Do You Suffer From Avian Snob Syndrome?
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2012
Larry of The Brownstone Birding Blog shares five symptoms of this affliction.
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Red Birds More Likely to Suffer from Cataracts
10,000 Birds
APRIL 23, 2012
This is bad news for Northern Cardinals and European Robins but perhaps good news for humans suffering from eye trouble, as the research may lead to a better understanding of what causes cataracts.
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Struggling Swallows Suffer in a Spring Storm
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2013
We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major cold snap for late May, with temperatures last night falling down to 46 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius). Strong wind and lots of rain has only added to the misery.
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Emergency aid available for HPAI-related milk losses
AVMA News
JULY 15, 2024
Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for financial aid from dairy producers who have suffered milk losses because of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Starting this month, the U.S.
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Grocery giant stalls on animal welfare, millions left to suffer
AnimalEquality.net
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Ahold Delhaize—the global company behind Food Lion, Giant Food, Hannaford, and Stop & Shop—is under fire for failing animals. Despite publicly claiming to support animal welfare, the company has delayed its goals and failed to report meaningful progress on its existing promises.
Suffering from Sales Amnesia?
Sales and Marketing Management
DECEMBER 19, 2014
Issue Date: 2014-12-19. Author: Liz Wendling. Teaser: Often, in high-pressure sales situations, there is a big gap between knowledge and translating that knowledge into action. This is the much written about topic of the knowing-doing gap. Here's how to conquer it.
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Species Spotlight: The Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Maybe this kingfisher should have chosen another island to live on – according to one paper on the species, Java is the most densely populated island in the world and has suffered extreme anthropogenic pressure, resulting in the loss of over 90% of its natural forests.
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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
That said, below are some really good choices allergy-sufferers should consider adopting: 1. And you can definitely invest in an excellent vacuum cleaner to remove dander and hair from the carpet. You also need to make sure that you brush your pet and bathe it often to remove excess dander. Miniature/ Toy Poodle. Grey Hound.
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Birds Suffering from Oil Spill
Critter News
MAY 24, 2010
Pelicans unable to fly due to being coated with oil. It's the Exxon Valdez all over again. Several pelicans were coated in oil on Barataria Bay off Louisiana, their usually brown and white feathers now jet black. Pelican eggs were glazed with rust-colored gunk, and new hatchlings and nests were also coated with crude.
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Varied Sittellas at Langi Crossing
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2022
They are only 10-11cm long, so one of the smallest birds in Australia and if you are suffering from presbycusis you will be relying on your eyesight for any little bit of movement. It’s good to know that the birds do not suffer from presbycusis, because they will move when they hear us and then we will see them!
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12 Reasons Why Dogs Help With Depression and Anxiety
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 23, 2017
The World Health Organization declared April 7th, 2017 as World Health Day, a day focusing on mental health, but it’s also a year-long campaign which aims to educate, raise awareness and help people suffering from mental illness. Depression, Anxiety, and … Continue reading →
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Help Wanted!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2012
We pay nothing, you have to suffer through my emails, and the fame associated with bird blogging is fleeting, at best. But we would like to add a new Beat Writer on a specific beat – that of Bird Topography. We are looking for a Beat Writer to write a weekly or biweekly post on the parts of birds, one part at a time.
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240 Another Reason to Keep Your Cats Indoors – Bears!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2012
Then again, there are several videos out there (like the one below) that show cats fearlessly confronting bears and suffering no ill effects, so maybe people should only let cats out when there is a bear to chase off? … a.
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Smart and Getting Smarter
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2012
This all happened as I was suffering from the photographic affliction known as “light denial,” where I’m convinced there is still some light but sadly the day has ended and darkness reigns. Still it is always nice to add to the evidence of animal intellect.
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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of May 2020?
10,000 Birds
MAY 1, 2020
Get out there and greet them… as far as we know, birds don’t spread or suffer from COVID-19! No matter where on this big, beautiful planet you live, you probably anticipate the passage of new species over the next thirty-one days.
