds, from tanagers to vireos and everything in between. But it was not to be.

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Florida Alabama Kansas Pelicans 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2018

On eBird profile pages, size matters: tiny Delaware is barely noticeable whereas Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri are conspicuous. Other states, such as North Dakota and Arkansas, were also gray, but those seemed less troublesome, since I have never visited either state. But that’s better than other parts of the country, such as the U.S.

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Puerto Rico District of Columbia Michigan North Dakota 124

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Even some states that technically have checklists barely qualify: the great state of Illinois has just a single checklist with two species (from an airport).

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Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 115

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

Tom Harvy, the holder of the Kansas Zoo, stated that Isabella managed to perform all her maternal duties: she did not notice the difference between species, feeding, cleaning and licking the cubs permanently.

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Badgers Tigers Porcupines Zoos 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

There is, however, an eBird hotspot for the Geographical Center of the Continental United States , so be sure to submit a checklist next time you’re in that part of Smith County, Kansas.

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Seattle Washington New York City Kansas 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2017

It only takes a few looks at some of the jays in Mexico to know that Kansas is definitely on the far side of some distant rainbow, and if we go birding in the Amazon, Borneo, or New Guinea, you might wonder if you are still on the same bird planet.

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Costa Rica Dominican Republic Kansas Guinea 118

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2020

But before we get into new predictions, let’s take a look at what I predicted would be my next ten birds way back in 2015 when Barack Obama was still president, the Kansas City Royals were working their way to a World Series victory, and I was still on the young side of forty. Below are my predictions exactly as I made them.

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2018 2019 2015 Kansas City 174

SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Growing up in Western Kansas, John Marvin initially pursued a career in marketing and advertising and shares his journey from being fired to adopting a new mindset, then transitioning to pharmaceutical sales at the suggestion of his father, a family physician.

Texas 104

Texas Kansas 2001 Industry 104

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

His theory: Why go to Manhattan for great steak when you can go to where the steak is — Omaha, Kansas City or San Antonio — and have a totally new experience around your team dinner? Peter Lombard is founder of Insouciance Abroad, a company that, among other things, plans corporate offsites that have lasting impact.

San Antonio 54

San Antonio Las Vegas Kansas City Omaha 54

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

I had this experience when I was 12 years old, at a basketball camp led by Coach Gene Keady, a legend in Kansas for having earned Junior College Coach of the Year three times while at Hutchinson Junior College. Today, everyone is a leader, and it culminates in how we make others feel.

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Psychology Emotional Kansas Morals 77

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

If you live in Kansas City or Cleveland or Dallas, people are willing to talk to you. I manufactured leisure furniture and then I manufactured imprinted sportswear, and I sold those into Fortune 500 companies. Anybody who doesn’t sell in New York City has no [expletive] idea what a sale is.

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New York City New York Kansas City Cleveland 59

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2021

The author, Steve Hilty, received his PhD in Zoology from the University of Arizona and is currently a Research Associate in Ornithology at the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas.

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Colombia South America 2000 Venezuela 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2018

Quivira NWR (Kansas). Lee Metcalf NWR (Montana). Malheur NWR (Oregon). Minnesota Valley NWR (Minnesota). Ottawa NWR (Ohio). Parker River NWR (Massachusetts). Pea Island NWR (North Carolina). Santa Ana NWR (Texas). Marks NWR (Florida). A Google map (which is also the image at the top of this post) with all 25 locations is here.

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Wildlife Las Vegas Minnesota Texas 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2019

I don’t think I have added any new species, but I did add Alaska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to the group state list. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5. 10,000 Birds also has an eBird profile and since I as a beat writer in 2016, I have been a part of that group. Ten years seems like a good time to look forward as well.

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Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Michigan Washington 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. North Dakota. Rhode Island. South Dakota. Washington. Wisconsin. I particularly like this photo of a female at Nanhui.

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Rhode Island South Dakota North Dakota Maryland 147

Critter News

DECEMBER 28, 2009

This week's stories: PETA demands that the National Institutes of Health take back grant money awarded to the University of Kansas; The Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums prepares to investigate the Calgary Zoo next year; Convicted dog fighter Michael Vick receives an award in courage from the Philadelphia Eagles; Canada tries to find a public (..)

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Michael Vick Kansas Zoos Philadelphia 100

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

“Many animal abusers have a history of domestic violence or other criminal activity, and there is a disturbing trend of animal abuse among our country’s most notorious serial killers.”.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF Animal Abuse Hoarding 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

A little late, but very well done. This is a significant book, especially if you are interested in bird illustration and women’s role in ornithology.

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Australia Birds Europe Collecting 224