Critter News

APRIL 6, 2009

The last of nine monkeys that escaped from the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Hillsboro was found at 2 p.m. All the monkeys are healthy juvenile males and not involved in health research, officials said. Tags: animal experimentation primates medical research oregon. I don't know how I feel about this.

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Monkeys Primates Medical Research Oregon 100

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The California Quail ( Callipepla californica ) is the California state bird, inhabiting scrub, broken chaparral and woodland edges primarily in California, Oregon, Washington and Baja California. All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found in coveys or flocks except during breeding season.

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MAY 25, 2011

His summers during college were spent as a biological technician, monitoring breeding birds for Point Reyes Bird Observatory in Eastern Oregon, and also five seasons in Black Hills, SD, working for the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. He attended Iowa State University where he earned his B.S. in Animal Ecology.

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2009

This blogger, Earle Holland at Oregon State University, doesn't seem to believe the allegations coming out about the New Iberia Primate Center in Louisiana. He is the assistant vice president for research communications in the Office of University Relations. Tags: chimpanzees medical research animal welfare.

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Experience Experiments Medical Research Animal Welfare 100

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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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Oregon Defenders Of Wildlife Endangered Species Mexico 112

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

For me, writing good quizzes has meant working long hard hours, researching, emailing, reading field guides, conferring with master birders around the world. Jon lives in Portland, Oregon, three thousand miles distant. Thank you all for your good wishes on this last quiz. I live in the US, in New York State.

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Portland 2011 Oregon New York 162

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else. This is a smartly written book.

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Los Angeles Massachusetts Birds New York City 246

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MAY 20, 2023

Analysis : I have never seen a Kirtland’s Warbler, but this is consistent with the research I have done to fix that problem. Analysis : I haven’t actually done this and cannot confirm some of the details, but my research suggests that this would be the best plan. Grade: A. # # # Query: What are 5 good birding jokes?

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United States Michigan Texas Virginia 162

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Noah Stryker wrote about his experiences doing research with penguins in Among Penguins: A Bird Man in Antarctica (Oregon State Univ. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Davis and Martin Renner in 2003, appropriately titled Penguin s (Yale Univ. Press, 2011).

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Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 279

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The Condor has just published research quantifying significant population declines in Washington, Oregon, and northern California. Areas which have removed Barred Owls have seen slower declines in Northern Spotted Owl populations, although further research about the effectiveness of this intervention is called for.

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MAY 25, 2018

At the edge of the Oregon Cascades, rain is expected, and the researchers and scientists thought little of it as they continued about their daily tasks. Patches of blue sky winked at me from behind the mountain peaks, raindrops occasionally obscuring my vision as I glanced upwards.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Here in Portland, Oregon, it is more frequently too rainy rather than too cold to go birding, at least comfortably. I’ve also been on pelagic birding trips on both coasts, out of Half Moon Bay and Monterey, California; Newport, Oregon; and Hatteras, North Carolina. Your prior trips will inform your birding travel planning too.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge was established to conserve and enhance populations of wildlife and their habitats, to protect and enhance water quality, and to provide opportunities for wildlife-dependent recreation and research. Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge : Open to migratory bird hunting (youth only).

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2008

Recently published research suggests that the situation is even more dire than previously predicted. As the planet warms, fragile habitats that countless animal species depend on for survival will be destroyed. We have already witnessed radical changes in the polar icecap, changes that threaten numerous arctic species. F by the year 2100.

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2009

The warning cited three errors in veterinary care, including a serious 2007 incident where a pregnant monkey died when a researcher failed to notice she was having a troubled labor. 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.

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MARCH 14, 2022

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. These have been used by meteorologists, technicians, and researchers who spend about 13 months on the island at a time researching a variety of sciences.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. But is there validity to these commonly held ideas?

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AUGUST 15, 2022

This turned out to be nice for one researcher who thus could do the research for her Ph.D. Interestingly, in her work, the researcher found that the birds live in small groups dominated by a single male. A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

. “To be this lengthy and geographically widespread, I think is kind of unprecedented,” Phillip Johnson, executive director of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, told the Salem Statesman Journal ([link] “It’s an interesting and somewhat mysterious event.” Since then the deaths haven’t stopped.

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Science Iraq Oregon Charlotte 156

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APRIL 2, 2019

In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. My point here isn’t that I’m opposed to treating these subspecies (or ‘races’) at the species level. He has an academic background in German and medieval studies, including a Ph.D.

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North America Sparrows America United States 193

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. More research is needed, but initial studies by the Pine Street Foundation and others on using dogs for diagnosis are promising. Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

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MARCH 3, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Weka – Gallirallus australis. Mussell Inn. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. 24 Aug 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. 25 Aug 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 113

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MAY 6, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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APRIL 7, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. 03 Feb 2018. Virginia Rail – Rallus limicola.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Virginia Rail – Rallus limicola. 03 Feb 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 106

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridge over look, Little Loch Broom, Scotland. 29 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Ridge over look, Little Loch Broom, Scotland. 29 Jun 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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JULY 7, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100

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JUNE 2, 2018

Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Ridgway’s Rail – Rallus obsoletus. El Centenario Tidal Flats.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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JULY 24, 2020

For example, since inception of the LWCF program, Oregon has received approximately $335 million, with funding going to countless projects, including notable birding hotspots such as Malheur NWR , Tualatin River NWR , and refuges in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Great American Outdoors Act would also create a new $9.5

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. Oregon Plains Rd. 25 Aug 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Woodpeckers 100