10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. That’s what you do with other game, right? Birders know that the light’s not always perfect or even particularly good when you’re trying to tell one species from another. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. The big white one. It flies on.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The smooth mass of bronze (photographed at right by Jordan Mann) was a stylized version of a Great Auk —a bird that no longer exists. These vestiges of forgotten species, some solitary, others joined in sad little troupes, are the work of sculptor Todd McGrain. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

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Birds Ducks DC Jordan 243

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2012

You could raise an eyebrow that at a time of cuts and austerity measures across a range of environment services and departments to be able to find £375k in support of a non-native species that is reared specifically to be killed anyway is a little astonishing. of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases).

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Killing Raised Industry Research 227

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

And they would realize that any species whose young tried to nurse with a pointed beak would be a short-lived species. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! Explanations are simple: only a mother rabbit or a highly trained rehabilitator has a chance of raising and releasing a healthy wild bunny.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2020

The existing villagers joined with the newcomers organizing a whip-round to raise money in the hope of buying it. The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. Likely all done by volunteers. Just try and stop me!

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Litter Stray Owls Raised 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2021

In fact, indeed one or two of the Japanese-language bird books I own have this species on their cover. In what may be the nicest thing a woman has ever said to a man, she replies “Well, my friend, you’ve come to the right place.” Another attractive species on offer is the Chinese White-browed Rosefinch.

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China Birds Raised Species 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

Sometimes, they even have the same species… I’m looking at you, House Wren ! While this low-density species may be declining across its wide range, BirdLife International still considers it of Least Concern. Of course I got great looks at the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow (as well as the Cauca Guan) right at the lodge.

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Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 229

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

The timing of seasonal changes is shifting, so that some birds are at risk of showing up at the right place at the wrong time (see: Birds migrating at wrong time for warmer climate ). “The birds” as a whole will be “fine” but many individual species will not. And penguins. Forget about penguins.

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Maryland Penguins Birds Wildlife 261

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Even sparrows, if you choose the right species and play your cards right, can be elevated to ‘cute’ status. a sea gull.''” Of course, that raises an important question – what is the most interesting gull in the world? We tossed this idea around on Facebook for a while and came to few conclusions.

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Seals Lifestyle Turtles Parrots 259

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The species that manage to colonize these islands evolve in competition with relatively few other species, developing survival strategies based on interdependence, co-evolution, and mutualism rather than adapting to deal with a broad range of predators and competitors. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

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Cuba Columbus Parrots DC 258

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

As the reigning birder of the world, I feel it is only right to look a little deeper into the lives of birds here, and talk about something beyond the mundane nuances of plumage variations of freshly-molted Empidonax flycatchers and if migrant Warbling Vireos arrived 3 days earlier this year than last.

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Albatross Lifestyle Birds Raised 231

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We were in the remote Amazonian forests and not a sound was to be heard except for the rhythmical dripping of water from the raised paddles. He was very alert now, scanning the right bank with his eagle eyes. I mean, we as a species are today basically everywhere. But still new species are found. Do you hear that song?”

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Solomon Islands Ecuador Colombia Brazil 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? And a mere 120 bird species would be a good reason not to take Polynesia as an option.

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2022

All right, I’ll admit it. I’m feeling pretty good about myself right now. I’ve never known quite what to do with the two Cardinal sightings I have had near our church in Morelia, since that species is not supposed to be seen there, or to be migratory, but both sightings occurred in winter. It means something.

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Mexico 2018 Ducks South America 261

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

The two dozen species are, nearly to an individual, long bodied and bicolored. While walking along the beach one morning, I noted a fruiting Dagger Cactus right near the beach, at the top was a bird just destroying one of the purple fruits near the top of plant’s formidable crown.

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Baltimore Broker North America Raised 203

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The site was created in response to the heartbreaking requests received from people wanting to do the right thing – telling us of their personal hardships and asking for our help to end the cycle of unwanted kittens and puppies,” said Dr. Kellie Heckman, Co-Founder of FiXiT.

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Spaying Spay Neutering Unwanted 219

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The story of the White-winged Guan , in some ways resembles the re-discovery of some species thought to be extinct. The decades of storage in a museum came after it was regarded as an extinct species. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again. Most species go extinct. The Guan was declared extinct.

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Collecting Peru Neglecting Ecuador 270

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The 1st edition from 1999 was a complete revolution in just about everything, but predominantly the quality and realism of illustrations, showing what a field guide could be and seriously raising the threshold for other publishers. Left – 2nd edition, right – 3rd edition So, not much has changed since the 2nd edition?

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Europe Birds Woodpeckers Ireland 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

If you choose to consider 1944 the year, most people were a little busy right then. And oh crap, you guys, we really have to do something about the California Condor situation right now, but what? A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again. Most species go extinct. Or Bachman’s Warbler. Will it work?

