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AUGUST 22, 2010

In 2000, around 1,000 breeding pairs were known, but by 2009, the number had plummeted to just 120-220 pairs, a decline of 88%. Tags: birds hunting endangered species. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world's most threatened birds, is rapidly heading towards extinction because young birds are being targeted for human consumption.

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MAY 7, 2020

First, 800 km of driving from Belgrade through Bulgaria to very NE corner of Greece and the Dadia Forest National Park with its 36 species of diurnal raptors, out of Europe’s 38. From there to the nearby Evros River Delta, at the very border with Turkey, with more easterly species such as the Spur-winged Plover.

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JULY 3, 2014

I was happy to read that the wood stork ( Mycteria Americana ), a bird near and dear to me, was down-sited from the status of endangered to threatened species. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). However, birds in the U.S. Photo: U.S.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

We are too far into the year for many FOY sightings, but not quite far enough for most migratory species to make their return appearances. No surprise to that; these two species always initiate the migratory season here. This is not the first time el Temascal has surprised me with its combination of high and low species.

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APRIL 30, 2011

How else can you explain the 312 species the Swarovski Optik “Fabulous EL Fifties” racked up in a frenetic five days to win the 2011 Great Texas Birding Classic Big Week? 1/4000sec @ ISO 2000 Long-tailed Duck was the “star” of the Galveston FeatherFest , and a write-in for the Great Texas Birding Classic. 1/2500 sec @ ISO 2000 a.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Chaka is a small town, with just about 2000 people. Species formerly referred to as P. One recent study found that this species was sister to P. perdix , and also that race przewalskii (sometimes subsumed within suschkini , but generally paler) was basal to other taxa included within the present species.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

More family groups of swans began to stay and depending on what article you read, anywhere from 1500 – 2000 Trumpeter Swans spend the winter in that area and live off of 1200 – 2000 pounds of corn offered A DAY! Do neighbors refer to you as bird species + Lady or Guy? She added more corn. Grackle Guy?

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Bald Eagle Deer Minnesota 2000 262

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Mid-May to Mid-Jun is the best time to see some of the most exciting species here, as this is the prime breeding time. For another species, the Firethroat , it meant I only got acceptable views rather than the really good ones reportedly possible a few weeks earlier. Still, not a bird that merits flying 2000 km from your hometown.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

‘If we know how to conserve the forests, and work with the least impact possible,’ he later remarked, ‘Savegre would maintain both its natural resources and its visitors.’” (Slightly edited for length, from Creating Ecotourism in Costa Rica 1970–2000 by Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora).

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MARCH 3, 2014

The first edition, I think it is fair to say, has been pretty much become the go to field guide for North America in the years since it was first published back in 2000. The page on extinct species in the introduction is depressing and perfect. There are 111 more species included in this edition.

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United States Owls 2000 North America 269

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FEBRUARY 20, 2021

We support the work of biologists, botanists, anthropologists and nature conservation enthusiasts and we are committed to the local communities by providing employment, generating education opportunities, training processes and contributing to the conservation of the areas visited.

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MAY 19, 2012

It has recently been reclassified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List; this category is reserved for only the most threatened species in the world. It has not been seen in its small home range in central Vietnam since around 2000. Conservationists searched intensively in 2011 but found none.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

This lake, with a surface area of up to 150 square miles in good years, is my go-to site for dozens of waterfowl and shorebird species, so I take its health personally. It is also a vital wintering and migratory site for most of these species, so I imagine they take its health very personally, as well.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

I mean, what else was there to do really on an island lying far beyond any continental shelf, one of the most isolated places in the world located more than 2000 km (1200 mi) from the nearest major landmass, its only neighbours being the equally isolated islands of Ascension to the north and Tristan de Cunha to the south outside the tropics.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

There was a lot of hunting for Bald Eagles—it is traditionally a game species. Yes, they have been an endangered species for as long as most of us can recall, but remember, they were traditionally a hunted species. We need to give hunters new opportunities and new species to hunt.

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Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 264

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Last but not least, there are only two or three conformed sightings of this northern species, rare in Serbia. Southern Europe’s Herring become a full species, the Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans. How to tell these two apart (and how to tell them that they are now separate species and are not supposed to hybridise)?

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JULY 25, 2012

But names aren’t everything and there is plenty to say about this species. The latter two species are flightless, but the Brown Teal is flighted and in the old days used to locally migrate in large numbers to winter roosting areas. Male Brown Teal showing some breeding plumage.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. Here are some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 251

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Navarro’s exceptional drawings illustrate the species accounts. Forty-eight species. Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Compare, for example, the species account illustration of the Cuban Trogon with the photo that opens up the introductory chapter.

