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Veterinarians have stepped up to support pets and colleagues impacted by the devastating wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area since early January.
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High Noon Birding in the Mountains of Los Angeles
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
For now, I present a story of an excellent day''s birding on a visit to Los Angeles last week.]. There are two excellent things about birding Los Angeles County: the weather is always beautiful (well, maybe hot, but I’m one of those no-humidity=great weather people) and the diverse range of birding habitats.
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Scandal at Los Angeles Animal Shelter
Critter News
JUNE 9, 2011
LA Animal Services is the subject of an internal investigation surrounding missing animals. At first, it sounds like employees may have been taking them, but volunteers had access too. Excerpt from CityWatch.
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More Evidence That Cats Belong Indoors
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2012
You can read more about the study in the Los Angeles Times , on the American Bird Conservancy website , or on the site produced by those who did the study. Also, the cats tended to do dangerous things, like cross roads and eat and drink things that they found.
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Blue Jay Way
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2011
On Magical Mystery Tour , The Beatles’ famous 1967 album, there is an odd song called “Blue Jay Way&# which was written by George Harrison while he waited for Derek Taylor, who got lost trying to meet Harrison in the hills above Los Angeles on a foggy night.
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170 A Tale of Three Magnificent Frigatebirds (Two I help, one tries to kill me)
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
I happened to work at that facility, for International Bird Rescue at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center , part of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. So, this bird’s care was given to me since I had been involved with the Los Angeles bird four years before. Like it or not, you’re the resident “expert” now.
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Bird Found on Plane
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2012
A songbird was found on a flight between Taiwan and Los Angeles and authorities believed it escaped from the custody of someone trying to smuggle it. The bird was not identified to species, which is kind of frustrating.
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In Search of the White Wagtail at Cabrillo Beach
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2012
When a White Wagtail was found on 10 December at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, just south of Los Angeles, I was pretty stoked. After all, I would be arriving in southern California on 19 December, landing in Los Angeles at LAX, about thirty minutes from the site of the sighting.
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Big Years in 2013
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 9, 2013
David Bell is doing a Los Angeles County, California, Big Year this year and, according to eBird, had already hit 156 species as of 8 January. Sherrie Duris is not satisfied sitting on her laurels, having broken the Lucas County, Ohio, Big Year record last year with an amazing 263 species.
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Soon to be an Armchair ABA Tick – Nutmeg Mannikin in California
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
Just check out the map showing Nutmeg Mannikin reports in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The use of eBird data is interesting and it shows just how valuable the collected reports of birders can be in figuring out the status and distribution of species. The red markers are sightings in the last thirty days.
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What’s the Next ABA-Countable Exotic?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2015
Outside of Florida, there are also growing populations in Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Houston. Red-masked Parakeet, a near-threatened endemic of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru, has sizeable population clusters in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale.
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Almagordo Chimp Story Hits the Los Angeles Times
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
Story continues to gain media attention.
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Birding Mount Baldy in June
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2013
The mountains of southern California are a necessary escape from the heat, smog, and suburbia that can plague the denizens of places like Orange County and Los Angeles. Mount Baldy, more properly though less popularly known as Mount San Antonio, is no exception.
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Red-crowned Parrots at Irvine Regional Park, Orange County, California
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2013
Quite a few species are well-established and breeding from San Diego to Los Angeles and beyond. Many escapes and introductions have taken place over the years and some species have found the warm, dry climate to their liking.
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Mysteries of the Mitred Parakeets
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2011
Miami and Los Angeles were also major importation hubs, and populations of Aratinga mitrata are well established in those areas. JFK Airport was a major hub for the importation of wildlife for the pet trade, and it is likely that birds escaped from quarantine during this period.
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Sell your House with Birds!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
Prices may not yet be as high as Auckland, which is more expensive that London or Los Angeles (without, I should point out, those city’s higher wages, plus you have to live in Auckland, with, you know, Aucklanders), but Auckland’s stratospheric market is impacting here in Wellington.
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Three Interesting Things
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2014
Imagine yourself on board a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York City, an eight-hour journey that begins at bedtime and ends at breakfast. Second, and this is recent, new research indicates that Birds that migrate at night enter a state of sleepless mania and gorge on foods by day, behaviors mediated by their biological clocks.
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LA Times "Rodent of the Week" Simply PR for Animal Research
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2010
Tags: Los Angeles animal research.
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4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 24, 2012
Dynamic duo Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars) and Brendan Robinson (Pretty Little Liars) walk the red carpet at Kitty Bungalow’s CATS for Cats benefit concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The stars turned out for the 2nd annual CATS for Cats charity event on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.
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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
I’ve missed this information, especially when I travel to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family. If you are visiting Los Angeles County (the birdiest county in the United States, they tell me), and want to bird this area knowledgeably and efficiently, this guide is invaluable.
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Birding Shanghai in April 2022
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2022
Apparently, they were introduced in the Los Angeles area of California in 1917, and I really think they deserve living in L.A. As you can imagine, the study was done in China. Finally, in such a poor birding month, even my least favorite Shanghai bird – the Spotted Dove – gets a mentioning.
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Arizona, or Central Mexico?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2021
You can fly direct to Mexico City from many American cities; while you can fly direct to Morelia from Oakland, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, and Chicago. (But not if you live on the east coast… Check it out on a map; you’ll be surprised! But hotels and meals are likely to be much cheaper down here.
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264 Why Hawkwatching is So Awesome
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
He now lives in Los Angeles, California where he is employed as a natural history tour guide and as a member of the Leica Birding Team. A professional hawkwatcher for many seasons, his passion and knowledge saw him invited to join the board of the Hawk Migration Association of North America in 2013.
