10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

The reptiles in Parque Tomás Garrido were of the crocodilian variety. Still, this sort of wildlife experience is available in pretty much any Mexican city. A few featherless creatures helped to make our park visits special. Parque la Pólvora was crawling, literally, with small and large, rather prehistoric-looking, iguanas.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. The relevant numbers involving cats, the people that cherish them, and the birds (and small mammals and reptiles) that they kill are all too large to mean much; you might as well use the funny word “gazillions.”

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2012

Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, Honduras, March 2009 After our trip to the Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge was rained out on our first morning at The Lodge at Pico Bonito we rescheduled our visit for our second and last morning at the lodge. Not only that, but we had a train ride to look forward to! It turned out to be pretty cool.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2014

Seeing as Plumb Beach is a known stopover area for large numbers of shorebirds, a known breeding area for a variety of saltmarsh species, including Clapper Rails , and habitat for a wide variety of mammals, reptiles, insects, and other bird species, this is a long overdue move.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This also makes the Arenal Observatory Lodge an ideal location for wildlife observation in Costa Rica. Over 400 species of birds have been spotted at the Arenal Observatory Lodge & Spa and its forests are also a hotspot for several interesting species of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I’d rescued birds before, but this time I had to face the wildlife center with a personal connection to the carnage.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!” ’ “Vegetation means wildlife,” Hamilton says, “If that’s destroyed, then their habitat is gone.” ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2012

All of the animals, birds and reptiles who live there are native species who were once injured, have gone through rehabilitation, and ended up with a permanent disability which prevented their return to the wild. The groundskeeper didn’t know that wildlife rehabilitators must always obtain the finder’s name, address and telephone number.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

The impact that pythons are having on native wildlife is not well understood. It is obvious that pythons are eating native wildlife as its population continues to grow. Reptiles' Photo Credit: US Geological Survey. All methods used to capture pythons have had little success.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Although the class focused “on birds, students also pick up some botany, geology, hydrology, forestry, fisheries, meteorology, and wildlife management,” students also learned “the names, habits, and importance of local animals and plants.” But once a week, they were “out the door by 8:05 a.m. And many become birders.

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2018 Agenda Science Massachusetts 264

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JUNE 5, 2015

Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. People walk in and hand you a box, which you know will contain the wildlife and some bizarre food item. He had a big heart!”.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2013

Its amazing to me that there are still places on earth where wildlife is blissfully unafraid of humans. It comes as no surprise that this was one of Jacques Cousteau’s favorite places and he filmed the area and its wildlife extensively for his tv series. The island is half a mile wide and about three-quarters of a mile in length.

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Whales Whaling Sharks Marine Life 265

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

In fact, it’s hard to think of a wildlife watching activity I’m more conflicted about, other than perhaps alomost industrial levels of diving in fragile reefs (or the remains thereof). On the one hand it can be an outstanding opportunity to see wildlife you usually don’t, and if done carefully it doesn’t do any harm.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife trafficking reptiles Stupid new zealand lizards.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2011

Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, better known as Brigantine. According to the Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Jersey (link is a PDF) there are thirteen species of turtle that can be found in the state, so I have already spotted just under a third of the turtle species that there are to see in the Garden State.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime reptiles crocodile south africa endangered species.

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South Africa Endangered Species Reptiles Africa 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2013

If you liked this post and want to see more great images of wildlife check out 10,000 Clicks , our huge (and growing) collection of galleries! …. Reptiles Lizards Trinidad and Tobago' The iguana-infested roti stand. …. For more information about visiting Trinidad and Tobago a good place to start is the official tourism website. ….

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

And for rodents and reptiles as well. An abstract from a recent paper in Nature : Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions with man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and predation by domestic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually. Let me tell you this: They are. We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4–3.7

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Pantanal is about the size of Florida and is the largest fresh water swamp in the world; it is full of birds and other wildlife making it one the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Hundreds-of-thousands of cattle share the swampy fields with the most exotic reptiles, mammals, fish, birds, insects and humans.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Tags: wildlife smuggling cambodia wildlife trafficking reptiles tortoises snakes.

