10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2013

Birds in Portland, Oregon, are being found dead in droves. The suspected cause of death? Over imbibing on fermented berries. No, I am not making this up !

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon who has been sharing some thought-provoking pieces with 10,000 Birds readers. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided a case about whether a wind energy facility could be constructed in remote southeastern Oregon, in Greater Sage-grouse habitat.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2024

In Portland, Oregon, the Golden-Crowned Kinglet is fairly common in appropriate habitat, particularly during migration and in winter. The eBird bar chart for the kinglet in Multnomah County, which includes Portland, is below. But this “tiny, hyperactive songbird” is not found only high in the tree canopy.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

I recently birded the Tualatin River NWR near Portland, Oregon, and made that my test case for a deeper dive into the Mobile Track. The river at the top is the Columbia , which forms much of the border between Oregon and Washington. A Google Maps image is below that, for those unfamiliar with the area.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Animal rights activists stretched a 60-foot banner across the Hawthorne Bridge {Saturday} morning targeting the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU. Stop Animal Exploitation Now, an Ohio-based animal rights group, recently ranked the lab at Oregon Health & Science University as the nation's sixth worst animal lab out of 44 others.

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Research Center Primates Oregon Research 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2019

In 1806, Lewis and Clark saw condors near the Columbia River, which makes up much of the Washington-Oregon border. After years of study , FWS has proposed releasing captive-bred condors in Redwoods National Park in Northern California, not far from the Oregon border.

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California Condor California Endangered Species Oregon 228

Critter News

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. I say "good for her!" She has a lot more guts than I do.

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PETA Oregon Research Center Primates 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2021

But one has to wonder why this jawbreaker sobriquet wasn’t enthusiastically adopted in Oregon, a state that’s no stranger to confusing names. Interestingly, now that pinot gris-pinot grigio has spread to South America, Australia, and South America, among other places, it’s still only the Germans who call the grape Grauburgunder.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 22, 2008

In the early morning hours of October 17th, a lone activist infiltrated the fur farm at 92659 Simonsen Road in Astoria Oregon. According to Bite Back Magazine , an activist released 1500 mink from a farm in Astoria. About 1,500 mink were released from their cages with at least 200 of these being breeding stock.

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Oregon Fur Breeding Stock Farming 100

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

and my public relations client, an aerobatic air show pilot, is heading out in the black of night onto the air show tarmac to get his plane out for a morning show live shot, the first of 10 media interviews I’ve booked for him today in Portland, Oregon. It’s 3:30 a.m. My phone rings. “Hi

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2009

The lab reported the incidents to the National Institutes of Health, said Jim Newman, a spokesman for Oregon Health & Science University, which runs the center. The two other incidents involved a sponge being left in a monkey after surgery and a surgery performed on the wrong monkey.

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Oregon Primates Research Center Guinea Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The first part of this week finds us in south central Oregon, at one of the nation’s true gems, Crater Lake National park. Fortunately we were able to find a nice RV camp, in the nearby town of Crescent, Oregon, which allowed us to be at the park right after sunrise. o It is the second deepest lake in the Western Hemisphere.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2021

In Oregon you can’t own any “dangerous” wild animals, but you can get a special permit for a service monkey and anyone can fill their backyard with giraffes. You can own a gorilla in Indiana, but not a bear in Michigan. You can own a yak in Kentucky, but not a cheetah in Maine. In Mississippi you can own an ocelot, but not a wolverine.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Tethering Giraffes Alabama 264

Critter News

APRIL 18, 2009

Wolves have been killing livestock in Oregon, and now they want the authority to kill them.

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Wolves Oregon Killing Sheep 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2024

Called home to the Oregon Coast to operate the family motel, in her free time she leads Tufted Puffin walks and escapes to guide at birding festivals and explore the world as often as possible. It was on a whim that our most recent adventure took us to Oaxaca.

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Mexico Birds Oregon Puffins 196

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Set in the marshes of the Malheur and Lower Klamath regions of 1890’s Oregon, Thompson has crafted a story featuring Fin McFaddin, a plume hunter and the novel’s dark hero, and his best friend Aiden Elliott, a man stalwartly opposed to pluming. Gone were the fir canopies of Portland’s forest, the clouds of pewter and purple.

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Hunters Oregon San Francisco Portland 200

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Other articles related to this story: Verdict in Oregon Draws Surprise and Questions About Equity. Oregon Militants Found Not Guilty in ‘Unbelievable, Truly Astonishing’ Verdict. Jury Delivers Surprise Acquittal In Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation Trial.

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Extremist Oregon Wildlife illegal 155

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2024

We were fortunate to be down in the Rio Grande Valley to guide at the Spring Chirp Birding Festival based out of Weslaco and had scheduled an extra bird-chase day before flying home to Oregon. As we got closer to our designated free birding day, the weather forecast became increasingly likely for a grounding event.