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Fluffy Yellowthroat
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2011
Though it was pretty warm for an October morning when I spotted this bird at Fort Tilden, Queens, it was fluffed up as if it was suffering from extreme cold. Maybe it was trying to be a big tough guy considering the volume of sparrows in the vicinity of where it was foraging?
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244 White-tailed Antelope Squirrels at Joshua Tree National Park
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2012
Amazingly for such a small creature it can tolerate body temperatures more than five degrees Celsius above normal without suffering ill effects, an adaptation that certainly helps it forage above ground for extended periods during the day before returning to its burrow to cool off.
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Diabolical Extreme Close-Ups of Wood-Warblers Quiz
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2014
Those who look at this post and do not guess will suffer through life only seeing female wood-warblers. You get none, other than that all of these birds were photographed in Forest Park, Queens, this spring. Oh, I almost forgot.
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239 Diabolical Early Spring Migrants Quiz
10,000 Birds
APRIL 24, 2014
Guess or suffer! By the way, the person who does best on this quiz will be rewarded with a flood of vagrant wood-warblers and those who clicked onto this post without guessing will stumble and drop their binoculars just as a brilliant bird flies past. Diabolical Early Spring Migrants Quiz 1. Diabolical Early Spring Migrants Quiz 2.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of June 2013)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2013
Summer, the season that we in the Northern Hemisphere are currently enjoying or suffering depending on your latitude and state of mind, is a time when birds often take a backseat to other diversions. But we naturalists notice them no matter what we’re doing. Aren’t we lucky?
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Saving Pelican 895
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2011
However, oiled birds would have suffered even more were it not for the relief workers attending to as many as they could. The April 2010 Gulf oil spill was obviously devastating to the region’s wildlife.
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Two Hours at the Forest Park Waterhole
10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2012
This is advantageous for birders because instead of suffering warbler neck trying to identify birds high up in the treetops you can just bring a lawn chair and sit and wait for the birds to come to you. And on this past Saturday were the birds ever coming!
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Attack of the Hooligan Bluebird
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2019
Or rather, to my car… which suffered the fierce attack of a Hooligan Bluebird. I know my car suffered no permanent damage; I can only hope the same is true for my little blue friend. All my birding life, I had heard about certain birds going to battle with their images reflected by windows and mirrors.
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184 Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of September 2013)
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
Here in Western NY, we suffered a 40 point swing in temperature over two days; one moment, you’re enjoying drinks by the pool and the next finds you wrapped in a shawl sipping got cocoa. September is as unpredictable as a month can be. Was your weekend weather clement or cruel?
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Beak Deformities
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2012
Ed - To see the range of birds that suffer beak deformities, check out the amazing Birds with deformed bills gallery on Flickr! ) Secondly, it could prevent them from being able to find a mate. Thirdly, a deformed beak is painful, extremely hard to adapt to living with, and takes away the beauty of the bird. (
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235 Zelda Survived Sandy!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2012
Zelda, the Wild Turkey who makes Battery Park, at the southern tip of Manhattan, her home, managed to survive the flooding and devastation that Manhattan suffered due to Hurricane Sandy.
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161 A Rough Day at Sea – a New York Pelagic out of Freeport
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Birders wanted the boat to go out but were concerned that the weather could postpone the trip or, perhaps worse, almost postpone the trip, which would mean a long day suffering in rough seas. You see, Saturday, 23 November, was the day chosen by Paul Guris of Sea Life Paulagics for a pelagic trip out of New York. More on that in a moment.).
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257 Florida Man Charged for Killing Egret
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2012
The egret suffered “multiple fractures to the wing and neck area,” the report said. Jere Martin Patterson Jr. of Largo, Florida, is charged with animal cruelty. Patterson shot the bird multiple times with a BB gun, police said. Then he captured the injured bird, according to police, and killed it.
