AVMA News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The ongoing outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus seen throughout the world is unlike previous HPAI outbreaks in terms of severity and the wide range of bird species it infects. Vaccines are being considered among other possible solutions.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? Ahh, I have so many! Being here on Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean, we have many beautiful birds, and favorites always include the island’s icon, the American Flamingo, as well as the Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrot.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Still, the outing did not produce any new species for the year, or enough good photos for a post here. Instead, I have chosen to write about an idea I’ve had percolating for a while: to tell you what the most common species are down here. I’ll take the most common native species in taxonomic order.

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AVMA News

JULY 30, 2024

Caitlin DeWilde, founder of the Social DVM, presented the session “Cat vs. Dog Owner Marketing: Two Different Species” on June 24 at AVMA Convention 2024 in Austin, Texas.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

On an island, species are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures and only two of the nine species of native seedeaters in T&T persist today in isolated pockets. While the Ruddy-breasted Seedeater is one of the two seedeater species still holding on, Lined Seedeaters are austral migrants.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? I have no favorite bird species. To me, every bird species is worth studying and conserving. Straw-headed Bulbul What is your name, and where do you live? My name is Lim Kim Seng but you can call me Kim. I live in Woodlands, in the north of Singapore.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

One of the target bird species for birders when they visit the Broome area is Yellow Chat. The colour on this bird species is incredible and not easily hidden in the environment. For scale I will include some photographs of the Orange Chat with other bird species. It always seems odd when only one of a bird species shows up.

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AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The latest edition of the AVMA Guidelines for the Humane Slaughter of Animals builds on the original 2016 version, with sections on fur-bearing species and marine animals.

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AVMA News

APRIL 19, 2023

The first step has been developing lists outlining what these medicines are for various animal species. The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) are taking steps to improve the global availability of basic veterinary pharmaceuticals.

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AVMA News

MARCH 4, 2024

Cyanide bombs are used to kill predator species that prey on livestock, but the devices unintentionally kill thousands of animals each year. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking steps to stop the use of M-44 devices that deliver sodium cyanide on public land.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2024

My main interest lies in the endemic species and subspecies, trying to understand why some species got there and others didn’t. When we look at the breeding birds, they are all Palaearctic, either mainland species or endemics that evolved from mainland species. On the eastern Canaries they are Palaearctic species.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is soliciting public comment on a plan to strengthen regulations for the handling of wild and exotic animals for exhibition as well as improving environmental enrichment for all regulated species.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Double the ecosystems, double the species. When I first explored this zone, I was astonished to discover highland species like the Hepatic Tanager and Brown-backed Solitaire could be seen feeding on the very same tree as lowland species like the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher and Masked Tityra.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

It covers 403 species: 172 nonpasserine species and 231 passerine species in the Species Accounts, 198 species beautifully illustrated by the author in the Plates section. The scarcity of information on the young of some avian species is astounding.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2022

In pastures of the hot lowlands, they tend to be lines of stunted Gumbo-Limbo trees or some other heavily pruned species. In addition to those birds and the Squirrel Cuckoo pictured above, the following are some of the more common hedgerow species of Costa Rica. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird and other hummingbird species.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The main bird species visiting were Rufous-throated Honeyeaters , Zebra Finch , Long-tailed Finch and Double-barred Finch. There does appear to be some respect from other bird species that may normally be a threat when they are all hot and thirsty, though. Finches tend to move in large flocks as they follow the food and water.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2024

The White-rumped Swift Apus caffer , a tropical African breeding species, was only discovered breeding in Europe in the 1960s. At the time the bird was confused with the Little Swift Apus affinis , a similar species, also with a white rump. The confusion was understandable. White-rumped Swift in flight.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2024

Those of us who have lived long enough to see significant changes to bird populations will have personal recollections of this or that species. I’m sure many in Europe will remember a world without Collared Doves (Streptopelia decaocto) but the younger ones will never have experienced a world without these ubiquitous town birds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Lango Camp deck overlooking Lango Baï, by Congo Conservation Company The forests of the Congo Basin contain more than a 1,000 species of birds, together with 400 species of mammals, including Okapi, Hippos, Leopards, Chimpanzees and Bonobos. Other primates include Chimpanzee and Putty-nosed Monkey, several duiker antelope species, etc.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2024

