Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2009

I'm not sure how this fits into my support of animal rights though. Tags: oceans marine animals. I understand that they are trying to encourage people to eat fish and other marine life that are not part of a collapsing fishery. The purpose is to protect ocean species as a whole. But I may not find one.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 4, 2010

Just a note to those of you who might now know that I've been posting over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression ( [link] ) for a couple of weeks, so daily posting here doesn't mean I haven't posted. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language.

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Critter News

AUGUST 27, 2009

I believe that we have to be inclusive in the animal rights movement and attack the system using all kinds of methods in all sorts of fields. Tags: activism musings animal rights animal welfare. This post is inspired by a thought-provoking piece on the Provoked blog (clearly a good name for a blog!)

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2018

White-tailed Eagles normally take flight silently, yet, while checking some Common Starlings and hoping for Rosy Starlings , I heard a few noisy wing-beats, enough to turn and see a young eagle flying with a wing tag. Hidden from my view, it stood on a nearby tree and if it weren’t for those clumsy beats, I wouldn’t have noticed it.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

The way I see it, there are three camps on this one: People who think that dolphins or Great Apes or chimps could function as a gateway to other animals getting rights. You could be for or against animal rights and believe the gateway theory. Would you actually actively campaign against rights for some species?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2013

When I photographed a pair a couple of years ago that were sporting radio tags , I assumed (and it may be the case) that they were two birds of twenty tagged that year in Virginia. The knot were most co-operative, feeding unconcerned right up close, in fact a couple of times they moved in to me too close to focus.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 29, 2010

5 Surprising Things Your Local Animal Shelter Needs Right Now originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 29, 2010. Tags: people helping animals. The Giving Effect is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. For more information about The Giving Effect, please visit www.thegivingeffect.com.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2021

Detect radio-tagged birds that fly within several km. ” Wow, right? The actual Terra device–weatherproof, of course–includes two microphones, a radio receiver, and a bluetooth transceiver to deliver on a tasty set of features: Stream live audio from the yard to speakers or headphones with the included app.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Wicked, right? Wicked, right? Tags: Asides , owls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today! Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2012

of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases). I’d urge all right-minded bird-lovers to support proposals to stop this trial proceeding and ensuring that not a single Buzzard loses its nest in the coming breeding season (2013). An e-petition is to be launched and I’ll update this post here with a link as soon as that is in place.

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Critter News

AUGUST 12, 2009

Tags: ALF. We will destroy your life. Just remember one thing, dealing with HLS means dealing with US. You can read about it from Reuters here. Indymedia has a picture of the place actually burning.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Corey Mar 3rd, 2011 at 11:10 pm The drawing will be based on chance but I reserve the right to disqualify extraordinarily lousy entries. Wicked, right? Tags: Asides Explore These Related PostsCarnival of the Blue XLVTerrifying [.] It is that awesome! Last Chance to Enter Mar 10th, 2011 at 5:01 am [.] Get to it already!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Some stop right in front of our place in the urbanized intermontane valley where the majority of Costa Ricans reside. As these and other birds tagged with radio transmitters fly near the Brisas Reserve in Costa Rica, they will likewise be automatically detected and logged, thus providing a better picture of migrant behavior in Costa Rica.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2016

On my way back I will see a third eagle above the pond, intermediate in age between those two, perhaps in its 4th or 5th calendar year, most likely a subadult… with a yellow wing tag at its right wing!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Like a tag team, cold fronts encourages migrants to take off behind them due to the favorable winds aloft while the tropical moisture slowly pushing up from the south creates a blockade. A correctly angled cold front combined with a sloppy, wet tropical system created the right conditions for a logjam.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2014

With the aid of solar panel and a battery a 5 gram tag can be fitted to a bird and the information gained will enable the researchers to follow the species as it makes its journey through remote areas. Once again these tiny 5 gram satellite tags were deployed and since 2011 they have tracked the incredible journeys of several Cuckoos.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Wicked, right? Tags: Asides • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Hat-tip to Stella. Get yours today! • Explore These Related Posts Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners World Sparrow Day 2011 Why are Birds So Important to People? Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

On the contrary, if you are a traveling birder, you might just find your next birding destination right here on 10,000 Birds. PIP is situated right on a beautiful lake -- the place to be when its hot! Wicked, right? So, just because I’m being lazy, this does not mean that these posts will be of no use to you!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Wicked, right? Tags: Asides , house sparrows • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Are you going to help “raise public awareness about the decline of the house sparrow and throw light on the problems faced by the species&# or are you in the camp that hates the lowly House Sparrow ? Get yours today!

