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Birding Protection Island, Washington

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.* Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. Protection Island and Mt. Baker Pelagic Cormorant colony on Protection Island Of course we saw more birds but as the light weakened it became difficult to get quality pictures.

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Giveaway of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The.

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This offering is actually hard to part with: a copy of Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal and Cerrado of Central Brazil signed by both John Gwynne, who managed the project, and Guy Tudor, eminent neotropical bird artist and art director of the project. Time to give away a wonderful book on 10,000 Birds!

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Bicknell’s Thrush in Trouble on Wintering Grounds

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No matter how much we do to protect the breeding grounds of Neotropical migrants, we can’t assure the safety of those species that lose essential wintering habitat. Protecting even the most range-limited species sometimes requires that we look well beyond our respective borders.

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Astonishing Move By UK Government to Control Buzzards

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Skimming through the myriad of posts in my blog reader yesterday I came across a post from the ever-watchful guys at the Raptor Persecution Scotland blog that left me cold with anger. of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases).

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Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll

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Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. That said, given the history of the islands I imagine the wildlife will recover with time. Tip of the hat to our own Duncan Wright, who used to work on Tern Island.

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NATURE’S BEST HOPE BY DOUG TALLAMY – A REVIEW

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Every person has a responsibility to be part of the solution by doing something to protect and encourage the re-establishment of biodiversity. Please read Doug’s book and / or listen to him on one of the many podcasts or via Youtube and then get to work turning your backyard into a minor haven for nature and wildlife!

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I Remember Elephants

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Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. How much time did you need to read this blog? And it gave me a hope. Perhaps 15 minutes?

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