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Bob Barker Donates $1.5 Million to LA Zoo
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2009
Along with about 200 Los Angeles Zoo employees, children and community members gathered today at City Hall, rock guitarist Slash pledged his support for completing the zoo’s Pachyderm Forest. The donation is for helping Billy the elephant. But the opposition had its own celebrity endorsement, this one with a $1.5
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2009 Animal Rights Conference Scheduled for July 16-20
Critter News
APRIL 12, 2009
It's in Los Angeles this year.
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100 We Love You Too, Beaverton!
10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2012
New York, London, Chicago, and Los Angeles are our top four, for example, and Melbourne, Sydney, San Francisco, Houston, Seattle, and Toronto round out our top ten. One neat thing about Google Analytics is that I can see a list of what cities provide the most traffic to the blog. Number eleven is Washington DC.
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Warning! Sad Story Ahead
Critter News
JUNE 7, 2012
A beagle rescued from a laboratory in Spain and brought to the Los Angeles has run off and his humans are trying to find him. :-(. This is such a sad story.
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100 Leap Day is Friskies Plus Day!
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 28, 2012
The amazing Canstructure will feature thousands of cans of Friskies Plus, all of which will be donated to three Los Angeles cat rescue organization after Wednesday’s event.
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100 Arctic Loon at Bonelli Park
10,000 Birds
JUNE 18, 2013
Yet, somehow, on 31 May one was discovered on Puddingstone Reservoir, the large man-made lake that is the center of Bonelli Park, a nearly 2,000 acre expanse in San Dimas, just east of Los Angeles.
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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. But its U.S. What was once sage scrub is now suburbs and highways. As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act.
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From Today's Los Angeles Times
Animal Ethics
JUNE 7, 2016
Lisa Edmondson, Los Angeles As an intelligent primate, I’d much rather be an ambassador for my species in a secure environment—served the best food and tended to by top-notch veterinarians—than take my chances in a national park where poverty and corruption result in little or no protection for the non-human residents.
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40 DogLand and DOTT App launch party #DogLovingRevolution
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
The party is being held in Los Angeles, but the exact location can only be found by checking out … Continue reading → The post DogLand and DOTT App launch party #DogLovingRevolution appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.
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100 The Sunda Teals of Jakarta
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 26, 2014
However, the Sunda islands span over a large region, and if the teal’s range is projected onto North America, it covers the area between Los Angeles and the panhandle of Florida. Now, “restricted to the islands of…” does not sound very extensive.
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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 31, 2010
Founded in 1997, it has become one of the largest animal rescue groups in Los Angeles. Kitten Rescue’s goal is to help Los Angeles become a no-kill city. WHEN: Saturday, September 11th, 2010 WHERE: The Skirball Cultural Center, Ahmanson Hall, Los Angeles. Tickets are $125 each, available at [link].
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Woof Wednesday: A star is born!
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
When Jahnna moved to Los Angeles to go after her dream of becoming an actress, she never guessed that it would be her long hair Chihuahua, Gizmo, that would be a star! Gizmo stole the limelight and started getting work!
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100 Sea Shepherd Busts Whale Meat Importer
Critter News
MAY 25, 2011
Today, according to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Ginichi Y Ohira was charged in Los Angeles federal court with selling whale meat in violation of the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society had run a sting operation to collect evidence related to the serving of whale meat.
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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of April 2018?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2018
Hopefully, you can find consolation for this oversight in the fact that I saw lots of juicy (figuratively, not literally) birds from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. With all of my gallivanting across a small swath of the American Southwest last week, I plumb forgot to ask you where you were birding.
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UC Davis Named in Criminal Complaint for Mistreatment of Lab Animals
Critter News
OCTOBER 25, 2009
From the Los Angeles Chronicle. The University of California, Davis is the focus of a major federal complaint charging it and two other nationally known university research centers have killed dozens of primates through traumatic injuries, veterinary negligence and other violations.
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Mexican Senators Look at Banning Bullfights
Critter News
MAY 7, 2011
Maria de los Angeles Moreno, who is sponsoring the bill, said. Senators from the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, are working on legislation to ban bullfights and guarantee animal rights in Mexico, a lawmaker said.
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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
Dear Senator Murray, I have read articles in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times about the chimpanzees at Holloman Air Force Base. Here is the text we sent to Congressman Jim McDermott and Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray. It's based on the suggested text we saw on the web site for Physicians for Responsible Medicine.
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100 Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2016
It was Los Angeles, after all, where mileage has no bearing on time, but where time was precious for my little rescue on this crystal morning. Now, he lay frightened and ruffled in my hands, his tail tattered, his feathers damp from the maw of a cat named Puck. I scrambled for a box. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky.
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223 Now Casting: Naughty Cats!
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 14, 2012
Must live in/around the Los Angeles or NYC area. Be sure to tell about your cat and how it’s affecting your life/relationship: Include your cat’s name, age, breed, where you got the cat and tell, in detail, about your cat’s behavioral problems and why you (or your family) are at your wits end.
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Lifer Ocean
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2013
When we motored into Los Angeles County waters to pick up the many thousand strong flock of storm-petrels milling about. They’re not expected by any means, but this had been a good year for them and they were on the short list of species we were looking hard for. It was nice to get such long, satisfying looks.
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174 Dog Whisperer: Inside Puppy Mills
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 6, 2009
With hidden cameras, LCA operatives spot-check several Los Angeles County kennels — essentially dog-breeding facilities that may be exceeding legal capacity limits.
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