10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection. The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ). My cats refuse to even try Fiery Minivets.

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Sri Lanka Taiwan Birds Cats 199

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Curiously, in 1831, McCormick was appointed a surgeon on HMS Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy and he expected to put together a sizeable natural history collection.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 162

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2017

How much do birders value a birding experience? But there are few transactions that can be analyzed to determine how much value birding experiences, themselves, provide to a birder. However, if you could auction off each quart to the highest bidder, you’d have an idea about the collective value of those quarts.

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Oregon Washington Chad Birds 167

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2013

The idea is that by engaging these communities, people would not only take pride and protect these sites, but also will see them as potential sources of revenue as visitors pay small entrance fees and spend money hiring services and purchasing goods from these communities. That was a big help. Photo: Peru Birding Rally.

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Peru South Africa United Kingdom Birds 256

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2018

What I have always missed there and what I still miss is to experience presence of the European Beaver. In 2010 the League for Ornithological Action, a local NGO, initiated the protection of the Danube foreland , which was accepted by the authorities. What else was to be found in that waterworld?

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Beavers Serbia Hungary Eagles 115

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2017

The latest from his pen is Birds of Prey , a hybrid between an identification guide and an essay collection, a book of lore that provides a comprehensive overview of the raptors of North America. As far back as the late ’70s he’s been entertaining and enlightening birders with his essays and books on the hows and why of birding.

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North America Falcons America Eagles 102

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Led by professionals who have experience with organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States, the group is definitely not new to the issues surrounding animals worldwide. With the help of a very qualified staff, founder Bari Mears has made it her mission to devote her life to nurturing and protecting the animals of the world.

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Humane Society Of The United States Illegal Trafficking Animal Animal Sanctuary 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Let me ponder it while I’m picking up two gulls and an egret.”.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Michigan 238

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 15, 2018

I wanted to archive experiences and ideas and marketing materials and everything possible that could contribute to the success of all staff members and departments. This online tool becomes a bonding experience for your staff and external relationships. I created our 10.5 Share best practices, struggles, ideas, even humor.

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Collecting 2013 Branding Experience 76

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Here are a few observations based on my experiences over the past several months. Nothing can completely replace the immediacy of leaning over a partition wall and sharing a call experience or talking through a problem face-to-face with a peer. . How do you leverage best practices and the collective knowledge of other employees?

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Tampa 2020 Experience Experiments 87

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from around the world. Collectively, these MBCF funds have purchased about 2.7 The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunting Hunters 210

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Cocker put out a call for people’s personal experiences with birds and people responded, over 600 people, most of who are credited in the Acknowledgements section. As they say, the relationship is complicated. So, I just sit here, amazed at this book.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 202

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The gull was showing no intention of moving, so I went home to collect a camera. Before I acquired my own Swarovski binoculars, I had the chance to test both ELs and CLs for months at a time and so, from my own experience I knew what level of quality this brand guarantees. How to describe the experience in one word?

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Greece Battery Serbia India 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

There is also a bit of science thrown in–bird banding, remote sensing, museum collecting–not everything, but enough to give the beginner a taste of the ornithological side of the birding passion. Floyd’s writing style draws the reader in, including us in his experiences and observations, making the personal communal.

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North America Birds Prairie Dogs Barn Owls 114

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. At one occasion, during the hike Tsanakis collected wild mushrooms and in a restaurant, asked the chef to prepare those for us. Also, trekking poles proved useful.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 265

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 142

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 24, 2011

Collectively, the group has the greatest amount of animal rescue experience in the world and will be in a position to provide subject matter experts and advise local groups who are planning larger recovery projects. will be channeled into Japan. Founded in 1969, IFAW saves animals in crisis around the world.

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IFAW Japan International Fund For Animal Welfare Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

And once in a while, there is a check-in on what was happening in the United States–the killing of a bird protection warden in the Everglades, investigations into millinery sweatshops, the earlier passage of bird protection legislation. and the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act of 1921 in Great Britain).