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Critter News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

A federal grand jury has indicted an animal rights activist who refused to testify about the release of thousands of mink from Utah ranches. Jordan Halliday, 22, served several months in jail for contempt of court after he said he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination.

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2010

A British animal rights activist is starting a prison sentence after being found guilty of (I think) conspiracy to commit arson. Tags: UK activism animal rights animal laboratories. He planted petrol bombs at Oxford University to protest plans to build an animal research laboratory.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Sounds good, right? That’s right… you’ve got one week to spread the news, predict the future of bird guides, and describe your favorite Crossley plate. Wicked, right? Tags: features , field guide , giveaway , richard crossley • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Better get cracking!

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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2010

I think that they are effective and, while I don't always agree with them, we would sorely miss them if they disappeared from the animal rights community. Tags: animal rights political movement PETA. They have an energy and edginess that is fundamental to the movement. They keep people on their toes.

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Critter News

APRIL 15, 2010

According to our government, the animal rights and environmental movements are the number one domestic terrorism threat in the United States. Was Tim McVeigh who blew up the Oklahoma Federal Building an animal rights/environmental activist? What about militias? White supremacists? This is absolutely unfair.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

In her free time she travels near and far to find birds to continue building her life list, though many of her favorites can still be found right in her own backyard. As we looked closer, we saw the Sooty Terns nesting right on the ground itself, calling back and forth to each other as they sat on their speckled eggs.

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Animal Person

JULY 25, 2010

I understand how someone who supports the Humane Society of the United States might think an event celebrating "humane" farms would be a good id, as HSUS isn't an animal rights organization. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Film animal rights Tribe of Heart.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

… Tags: diabolical , ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Feel more confident in saying we’ve all gotten 1/3 right. Yes, you are right: I have never been to Queens. Corey Mar 16th, 2011 at 6:58 am Two birds have been identified correctly so far and no one has gotten more then one right.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Perhaps one with a name tag on its breast would help. Wicked, right? Tags: ID Quiz , quiz • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Recapping the quiz … I recently purchased a new book on birds and used it as the single source for this week’s quiz. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is a meat-eating professor of animal welfare, another is an animal rights activist, and the third is an animal researcher. This quote from the animal rights person is spot-on for me.[Maria's] Tags: ethics animal rights medical research.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Wicked, right? Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Nine-legged Plover? Nine-legged Plover? Hat-tip to Mike McDowell. Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Wicked, right? Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The strip up today is apropos for 10,000 Birds , though some might take exception to the appellation applied to ornithologists. If you are sensitive to mildly bad language don’t click the link. Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

… … Tags: duck butts , ducks , mallards • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Wicked, right? We even have both a male duck butt and a female duck butt for you. We only ask that you not tell us why you like duck butts so much. We really do not want to know. Without further ado, duck butts. Get yours today!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

… Tags: ducks , features , jamaica bay , migration , queens • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&# Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Critter News

MARCH 23, 2010

According to this interview, he credits animal rights extremists for fueling the public backlash against animal protection. Tags: UK animal research. Discouraging article.

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2009

The defense is not from an animal rights perspective, but it's still good, especially in exposing the lame attempt to make this a civil rights issue. Tags: pit bull animal cruelty Michael Vick sick.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

In particular the South Island destination of Kaikoura is world-renowned for the flocks of albatrosses and giant petrels floating right off the pelagic boat, and the ease of the trip makes it a must-visit for any visiting birder. Wicked, right? I personally had a great if exhausting day. Get yours today! Hat-tip to Stella.

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