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180 Back from Seattle
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2011
I got sunburned, Desi suffered a nasty cut over his eye, and all three of us sneezed and sniffled and hacked and coughed with colds. Point Defiance, Protection Island, Hurricane Hill, and Sunrise all felt our footsteps to say nothing of Carkeek Park, Discovery Park, the Space Needle, and Top Pot Doughnuts.
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The Last Diabolical Wood-Warbler Quiz of 2012
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2012
If she gets three in a row it will show she is the best birder in the world and Felonious Jive will suffer the sad misfortune of dropping to second place. Catherine Hamilton has been the first to get all three species correct in the last two diabolical wood-warbler quizzes.
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Celebrate Birding Tourism This Month with 10,000 Birds
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Far too many of the guides, operators, lodges, and attractions we as birders love suffered the economic impact of the coronavirus as keenly as anyone and far worse than most. The entirely reasonable choice most people made to just-stay-home coupled with a patchwork of closed and open borders hit ecotourism interests hard.
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262 Visiting Bird Service: Avian “Pet Therapy” Cheers Seniors
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2016
Scooter is now getting on in years and has suffered health setbacks. The bird was such a hit with residents that Kasia, who went on to found the rescue organization Kasia’s Ark Bird Rescue , continued the effort once she returned to New Orleans.
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Low-effort Warbling
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Here in Trinidad, we routinely experience several of these migrants – most of these birds surely pass by unrecorded as not everyone is a birder and not all birders are huge fans of suffering from Warbler Neck. Each brings its distinctive, cheerful addition to the soundscape of forests and wetlands across T&T.
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Welcome to Invasive Species Week!
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2014
Will native species suffer? One reason is that the topic is broad and fascinating. As organisms move into ecosystems where they haven’t occurred it is very difficult to figure out what will happen in advance. Will the invader prosper? Will there be cascading effects from either of those outcomes?
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Not enough Woodpeckers
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2022
. “I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.
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Terry, Ray, and Veronica’s Vulture
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2013
When he felt better he moved from his hospital crate to my outside flight, where he could stretch his wings and not have to suffer the indignity of being picked up and moved each day for crate cleaning. He stayed with me for three weeks, resting and healing.
Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of 2020)
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2020
Responsible social distancing has savaged the travel and tourism industries, which means that all of our favorite birding lodges, vendors, and guides have suffered and continue to struggle as we enter 2021. Considering all that, I’m sure you’ll agree that a new year can’t come soon enough!
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201 Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of July 2019?
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2019
While a huge swath of the United States braces for record-setting heat–again–other parts of the world may be suffering equally oppressive though dramatically different weather. Wherever you are, whatever you do, stay safe, but also try to find time to check out some birds!
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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
CESAR had alleged that Dr. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate. “Standing” is a legal doctrine that requires a plaintiff to have a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy, as required by Article III of the Constitution.
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Finally, A Yellow-throated Warbler in Queens!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2012
I like even more when the bird waiting to be added is a wood-warbler, especially one that I ought to have added long ago.
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Real Angry Birds
10,000 Birds
JULY 11, 2011
So in addition to having to suffer through that awkward teenage period of feeling like it doesn’t fit in with the other kids, the adolescent Red-tailed Hawk doesn’t even fit in with its own species. Like most teenagers, this one is experiencing some angst.
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European Union Farming Policies Wiping Out Birds
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2012
Familiar birds across the European countryside are suffering precipitous declines. In order to boost food production across Europe, the wholesale ripping up of hedgerows, draining of wetlands and ploughing over of meadows has robbed farmland birds of their homes and food.
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The Birds are All Right
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 16, 2020
But here in 2020, the eastern half is also suffering the effects of drought — leaving it shallow enough to keep a fair number of Teals, Pintails, and Shovelers happy. Back in 2017, the eastern half had managed to remain too deep for the dabbling ducks, even when the western half had completely disappeared.
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