10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2015

Given the chance, I would gladly take the opportunity to berate the world in general for littering and for carelessly discarding cigarettes, but I must come clean and tell you the whole story. It was fascinated by something on the ground and suddenly dropped from its perch about 10 feet above the ground and plunged into the leaf litter.

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Atlanta Litter Reptiles Science 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2020

All terrain vehicle enthusiasts ripped swathes through the wild flowers and fireraisers left the burnt out shuck of a car, so there will almost certainly be work parties to clear the litter and debris. There will probably be environmental studies and enhancements to encourage wildlife.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

Litter Boxes : At least one litter box per cat, cleaned out daily. Their Indoor Cat Initiative has a ton of great information and even a DVD you can order! If all of your cat’s needs are met there should be no long-term problem keeping the cat indoors.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

They have very powerful beaks and claws and it is not uncommon to see where they have been by the leaf litter below the large trees. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos are a lot bigger than the Gang-gang Cockatoos that we encountered in Victoria. They are still destructive as they feed in the native trees.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The trail was littered with discarded nuts and seeds and I often encountered this. She also has curly head feathers, but blends into the environment somewhat compared to the male bird. Female Gang-gang Cockatoo feeding. The dexterity with which the Gang-gang Cockatoos use with their feet is quite incredible to watch.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2022

Scimitar babblers use these long downcurved bills to work through the leaf litter – they are rather terrestrial birds. The scimitar gave the name to a group of birds, the 17 species of scimitar babblers (claims that these birds were named after the Scottish naturalist Edgar Scimitar, 1755-1806, are plainly wrong).

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10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

Food for a fledgling thrush is abundant in June with everything from ripe cherries on the trees to loads of snails crawling through the leaf litter. It is a fledgling Song Thrush being attended by a parent outside of the wonderful Nomad Hotel in Hungary’s Bükk Hills.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2012

The birds were highlighted by my first of the year Chipping Sparrow , a gorgeous male Pine Warbler coming to the small platform feeder, and a very cooperative Hermit Thrush that foraged in the leaf litter two meters in front of me off and on for about fifteen minutes.

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2008 Litter New York Sparrows 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2023

I had just turned my lights on and it was a Common Pauraque that hopped from the road back into the leaf litter. At dusk a couple nights ago some movement caught my eye as I was driving. With some light still in the sky, I knew this was a golden opportunity to photograph this species with some semblance of natural light.

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Trinidad Litter Bears Species 212

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2013

To make truly fine Scrub-Jay habitat, such as what you find at Cruickshank, the area needs to be burned regularly, and years of fire suppression have done as much to limit the jays to small pockets of suitable habitat as the subdivisions and strip malls that litter Florida’s east coast. But honestly, part of that is a peanuts.

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Sanctuary Florida Litter Wildlife 210

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2020

As it waited for a parent to return with some food, it picked through the leaf litter to see if it could find something for itself. Now, more bold and partly self-sufficient, it was venturing out and exploring beneath the willow tree. In response to a high squeak, it hopped towards the grass where it was joined by another chick. Two chicks!

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Neglecting Litter Breeding Species 169

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 20, 2009

Invented by a former rocket scientist, the CatGenie is a litter box-replacement that works like a cat box, acts like a toilet, and cleans like a modern washing appliance. Unlike cat litter, which every year contributes approximately 8-billion pounds of contaminated waste to landfills.)

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2021

Watch and listen for the birds as they rustle through the leaf litter. Not needed and with hidden wasp nests and five species of highly camouflaged vipers somewhere out there in the leaf litter and blending in with low vegetation…not the best of ideas. The easiest of the wood-quails in Costa Rica is the Spotted Wood-Quail.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

My desk is littered with general field guides, guides to specific families, books about bird behavior, and books about status and distribution of birds in New York while my browser is always opened to eBird and xeno-canto. And the references I use!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2012

A marsh littered with garbage will still provide refuge for a bittern, considering in many places most wetlands simply don’t exist any more. A golf course in the desert can be an oasis of food and shade to a hungry migrant that has been flying all night. I think you get my point.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2012

I applaud responsibility, but please don’t litter.) The former provided itself readily enough — it was a day of unfolding leaves and butterflies, emerging flowers, basking turtles, and just to ensure that I remained on-topic, jewel-colored Trojan wrappers left beside the path. (C’mon, C’mon, guys.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Stopping and walking produced most of the expected species, birds like Talamanca Hummingbird, Fiery-throated Hummingbirds, Large-footed Finches scratching the leaf litter and Yellow-thighed Finches rummaging in the vines. However, given the flocks of Barred Parakeets and many other birds that live in forests, you really should be birding.