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Critter News

MAY 10, 2010

Tags: wildlife smuggling reptiles tortoises.

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Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2008

The three-year-olds' debut is a joint effort between police and the World Wildlife Fund to help stop the illegal but lucrative trade in rare species — which the organization estimates is a $293 billion annual business. They have been taught to focus on 16 specific smells including feathers, leathers, reptiles, caviar, coral, ivory and bone.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

But, as I have already shown in one of my two posts about visiting Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, that is exactly what the boat load of birders I was with got the chance to see way back at the beginning of March. It is not every day that one gets to see a pair of Green Iguanas sunning themselves on a bush from close range.

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New York Reptiles Eggs South America 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Since 1984 it has been planted with native bush and pests were controlled, and is now used as a wildlife reserve.

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Penguins New Zealand Parrots Fur 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat.

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Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 267

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Add 315 bird species, 42 species of mammals – including Vulnerable Irrawaddy and Endangered Ganges River Dolphins , 61 amphibians and reptiles – including Estuarine Crocodile , at least 150 species of commercially important fish and 334 plant species to the picture. And tell me now – don’t you share my dream?

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Bangladesh Dolphins Cambodia Cooking 189

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The problem of free-roaming cats — and their predation on birds and other wildlife — is hotly contested in communities across the country, and it triggered a lively exchange in the hearing room. Cats are domesticated animals that are not indigenous wildlife in North America.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

I was looking out a car window the other day and noticed that of all the wildlife most of it was bird. Amphibian’s and Reptiles: 3.4 Comparing mammals, birds, and reptiles, for instance, what is the distribution and range of sizes? A squirrel skittered by … a squirrel is not a bird.

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Mammals Rodents Reptiles Birds 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

As anyone who follows this blog knows, outdoor cats are a veritable holocaust for wild birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and even insects. Almost every single outdoor pet cat, feral cat, or stray kills other animals , no matter how well fed the cat is through other sources.

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Cats Feral Cats Litter Ohio 211

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2016

Bowen, a wildlife rehabilitator licensed with CT DEEP for small mammals and reptiles (specializing in bats www.bats101.info) Today’s Guest Post is written by Linda E. info) and is also USFWS licensed for migratory birds, specializing in waterfowl. She may be contacted at: linda@cmsincorporated.net.

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Connecticut Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Delaware 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. Tags: australia , features , Reptiles , sea snakes , snakes • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. National wildlife refuges provide premier outdoor recreational opportunities across the Nation.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 144

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland.

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Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 140

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Even better is a guide to mammals and reptiles, because snakes and lizards are pretty much up there with mammals when you’re exploring new territory. And, with weight allowances what they are, it’s best to take a guide that is light in weight. Animals of Kruger National Park is heavily illustrated by approximately 200 photos.

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Rhinos Animal Mammals White Rhinos 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2020

As Bill Oddie noticed in his foreword to ‘Wild Sri Lanka’ (2nd edition) by Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne, this island paradise is probably the only country in the world where almost all books on wildlife were authored by a single person. Birds, butterflies, flowers, reptiles – you name it, Gehan has covered it. Product details.

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Sri Lanka Leopards Whales Whaling 211

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2018

This fragile ecosystem is home to 344 feathered species, 300 fish species (salt- and freshwater), 50 species of reptiles, 40 mammal species, and 36 listed species (threatened and/or protected). It has been my privilege to bird in the ‘Glades – the largest US wilderness east of the Mississippi River.

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Miami Las Vegas Alligators Minnesota 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

They have clearly work long and hard on this book, and the lengthy Acknowledgments contain long lists of people who helped in the field and in the research and writing.

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Eggs United States Sparrows Birds 242