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Virginia Portland Industry New York City 117

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

I also did not understand the centrality of the Delaware Bay to shorebird migration, how timing and geographic design and water quality and tidal streams, the rich salt marshes and protected beaches combine to make this specific area of New Jersey and Delaware “The Most Important Stopover of the Western Hemisphere.”

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Delaware New Jersey Eggs Research 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Peru Parrots 2011 Deer 254

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

They can be found all over the book–some interspersed with resident and migratory species, some collected together in the back of the chapter, some in the last chapter on North American vagrant landbirds. The book’s organization of rare and vagrant birds is inconsistent and confusing.

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Ireland Birds Falcons Turtles 139

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way. But at last we were in El Triunfo!

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Guatemala San Diego Mexico South America 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Sometimes they have to protect their catches from piratic African Fish Eagles who swoop down as soon as they that see a Saddle-bill has successfully caught a fish. It is quite a sight to experience hundreds of Abdim’s Stork dropping out of the skies from seemingly thin air, to gorge on burnt or fleeing insects and rodents.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 231

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The checklist continues with the 11-pages guide where to watch mammals in Madagascar, consisting of a map and the table of 52 protected areas, their dominant habitat type and the list of mammals for which the parks are known. Finally, it ends with a checklist (above) and the alphabetical index of both English and scientific names.

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Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 229

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

Golf courses, swimming pools, restaurants and a diverse collection of accommodation options. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Deer Kuwait 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences. There is a photo of him caring for a White-chinned Sapphire in the book, the only human pictured in Dunn’s 16-page collection of hummingbird photographs, and it is inspiring. Jonas D’Abronzo.

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Costa Rica Brazil Bolivia Ecuador 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

This may be the most awesome pelagic you’ll ever experience… For me it was the publication in 1984 of Peter Harrison’s ground-breaking identification guide to ‘ Seabirds ’ that opened up the off-shore world of pelagic birding right on Cape Town’s door step.

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Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Even collecting one piece after another, I didn’t manage to see the whole picture, but after a lot of effort, I collected enough pieces to ID the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler , only the first of a dozen that will be chock chock chocking from fruiting mulberries. Below legal size for humans is still legal for pelicans.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 186

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2024

The sight, the sound and the smell, coupled with the sheer spectacle of seeing so many birds at once, makes viewing a big seabird colony an avian experience that can’t be compared with any other. Seabird cities are always spectacular.

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Puffins Eggs Fish Culling 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

The stunning head plumes of the Gray Crowned-Crane make it attractive to bird collectors and zoos; illegal collecting of wild birds is one of the reasons why this species is now considered Endangered. This strange but beautifully plumaged bird was widely known throughout Europe as the Waldrapp (meaning “Forest Crow”).

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 181

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. The Achiever’s survey voyages took place from 2005 to 2008; the goal was to collect baseline data on sea mammals and marine birds. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

It prompted a lot of questions, many of which I had previously answered by simple supposition and presumption, but which now became highlighted as inadequate in the light of this experience. How many well sites does a sapsucker maintain? How often does he do the rounds? Does he vigorously defend his food source?

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San Francisco Maryland Jordan Colorado 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2018

The Association for the Protection of the Great Bustard from Serbia had just about enough counters to cover the Pastures of Great Bustard Special Nature Reserve and the neighbouring areas (birds often spend the winter in arable fields outside the reserve). It therefore qualifies as Vulnerable.

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Hungary Serbia Austria Eggs 136

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2012

I caught glimpses of lots of fine, fine birds including a heroic Killdeer protecting a nest and my first Willow Flycatcher of the season. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2012 New York Fish Eggs 158

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. The authors pay far less attention to photographing and collecting adult dragonfly specimens. The section thus ties in nicely with WILDGuides identity as a conservation-minded publisher.

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Ireland France Breeding Eggs 167

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

My agenda is to help to make the Ross Sea an international marine protected area. What experience do I have to confirm my qualifications? Also, for quarter of a century I have been canoeing the Danube backwaters inside Belgrade and collecting data about birds (most of it I have entered into the eBird). Vote for me! This is WHY.

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Agenda Argentina New Zealand Protection 160