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The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

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In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. Not the strictly protected bustards, but Red Foxes, Brown Hares, Pheasants , as well as Hooded Crows and Rooks. What treats do they face? What is the latest outcome of all this?

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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

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Next comes the White-footed desert fox, Vulpes v. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. On the other side was a MacQueen’s Bustard , one male and … three, four females at the clearing between the bushes, where they will soon disappear – 168th species on my trip list. ceylonensis. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis.

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Collaborative list – February 2021

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201 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 558 Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. 201 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. The year list to date is 1015 species and 7 have been added to the life list ( 4059 ) from Costa Rica, China and Trinidad and Tobago. 1 Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso. Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral.

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Chilling out with Rollers and Hoopoes

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Above the reedbeds, there were numerous Common Sand Martins (Bank Swallows), with a few Barn Swallows , while the large herd of grazing cattle (one of them particularly interested in licking the dust off my car) was followed by two dozen Western Yellow Wagtails. The Danube shallows are waterless.

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Collaborative list – April 2021

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Here they are; 1 Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis 3 Snow Goose – Anser caerulescens 4 Graylag Goose – Anser anser 5 Brant – Branta bernicla 6 Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis 7 Canada Goose – Branta canadensis 8 Mute Swan – Cygnus olor 9 Black (..)

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Should is not a Solution

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Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes. The tigers keep wandering out of their reserve and taking cattle from nearby villages, taking what little these already poor people have. It is very natural condition to look at something going wrong and imagine what should be happening instead. A hungry child should be fed.

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