What is your favorite bird species? But then there is the Green-bearded Helmetcrest, the most iconic species at the Sumapaz paramo birding hotspot. A tough question! As you start birding, you also start to form a clear list of your favorite birds in your mind, such as the Black-backed Grosbeak.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2024

Wilson’s Storm Petrel Heading to the shelf seems to be the preferred option as it is here that you will find some of the key species. Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanodroma oceani cus seems to be everyone’s target species. It just needs a little patience. I have even seen storm petrels within sight of the coast.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Because I lived in South Africa for most of my youth, I have seen a large portion of the huge variety of species in this amazing country. While many of these… Source

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2024

The Amur Paradise Flycatcher is another species breeding in Shanghai. Some herons: a beautiful adult Black-crowned Night Heron … … and a rather less attractive kindergarten of the same species. A Chinese Pond Heron … … and the same species pretending to be a giraffe.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Yes, we do have warm, tropical weather and a fancy assortment of resident and wintering species. Nor is there any trudging through snow in search of extra hardy species or visits to feeders with the hope of finding a grackle or Red-winged Blackbird that failed to fly south. These were some of the highlights. The Count Meeting.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Even better, just a few meters away from the food vendors, it is not too crowded, and the palm trees attract a number of birds, including two species of parrots. That is mainly the Philippines, as indicated by the species name lucionensis (Luzon is the Philippines’ biggest island). The first one is the Blue-naped Parrot.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2024

Somewhat strangely, the HBW calls it a “small grey to yellow babbler” – while the species indeed has some grey parts, that is not the color that sticks to mind when seeing or remembering the bird. Plus the sibia apparently plays an important role in the pollination of one endangered rhododendron species ( source ).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2024

This considerable distance is why I am always surprised to see so many of the same species in both places. While in California on this trip, I saw 75 species. 35 of them are species I can also see easily in or near Morelia. Of the 112 species on my current California life list, 59 are also common around Morelia.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Torresian Crows Corvus orru are the most common of the Crow family in the northern part of Australia and are the most likely of the Crow species that you will encounter. In Broome it is the only Crow species and we do not have Ravens , so it makes identification easy.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia, offers several great birding spots and here are some recommendations for areas to go birding in and around the city, how to get there by public transport, and some of the bird species you might expect to see. It is home to almost a hundred bird species, including woodpeckers and songbirds.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2024

David Tomlinson wrote this week about how many and which species he has seen so far this year, and I can do the same. Especially since, to my surprise, it turns out that I am somehow picking up species faster this year, here in Michoacán, than in any other year. Fortunately, I have other 10,000 Birds writers from whom to steal ideas.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2023

Black-eared Cuckoos – Chrysococcyx osculans are one of the smaller Cuckoos in Australia and a Cuckoo species that I have not had much of an opportunity to photograph. Black-eared Cuckoo Black-eared Cuckoos do not raise their own young, but place an egg in another bird species nest for them to raise as their own.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2024

What is your favorite bird species? My favorite bird species is the Great Blue Turaco. What is your name, and where do you live? My name is HABIMANA Jacques, from Rwanda. What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2024

They excavate nest holes, which later become homes for other birds and small mammals, making them a keystone species. There are 22 species of woodpeckers in the US and Canada. They bang away at trees with their beaks, without knocking themselves silly. I have seen 21 of them. Here, I share my favourites. Red-headed Woodpecker 2.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

As with most volcanic islands, there are few species on Tenerife but they tend to be endemics (at species or subspecies levels) and they are generally quite abundant in their preferred habitats. I was on Tenerife, Canary Islands, last week and I took the opportunity to stay a couple of days longer to revisit some old haunts.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2025

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Painted Buntings in the spring/summer months What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating? The Lodge on Little Saint Simons Island, operating since 1979 How best to travel to your lodge?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

The Latin species name is dissimilis (different, unlike), possibly because the female looks quite different from the male (though based on that explanation, dissimilis would have to be a very common species name). There are 7 species of them, and according to eBird, you can see 5 of them at Baihualing. Then it is tame.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2024

What is your favorite bird species? My favorite bird species is the Gray-throated Chat (Granatellus sallaei) an endemic bird of the Yucatan Peninsula. What is your name, and where do you live? My name is Luis Trinchan, I live in Merida, the capital of the Yucatan state, in Mexico.

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