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Poop Week Quiz

June 20, 2011 by Jory 2 Comments

It’s Poop Week on 10,000 Birds so this quiz is definitely poop-related. I am a happy soul. If you’ve read my quizzes before, you...

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The Scoop on Poop, or, Why I Post Photos of Defecating Birds

by a Guest 5 Comments

I first met Paul Guris, owner of See Life Paulagics, fittingly enough, on a pelagic trip out of Freeport, New York in February of...

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How Do You Spell “Shitepoke?”

June 19, 2011 by Julie 15 Comments

This is all you usually see of a shitepoke. They’re shy. My father had stories he’d tell, time and time again,...

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Savannah Sparrows on Breeding Territory

June 17, 2011 by Corey 9 Comments

Savannah Sparrows have been very kind to me over the last couple of years, whether at Brigantine, Breezy Point, or Lake Perris. Passerculus sandwichensis...

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Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?

June 16, 2011 by Greg 23 Comments

Most of the time when we think of birds, we think of the things that make them birds, and not the things that make...

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Behold the Blue-footed Booby

June 15, 2011 by Mike 2 Comments

The order Suliformes holds a lot of special birds from anhingas and darters to cormorants and shags as well as frigatebirds, pelicans, and tropicbirds. But...

Birds, Conservation

Kentucky’s Crane Hunt-It Ain’t Over…

by Julie 8 Comments

For those of you who’ve been following the drama unfolding in Kentucky regarding a sandhill crane hunt, there’s bad news. An eight-member commission unanimously...

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