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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of November 2011?

November 10, 2011 by Mike 3 Comments

How highly do you value a three-day weekend? For me, time of year exerts a significant impact on the worth of extra days off....

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American Mayors Asked to Stop the Spread of Feral Cats

by Corey 2 Comments

We here at 10,000 Birds are firmly on the side of those who want to keep cats indoors. The American Bird Conservancy has been...

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Tubenose Taxonomy 101

by David 9 Comments

Tubenose. No, it’s not part of a Shakespearean insult. Tubenoses are seabirds that belong to an order called Procellariiformes (from a Latin word for...

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One Year Under El Jefferino

November 9, 2011 by Corey 14 Comments

Jeff Gordon is now just over one year into his reign as the President of the American Birding Association. We here at 10,000 Birds...

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Snowy Egret Fishing at Arcata Marsh

by Larry 4 Comments

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) photos by Larry Jordan (click for full sized images) While visiting Arcata Marsh a couple of weeks ago, I had...

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How About a No-Hunting Stamp?

by Mike 37 Comments

I’ve never hid my disdain for how the Duck Stamp skews perceptions of who uses and supports public refuges in the United States. Thankfully,...

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Finding a place for the Piopio

by Duncan 1 Comment

One common feature of the relationship between early explorers and colonists and the birds of the New Worlds was the tendency of said explorers to name birds after familiar...

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