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California Condor Guam Whales Whaling 233

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2021

High up at almost 4500 meters, some Alpine Accentors were posing in the sunshine, justifying the description in the HBW as “large, attractive accentor” (though eBird seems to disagree, instead characterizing the species as a “stocky, stout, and unobtrusive bird”). I side with the HBW on this issue.

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China Birds Sheep Monkeys 238

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

They are among the most stunning of Australia’s native birds, and unlike so many highly desirable attractive species for the most part the fairy-wrens are easy to see in the correct habitat. The two species common in Sydney are the Superb Fairy-wren and the no less fantastic Variegated Fairy-wren.

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Australia New Zealand South America Asia 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2011

Like the breeding activity of many species this spring, the grebes were late, probably due to the unseasonable weather. Note the raised crests as the female (on the left) turns to face the larger male (on the right). I was only able to see some of their courtship rituals. This pair is engaged in a “greeting ceremony.&#

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California Eagles North America Blackbirds 253

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animal rights is. than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare."

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Animal Rights Rights Animal Broiler Chicken 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

But how birds use these different senses, like the diversity in bill size and shape, varies almost as much from species to species. Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. And again, there is great variation amongst different species.

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Mammals Mozambique Birds Colombia 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2016

The species, which migrates from the Russian Arctic to Southeast Asia, is down to about 200 breeding pairs in the wild, due to habitat loss and poaching. The paler eggs at right are fakes that scientists leave behind when they take the real eggs for incubation. Now, it’s Spoon-billed Sandpipers’ turn. Both photos by the WWT).

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Louisiana Eggs Breeding Asia 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2021

Are 12s right for birding? I tested the 12s at my usual stomping grounds where I am used to local species and landscape, at their usual distances from the observer, so I could immediately spot a different experience. For such habitats, the right beast is NL 8×42, with unbelievable width and depth of FOV. What do you think?

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Birds Raised Rights Experiments 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Raise global awareness of Peru’s potential as a top-notch birding destination whilst highlighting the need to conserve bird habitat across the country. International teams compete for 6 days and 5 nights with the express purpose of recording the most bird species, by sight or by call, while the clock ticks down. The Olympics.

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Peru 2012 Bears Falcons 256

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. This was only my fourth encounter with the species (all on the east side). Although, truth be told, this species does seem to be a rarity in Tabasco.)

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

Gosney’s guide is lightweight and no-nonsense, offering straightforward directions like “on that meadow on the left look for these species,” but its maps resemble those from early hippy guides to India—hand-drawn and difficult to follow with hard-to-read handwritten details. Birding in Greece ” by Chris Vlachos et al.,

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Greece Spain India Europe 278

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Back in 2009, Tai Haku sent us a fascinating post exploring a question that ecologists worldwide grapple with: can the translocation of rare species into niches left empty by extinction be successful or justified? There are any number of concerns one could raise. How ecologically similar are the two species? It is extinct.

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Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 223

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2023

We usually expect to see over one hundred bird species around the local area during the day and this year was no different. We had a walk around our local area to start our list after putting a few bird species on from our garden whilst we had a coffee. Christmas Day surprise of an extra Tawny Frogmouth chick. Tawny Frogmouth nest.

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Raised Species Rights Birds 191

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Big Cat Odyssey chronicles their meticulous work over three decades of filming, photographing and documenting the behavior of big cat species in Botswana. Yes, you read that right, this has been 30 years in the making, and you don’t want to miss it! An entire lion pride battles a large buffalo to down the beast.

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Cats Leopards Lions Botswana 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. Here are some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 243

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2024

They are ridiculously unafraid of people there – so the cynic in me suspects that swan meat is not regarded as tasty by the Japanese (another explanation, that the Japanese just like animals too much, can presumably be discarded given the country’s very principled approach in insisting on the right to kill whales).

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China Iceland Whales Whaling 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

We nature lovers, celebrants of life in all its exquisite multiformity, feel more keenly than most the loss of even the most undifferentiated species. And if we keep exploring the undelved nooks and crannies of our globe, we’re sure to make up the difference, right? Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species.

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Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 194

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2014

The ugly truth is that this stuff doesn’t usually go public in any big way, but the birding record is filled with references to sketchy sightings, lists that are looked upon with raised eyebrows, and even a few cases of outright fraud. That’s the key to making sure your reputation is always on the right side of the line.

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Raleigh 2008 Raised Rights 243

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

The Majestic Wetlands: Within Shanghai’s boundaries lie several pristine wetland habitats that serve as vital sanctuaries for a plethora of bird species. This expansive marshland is home to rare and endangered species such as the charismatic Black-faced Spoonbill, Saunders’s Gull, and the elegant Oriental Stork.

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