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Texas Alabama Alligators Nashville 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2017

There were many weekends at the Oregon coast, and as always I was on the look out for this diminutive little shorebird. The State of Oregon, in 1975 listed the bird as Threatened, and the Oregon Fish and Wildlife reaffirmed that status in 1989 under the Oregon Endangered Species Act. Not for lack of trying, mind you.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

So armed with some knowledge from the “ Access Considerations for Birding Locations ” page on the Birdability website and some research, I twice visited the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge near Portland, Oregon with accessibility in mind. eBird checklists are here and here.).

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Portland Oregon Laws Virginia 198

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2024

My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon. There are beautiful beaches, a plethora of amazing food and drinks, a multitude of family fun locations, a world-renowned zoo, and one of the biggest birding festivals in the US.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

This week’s beer is named for these remarkable vultures: Condor Kolsch from Rogue Ale & Spirits of Newport, Oregon. Rogue brewed Condor Kolsch to support California Condor conservation efforts in partnership with the Oregon Zoo of Portland, which became the fourth condor captive breeding program in the country in 2003.

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California Condor Oregon California Zoos 105

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Not far behind is California (348, up from 297), followed by Arizona (294, up from 155), Florida (233, up from 227), New Jersey (223, up from 199), Oregon (221, up from 209), and Texas (218, up from 106). Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species. The state with the largest increase was Arizona , with 139 species added.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

A federal judge in Oregon determined that there was nothing in the relevant statute or regulations that required that any “take” be for research on that species and granted FWS’s motion for summary judgment. Photos: Spotted Owl by USFWS Endangered Species ; Table Rock Wilderness, Oregon by BLM Oregon and Washington.

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Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 122

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I’ve taken tours out of Monterey Bay (with pelagic legend Debi Shearwater , now retired) and Half Moon Bay, California ; Newport, Oregon ; and Hatteras, North Carolina. But I took a day for myself for a 12-hour pelagic trip sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon.

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San Diego Los Angeles Cooking North Carolina 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). On a state-by-state basis, that percentage increases dramatically as one moves from east to west.

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Virgin Islands Alaska United States Nevada 218

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2013

The Liberty University Flames, represented by their American Bald Eagle mascot, Sparky, were also bounced from the tournament, while the Marquette Golden Eagles, Oregon Ducks, and Louisville Cardinals advanced from their first-round matches. For the record, here are all the bird-related teams who made it to the tournament: Oregon Ducks.

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Louisville Bald Eagle Kansas Iowa 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Recently, two economists, Dr. Trudy Ann Cameron (University of Oregon) and Dr. Sonja Kolstoe (Salisbury University), published a paper using eBird data. Photos of three birding locations in the study area: Ridgefield NWR in Washington, Tualatin River NWR in Oregon, Nisqually NWR in Washington, by Jason Crotty.

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Oregon Washington Chad Birds 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2019

One of these is Pelican Brewing Company of Pacific City, Oregon, with their Fly ‘N Dry Brut IPA, which we have to enjoy this week (thanks once again to fellow 10,000 Birds beat writer Jason Crotty for sending me a can!),

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Pelicans India San Francisco Oregon 120

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 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was the Red Crossbill that plopped down in front of him to grit on Oregon Plains Road in the Adirondacks. Unsurprisingly, I spotted at least ten of them, including one victoriously brandishing a duck carcass. Guess that was a portent of things to come. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Bald Eagle Philadelphia 2018 Oregon 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2014

Meanwhile, an Oregon farmer caught a beating from a neighbor irritated by his loud “bird cannons.” (Who Proving that cruelty knows no bounds, some (language unsuitable for a family blog) in Virginia Beach is shooting blow darts at birds. Who knew there was such a thing?).

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Israel Science Hawaii South America 198

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2016

From Boise we headed still further west, driving through all of eastern Oregon, racing to get to Shady Cove where my in-laws were meeting us. While in Oregon we explored Crater Lake National Park (pictured at the top of this post) and went rafting. We also did some plain old relaxing, you know, like normal people do on vacations?

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Idaho Wyoming San Francisco Colorado 105

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Arran sources its water from the Loch na Davie and employs Oregon pine washbacks and copper stills.

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Eagles Ireland Oregon Protection 215

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2016

Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon who love to share thought-provoking pieces with 10,000 Birds readers. For example, a single CCP for the Willamette Valley NWR Complex covers three refuges in Oregon (Ankeny, Baskett Slough and William F. A good example is the CCP for Malheur NWR in Oregon.

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Wildlife Oregon Endangered Species Portland 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2014

I had the pleasure of attending the first Mountain Bird Festival in Ashland Oregon recently and it was great! The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Project was one of the sponsors of the festival which was hosted by the Klamath Bird Observatory.

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Oregon North America Birds Owls 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And here is a photo from that birding trip, at Tualatin River NWR near Portland, Oregon. This is what it looks like: The resulting weather information can be customized and there is a button to copy to your clipboard, so it can be inserted into the “checklist comments” section of your checklist.

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