10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

The invasive Burmese Python ( Python molurus ) is well established in the Florida Everglade. Another species of Python, the African Python ( Python sebae ) has established a small population in the 2,877-acre Bird Drive Area (BDA) in South Florida. Photo Credit: US Geological Survey.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 220

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APRIL 22, 2013

But, to paraphrase Monty Python, every species is sacred. 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. Conservation of migratory species must be an international affair.

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Dominican Republic Haiti Pythons illegal 200

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2020

We are unsure as to whether the pair of Southern Boobook are breeding or just roosting inside the hollow tree. For those of you that miss me mentioning some of the other wildlife around Broome I think I should mention the Black-headed Python we also saw last week! Black-headed Python measuring.

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Pythons Australia Owls Wildlife 184

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

struck out on the “common feeder birds” But I’d never had much luck with irruptives in the east — no Common Redpolls , no Bohemian Waxwings , and my quest for a Pine Siskins was a Monty Python farce. Fish and Wildlife Service. And living my life in the same place, I’d find them.

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Pythons Litter Montana 2006 234

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact.

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Birds Elephants Eagles Rhinoceros 246