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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Hungary Litter Humane Experiments 242

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2021

Forest floor/leaf litter specialists, Golden-crowned Warblers often move in pairs. The Masked Yellowthroat is a denizen of wetland habitat across the island of Trinidad. Males love to sing from chosen vantage points while females tend to remain hidden most of the time.

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Trinidad Litter 2020 Family 264

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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Litter Stray Owls Raised 264

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 226

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2024

Driving slowly along the entrance road to the lodge we came upon a lone Marail Guan dabbling in the leaf litter nearby. Walking through the forest we were smitten by the setting more than the creatures – it was invigorating to walk among giant trees, mossy vines, and soft leaf litter.

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Guyana Litter Owls Trinidad 246

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 207

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 256

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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Litter China Abandonment Abandon 264

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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Litter 2013 Australia Groups 264

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 245

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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Chicago Litter Louisiana Montana 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

Brown Thrashers like the one at Jamaica Bay above, are back to breed in Queens White-crowned Sparrows refuel in Queens on their way north Yellow Warblers are back and singing on breeding territories Ovenbirds forage in the leaf litter before making their way north resident Canada Geese don’t go anywhere and get a head start on breeding Summer (..)

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New York City New York Litter 2009 194

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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New York New Jersey Colorado Pennsylvania 253

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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Owls DC Litter Reptiles 223

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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Litter Cats Pets Tagged 100

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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San Francisco North Dakota Oakland Birds 254

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2012

Littered with goose droppings there is little doubt that many Snow Geese nest there, and the gravely delta is an ideal place for Semipalmated and Common Ringed Plovers. But for now, there were only the occasional Raven passing over, and several Glaucous Gulls making themselves at home.

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Litter Fish Cooking Geese 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2014

Wildlife concentrates at the Floe Edge, and although we just missed Narwhal as pack ice moved in just after we arrived, the place was littered with Polar Bear. They were likely recently driven away by their mother, after more than a year of being with her. . Tracks dotted the ice, and we saw several, although mostly they were at a distance.

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Polar Bears Seals Bears Laws 248

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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Costa Rica Chickens Pennsylvania Litter 264

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 264

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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Trinidad Livestock 2015 Buffalo 250

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Lemmings can have four or five litters a year of as many eight young. Few predators are better adapted to prey on lemmings than Ermine Lemmings have cyclical populations that build from low numbers into years where the populations explode, only to crash and then start the cycle over again.

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Owls Fox Oklahoma Soreing 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The husks of box elder seeds littered the ground, neatly stripped and devoured. They moved around a lot, but I would say there were at least thirty and maybe up to fifty individuals, in a variety of plumages that seemed to speak of a successful breeding season. When I went back the next day, they were still there.

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Pythons Litter Montana 2006 242

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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Litter Pelicans Wildlife Australia 162

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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Singapore Litter Transported Birds 127

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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St. Louis Litter New York City 2010 100

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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Pets Litter Horses Cats 100

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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Litter ALA Endangered Species Elephants 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

Apparently without fidelity to a specific mate, although pairs will soon move off and establish, and defend, their own territory to raise their litter. Females become less likely to rebuff male advances, and copulation takes place quickly without much fanfare.

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Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 252

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 266

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

Sacred Kingfisher The edge of the creek as we got closer to the ocean was littered with pearl shells and we presume that these must have broken free during the cyclone season earlier in the year. There were five Sacred Kingfishers flitting from rock to rock as we followed the creek. There were some rather nice specimens.

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Senegal Singapore Litter Farming 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2011

Such huge interest inevitably caught the attention of the media and the standard of journalism employed ranged from rubbish to utter garbage; littered with inaccuracies and errors, spurred on by comments from one or two fame-seekers.

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Litter Breeding Species Birds 182

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 264

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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Groups McDonalds Chickens Litter 100

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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Kentucky Agenda Wounded Litter 160

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 264

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 264