Pressing On
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2022
One of the reasons that I usually start each year’s species list with a visit to the wetlands of Lake Cuitzeo is that the site offers so many species that I can find nowhere else.
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AVMA News
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
It received 52.4% “yes” votes, with 72% of the vote tallied as of November 6, per the Associated Press. Colorado voters have approved a new veterinary midlevel practitioner position known as a veterinary professional associate via a ballot measure called Proposition 129.
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AVMA News
APRIL 25, 2023
Nearly 120 veterinarians and veterinary students attended the 2023 AVMA annual legislative fly-in, held April 17-19 in Washington, D.C.
AVMA News
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
More than 140 veterinary professionals and veterinary students were on Capitol Hill as part of the AVMA’s annual legislative fly-in this February, pressing lawmakers to pass legislation concerning healthy dog importation and rural veterinary shortages.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2024
Author of eight books from Oregon State University Press, he has published on a variety of topics. A fourth-generation Oregonian born in Tillamook County, he is a graduate of the University of Oregon and its law school. He writes primarily about natural history and higher education. He also operates Oregon Review Special… Source
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
I thought I should press on with this article and catch up, especially as it’s relevant to what’s happening in the bird world in the Iberian Peninsula at the moment. My apologies for the late posting this week.
AVMA News
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In response to demand for this option, the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) has developed a new fellowship program designed to advance veterinary expertise in fields of study that are narrower in scope than ACVIM specialties, as announced in a September 7 press release.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2024
Every summer the British press delights in stories about giant seagulls (they’re never ordinary-size… Source It was encouraging to discover that it’s not just in Britain that these feathered urban terrorists swoop down on unsuspecting tourists to relieve them of their crêpes, ice cream or chips.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Serge told me: The same publisher, Princeton University Press, is working on the new Costa Rica guide. While it may be the first comprehensive field guide to the birds of Central America, it is still big and uncomfortably hefty to carry around, and while illustrations are beautiful, the colours are somewhat washed out.
Sales and Marketing Management
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The post Media Outreach Is Just Marketing to the Press appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Media outreach is just another form of marketing. The marketing professional needs to make it clear to the stakeholder that It may not produce results for weeks or months.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
copyright © 2022 by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin; copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press. There is even a new species of tortoise that was announced as the book was going to press, although it’s been identified from fossil remains and is apparently no longer with us. Press, Nov. 2022 Pages: 496; Size: 5.88
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2024
Saving the Spotted Owl—Zalea’s Story by Nicola Jones, illustrated by Alexandra Finkeldey Kids Can Press, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-525-30555-9 $19.99 Canada 32 pages, Grade level 3-7, Lexile 1010 (5 th -8 th grades) The post Saving the Spotted Owl—Zalea’s Story: A KidLit Bird Book Review appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2024
of Chicago Press, 2014). The book is listed in the University of Chicago Press as the first in an “Earth Day” series , described as a series of short books offering “twenty-four chapters, corresponding to twenty-four hour-long windows to witness the diversity of life.” I do wish he had included Fairywrens!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
It’s a big subject that has been embraced by biologists Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman in Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication, a largish, book recently published by Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The Bright Press is a British company. Press; May 2021.
Critter News
MAY 20, 2010
In this article, they admit they underestimated the scope of the oil slick. This article talks about how BP skipped some testing of cement linings hours before the explosion occured. These cement linings were basically the well's seal. How did this decision contribute to the disaster?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2021
Corey had his hands full this weekend with more pressing concerns than adding Black Vulture to his county list for the year, so we’ll give him a consolation Rock Pigeon. I found the opportunity to chip away at my county list this weekend, filling an odd Blue-winged Teal -shaped hole while enjoying an array of snappy waterfowl.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2021
So many different factors contribute to the quality and quantity of a birding adventure that one would be hard-pressed to predict the very best time to watch birds in a particular area beyond a vague three or four week window.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2024
Yes, his own life goal is indeed weird enough to have featured in a Dutch national newspaper (the serious press, no less). Do not blame my friend for my obsession. We can’t judge him. His objective is to see all the birds presented in Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa, 1991 revised edition.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. 61: dissection showing upper mandible, lower mandible, and tongue, photo by Tim Birkhead, © Tim Birkhead; text © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. by Tim Birkhead.
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2020
Corey has a head start on me down in NYC, so expect him to press the advantage by hitting coastal Queens. Weather conditions should be improving over the weekend, which means I’ll be up at the lake looking for my first local warblers of the year. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2024
In the picture below, it looks quite drowsy as it briefly blinked the split-second I pressed the shutter. I spent some time sitting on the lawn and watching an Eurasian Green Woodpecker forage around me.
Sales and Marketing Management
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Press is good; surround-sound marketing and branding is better “A big media placement is nice. But it’s not going to move the needle on its own,” says James Davis, who puts clients in everything from local radio to USA TODAY. He used to manage crisis communications for the Secretary of Defense; now, he runs a […].
