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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. One of the remaining birds is known to frequent Joe Overstreet Road, a dirt road that runs a few miles through sod farms and cattle pastures between Canoe Creek Road and Lake Kissimmee in Keenansville,about an hour south of Orlando.

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Come to Puembo Birding Garden

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” We are currently offering the opportunity of a lifetime to see a Harpy Eagle that is nesting in the Amazon lowlands, and guides are ready to work! One guide has been taking care of cattle. Another – raising and selling trout to survive. Birding guides have been working hard to keep trails open at the lodges.

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The Lion Forest of India

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A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis.

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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

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Unlike other birds that drink one sip at the time and raise their heads to swallow, pigeons and sandgrouses drink like asses, lowering their beaks into the water and taking as much as they like. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis.

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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

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Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Birding Gir National Park, India

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A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. Maybe his reputation is not without a foundation?

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

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Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. With enough room for another, of course.