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Costa Rica Birds Litter Farming 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We were constantly listening for any leaf litter movement and soon saw Orange-footed Scrubfowl turning over piles of leaves. We then heard a sound in the leaf litter and both said at exactly the same time “snake” We have never seen a snake move so fast.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2021

Alas, nothing showed until there was a brief break in the shower and a Golden-crowned Warbler materialized in the leaf litter just in front of me. Belligerent as always I stayed out, binoculars in the branches, hoping for something – anything really. Golden-crowned Warbler.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 7, 2010

LOUIS, March 29, 2010 – To celebrate Earth Day and the millions of cat owners across the country who make good green choices for their cats, home and environment all year-round, Yesterday’s News® brand cat litter is announcing the Do-Gooder Design Challenge. Do-Gooder Handbag Design Contest. The event will be free and open to the public.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Air-Cleaning Litter Box. The number one dilemma cat owners face is litter box odor. Cat litter manufacturers offer a wide range of products with odor killers and perfumes to try to control this problem, but they’re not always very effective. It’s not just a charcoal filter you insert in the lid of the box.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

So intent had I been on my footing, that I missed my handing, leaned back against fresh air and joined the leaf-litter with an earthy slump.The real miracle of the day was that the owl was still there when I had stopped sliding and it stayed while I clambered back up.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Upon arrival we were given strict and non-flexible rules: never go even one inch off the ice paths, never allow the tiniest piece of litter to escape, never interact in any way with the wildlife, and cause absolutely no environmental damage.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Nothing could move around in the leaf litter without full attention from this Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. I remained with my eyes peeled, and sure enough, within a few short minutes I spotted the quivering black and white under-tail of a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. I spent the rest of the day with this bird.

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Birds Owls Litter Trinidad 262

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2014

I’m not saying that it is ever necessary to litter a post with expletives, but I’ve never seen a reason to pretend they don’t exist. Don’t be self-conscious. When you start your blog, no one but your closest friends are going to be paying attention anyways.

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Salamander Birds Trafficking Litter 261

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2019

When the leaf litter is damp you won’t hear any leaf rustling, so you are entirely dependent on a little bit of colourful movement. If you get a chance to go birding in Singapore you need to keep an eye out in the forests for the odd flash of blue among the leaf litter! You may get a chance to observe a Blue-winged Pitta !

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2011

The scenery is top-notch, the trails are well-maintained, and there was not a speck of litter anywhere in the preserve. There are trails that can be easily handled by even an eighteen-month-old and other trails that are a bit more challenging, but nothing, so far as I know, that would tax a serious hiker. … a.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

the nation's largest restaurant user of beef, also wants the FDA to prohibit the feeding of so-called poultry litter to cattle. A coalition of food and consumer groups that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the practice. McDonald's Corp.,

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A Spectacled Thrush foraged among the leaf litter. A pair of Yellow Warblers hunted insects in the canopy, and a Northern Waterthrush did the same just over the surface of the water. This endearing and very familiar species grabbed the attention of all present, including the official event photographer from the THA!

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Falcons Trinidad Ducks Livestock 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

For example, around here, we have to watch our step for vipers wonderfully camouflaged in the leaf litter. However, the lack of cold doesn’t mean that we don’t have our own set of birding challenges in Costa Rica.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2023

Once you have been made aware of their presence it is quite enjoyable to just watch them move through the leaf litter. White-winged Choughs in the trees White-winged Choughs are similar in some ways to Apostlebirds , which also move around in large groups and also make mud nests. There is a lot of leaf throwing!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2012

Gray-necked Picathartes foraging in leaf-litter on the forest floor in Korup National Park, Cameroon. Here local people consider these birds the sacred guardians of their nesting rock formations (which are believed to house ancestral spirits), and have protected their colonies for generations.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

At 6am it was still dark in the (relatively) high elevation rainforest where Golden-crowned Warblers fluttered just above the leaf litter, Collared Trogons and Hepatic Tanagers gathered to feed on the bounty of moths still on offer. I expected to learn a thing or two and possibly see some birds I had never seen before.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 2, 2012

Tidy Cats brand cat litter Scoop formulas with new Odor Erasers™ technology helps with the PU in the litter box, and now Tidy Cats is on a mission to help with the PU in life. Sometimes life just stinks, but Tidy Cats® is here to help. Today kicks off the Tidy Cats “No More PU” campaign.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There is a lot of extreme behavior here (and a lot of that behavior takes place in Australia), but this is not simply a collection of the world’s most fantastic bird tales.

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Science Birds Costa Rica Research 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Oriental Greenfinches used the wires to perch and a Plain Laughingthrush picked through the leaf litter on this cold November morning. Eurasian Magpies and Large-billed Crows were common flyovers and the wooded slopes either side of the wall were alive with birdsong.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 21, 2009

Kay-Kob bedding and litter from Kaytee. The Skooper Box , from Metropawlis. Organic Cotton printed tees from EcoPup. Eco Turtle squeaky toy made from IntelliLoft fibers (85% recycled soda bottles). From PawLuxury. The Eco Nap dog bed, also made from IntelliLoft fibers. From The Modern Pet.

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