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Cuba Birds 2000 United States 244

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Hence, I was quite surprised with a brave, almost exciting paper by Brown, Forbes and Symes: “Recent history of the Egyptian Vulture in Southern Africa” (Vulture News, 2000). During my lifetime, this species was rare in my native Serbia, too.

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JULY 4, 2021

This year the first clutch was laid at the end of May and this is the first time we have had eggs laid in May along Cable Beach since 2000. There are numerous species of raptors around Broome including Black Kites and Whistling Kites. Pied Oystercatcher chicks with nowhere to hide.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The Audubon Society just released Audubon’s Birds and Climate Change Report: 314 Species on the Brink. For the threatened birds, there are maps that show change over time (2000 to 2080) in viable ranges. First, there are lists of climate-sensitive species, with potentially broad application to all users.

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Science Birds 2000 North America 183

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Geographic patterns of species richness for birds (1,558 species) in East Africa at 0.25° resolution (blue indicates low species richness, while brown indicates high species richness). At the time of writing, Uganda has 16 hotspots with 400+ so far eBirded species, of which one has almost 600 species.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

From Nature, “ Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow “: Only a handful of bird species are known to use foraging tools in the wild. Two of these species could be detected only in the interior region in 2012 surveys.

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AUGUST 11, 2019

It was actually feared to be extinct until 2000, when four pairs of breeding pairs were discovered. .: It is critically endangered, with estimates of the remaining numbers ranging from 30 to 50 in some sources, a bit more in others.

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APRIL 15, 2012

It doesn’t seem like 12 years since the Olympics were in Sydney, but time has slipped by and the area that was used for the Olympics in 2000 is still there and still being utilised. You can still stay in a hotel there and you can use the facilities. Aside from that-you can go birding!

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Birds 2000 Transported Eagles 196

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MARCH 15, 2011

Dawn Fine Mar 15th, 2011 at 3:50 pm NO Comment YourBirdOasis.com Mar 15th, 2011 at 10:07 pm Yeah, polygynandry is really weird…what other species have this breeding system? In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry.

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2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 235

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Here are some things I’ve learned from the Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean by Scott Weidensaul: The Burrowing Owl is the only North American owl species where the male is larger than the female, albeit, only slightly larger. The 39 owls include five endemic Caribbean species.

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North America Owls America Dominican Republic 254

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Starting in the mid-1990s, there was a “where to watch birds in…” series of five site guides written by Nigel Wheatley and covering South America (1994), Africa (1995), Asia (1996), Europe & Russia (2000) and Central America & the Caribbean (2001). Species accounts for all 2,792 bird species. Well, I have to agree.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

In my native Serbia, I’ve observed this species in winter only once, while here in East Anglia every site held one. Sitting in the car and scanning the 2000 birds strong flock… Such a perfect moment. First site of the day was Breydon Water, the large estuary at the mouths of the Yare and the Waveney.

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Geese Barn Owls Serbia Sheep 240

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APRIL 15, 2011

… leaving the remainder of the birds on the Cyprus Species List (over 380 species) are either migrants or accidentals. the first three found only in the Troodos and Paphos forests). That’s quite a lot! As it happens though, Blackcaps may provide a modern example of how this can occur. Well no kidding!

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AUGUST 5, 2012

Fresh water crocodiles enjoying the sunshine We chose to have a wander around the area, which is actually a lagoon at this time of year and totalled 39 species in an hour even mid-morning. There were even more species present here and a perfect place for a picnic lunch.

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Birds 2000 Investigation Geese 178

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

In fact, there are probably few species so well-known and well-loved. In the spruce-birch forests above 5,000 feet in elevation, the Black-caps live out their lonely existence as the representative of the species in the far south. And there are some birds I have not seen in North Carolina because I am kind of a lazy lister.

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North Carolina Kentucky Soreing 2000 183

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MAY 4, 2011

Although the only pine forests found in New Zealand are recent plantations of Northern Hemisphere Pinus species like the Monterey pine, the country does have native conifers. Some of these are found throughout the country, but the most impressive species is found in the north of the island, around the Coromandel and in Northland.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Birdwise, it turned out to be a good one and my year list was almost 400 species long, which made me happy… almost. The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally. The solution? The Kerkini Lake.

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Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 189

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The species name is long enough to be the middle line of a formal English haiku. Less than 2000 grams – more sail, it seems, than bird. You also learn that for birds that spend most of their lives drifting above the ocean and sleeping on the wing, the species isn’t exactly aquatic.

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Los Angeles Wildlife Rehabilitation Killing San Francisco 250

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JANUARY 23, 2013

It took me about two days and a little over 2000 photos to get an idea of how all the bells and whistles work on my camera with my scope. Speaking of digiscoping, I’ve set a challenge for myself to see how many different species I can digiscope in a year. So many of my first photos were like this: Arty?

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