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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

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In these rural areas, public transportation is still mostly based on rather old-fashioned modes. There are probably not too many words that will allow you to use two y in the same word, and – I looked this up – ever since a Scrabble rule change in 2010, names of locations are allowed. The Crested Mynas do not seem to mind.

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Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi

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Someday I hope to make the long journey to Inaccessible Island, which is generally accomplished by traveling to Cape Town, South Africa and catching a ride on a boat to Tristan da Cunha and then inveigling a local into providing transportation over to Inaccessible Island. Wikimedia Commons: Atlantisia rogersi.

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A special Pied Oystercatcher

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The parents spent several weeks transporting food to the chick that remained after losing one shortly after it hatched. During some shorebird counts he was observed there in July 2008, June 2009, June 2010 and then in 2011 he was observed back in Roebuck Bay on one occasion and also back with the main flock to the south.

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Cute of the Day: Baby Manatee

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The animal was transported to SeaWorld by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. Cute of the Day: Baby Manatee originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 18, 2010. SeaWorld is the global leader in the rescue and rehabilitation of manatees.

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The Danube Backwaters

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In 2010 the League for Ornithological Action, a local NGO, initiated the protection of the Danube foreland , which was accepted by the authorities. All suburbs within the Pancevacki rit are serviced by Belgrade public transport, but from them, it may be 1 to 3 miles more to reach the levees.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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The initiative to protect this particular area was launched in 2010 by the League for Ornithological Action, a local NGO, within the “Wings Across the Balkans” project coordinated by the BirdLife International and supported by the European Commission. Zorana Mihajlovic, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, pr@ms.gov.rs.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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It’s about packaging, marketing, distribution, transportation, and lobbying. Dun’s innovations included advertising in gardening magazines, growing mailing lists, and seasonal catalogs. These brief stories remind us that the bird feeding industry is made up of more than shelves of feeders and seed. The writers have created a good book.

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