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Coverage & Organization Birds of Belize covers 540 or so species (I counted, the press release says “over 500”) regularly found in Belize, including the islands of the barrier reef and marine waters about 30 miles out, the range of a day trip. of Texas Press, 2004). © 2018, Princeton University Press D.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2022
As his publisher, Island Press explains, “Eye-opening, witty, and moving, Bird Brother is a love letter to the raptors and humans who transformed what Rodney thought his life could be. ” I encourage everyone to click here and order your copy!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2019
Yet that is not the overall impression that I came away with while reading this solid and attractive new title from Indiana University Press. Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams – Indiana University Press, $29.00.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2023
The second, even more pressing area is female education. We are currently focusing on two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work again so that Afghanistan can get more value out of its rich resources, and thus create more jobs for the people.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
He talks about how he approaches bird illustration in an article on the Princeton University Press web site, and it’s worth reading to get a sense of how much work has gone into these images. I thought they were too light; I continually had the urge to press a computer key to darken the tone, as one does in Photoshop. x 9 inches.
SalesFuel
OCTOBER 3, 2024
That can be a challenge when the same manager is pressing you to meet sales goals at month end. You likely have already had training on soft skills. Maybe your manager has pointed out that you need to work on showing more empathy. Soft skills like empathy don’t come easily to everyone but with the right mindset you can improve.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2023
So, I was intrigued when I saw that Comstock Publishing, an arm of Cornell University Press, was publishing Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide by Linda Tuttle-Adams. Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, October 2022. And one more thing, readers of 10,000 Birds–A Happy, Health, Birdy New Year!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The second, even more pressing area is female education. We are currently focusing on two areas – one is getting some mineralogy/geology labs to work again so that Afghanistan can get more value out of its rich resources, and thus create more jobs for the people.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2023
Princeton University Press (April 5, 2022) Paperback: ? Gulls of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East: An Identification Guide By Peter Adriaens, Mars Muusse, Philippe J. Dubois, and Frédéric Jiguet Publisher: ? 320 pages ISBN-10: ? 0691222835 ISBN-13: ? 978-0691222837
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2013
You can see a slide show of the winning photographs of these endangered birds on the Princeton University Press Blog. 10000 Birds will be reviewing the book, available from Princeton University Press in the United States, in the near future. photograph used courtesy of Princeton University Press. Asides photography rarities'
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2020
According to the winery, the grapes are hand-picked, chilled, and pressed, with the must undergoing a slow, natural fermentation. The grapes used in the Curator come from mostly old-vine plantings dating to the 1950s and ‘60s, with the 2016 edition comprising a blend of three parts Chenin Blanc and one part each of Chardonnay and Viognier.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Her editorship list includes Antarctica: Life on the Ice ( Travelers’ Tales, 2007 ), Solo: On her Own Adventure (Seal Press, 1996/revised 2005), and Two in the Wild (Vintage, 1999); she’s also written a memoir about her own kayak adventures, My Reach: A Hudson River Memoir (Cornell Univ. Press, 2011). Press, 2020, 304p.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2021
Before I had a clue what I was doing, I encompassed the Danube backwaters into the reserve borders that I drew on transparent paper pressed against a street map of the city. Fascinated with New York’s Jamaica Bay, I started dreaming about creating a similar wetland reserve on the Danube inside Belgrade, the very area I explored.
SalesFuel
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
After evaluating what’s most important, you can emphasize the features of your solution that will meet your buyers’ pressing needs. But differentiating your solution is an opportunity to overcome objections. In the past two years, fewer buyers in the Denstu survey reported being “delighted” by vendors.
Sales and Marketing Management
JULY 7, 2020
Skinner observed that the act of a random reward triggered the most dramatic changes in their actions: "The mice would press a lever and sometimes they’d get a small treat, other times a large treat, and other times nothing at all.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Especially valuable are those that show things that the average birder would be hard-pressed to see in the field. For one example, Kricher explains that birds lack bladders and don’t consume as much water as mammals do; their uric acid is expelled in “a paste-like slurry” that contains both digestive and urinary waste.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Press, 2011). A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S. Davis and Martin Renner in 2003, appropriately titled Penguin s (Yale Univ. Noah Stryker wrote about his experiences doing research with penguins in Among Penguins: A Bird Man in Antarctica (Oregon State Univ.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2020
With things being what they are in 2020, there’s been no shortage of pundits on cable news and social media, there to proffer opinions on politics, the pandemic, and other pressing topics of our age on the 24-hour news cycle. And, for whatever reason, there’s even a pundit on our featured bottle of wine this week – at least in name.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
The guides bore the Audubon Society name, were published by Knopf and distributed by Random House, but they were actually conceived and produced by an outfit called Chanticleer Press and they became a publishing sensation. The press material says it covers over 800 species, so you know I had to do a count. Dunlap, Oxford Univ.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2023
Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists By: Iain Campbell, Kenneth Behrens, Charley Hesse, and Phil Chaon 568 pages, 650+ colour photos, 200 colour illustrations, 150 colour distribution maps Flexibound Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691197562 Published: Sep 2021
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2022
Although it might not occur in the high elevations nor so much in dry forest, you would be hard pressed to not see this long-tailed bird in other places. Also known as the Finch’s Conure, this bright green bird with red and yellow highlights is common in many parts of the country. Birding in a local park? Crimson-fronteds fly into view.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
Marra and Chris Santella, authors of Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer (Princeton University Press, 212 pp., Princeton University Press, 212 pp., Other animal control issues that involve mass killing make for easier decisions, according to Peter P. They argue for the elimination of free-range cats entirely.
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