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JUNE 23, 2024

Adult Yellow-legged Gull Raft of Cory’s Shearwaters The biggest spectacle of the summer comes when the flying fish pass in August and September. They gather in the Strait of Gibraltar in large rafts and watch out for the fish to show up.

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JULY 17, 2013

Over the following thirty-seven years there has never been a concerted effort to promote what is still called the “ Duck Stamp ” by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to anyone other than hunters and philatelists. million fishing visits. million hunting visits. 30 million wildlife viewing visits.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

Fish and Wildlife Service – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Alaska, Public Domain, [link] Source Given that Shanghai has a population that is about as large as that of the 10 biggest cities in the US combined, it may sound surprising that it is actually a decent place for birders.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

That successfully achieved, we then walked the 300 or so metres to a small fishing boat that was waiting to take us out to look… Source With luck, we might have enough time to grab some breakfast in the port café before we embarked.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Kerkini is shallow and is enormously productive, producing enough fish to feed a summer population of many thousands of Great Cormorants, along with hundreds of Great White and Dalmatian Pelicans, plus numerous other fish-eating birds. Pelicans and Cormorants jostle together for the best fishing The feeding frenzy is over.

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MAY 21, 2014

Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) entitled “ BANKING ON NATURE: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation 1 , ” recreational visits to national wildlife refuges generate substantial economic activity. Fishing accounted for 21 percent and hunting 7 percent. Case in point.

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MAY 2, 2021

She can land on another wire with impunity, but not if she’s holding a wet fish. She took a picture at 6 PM and emailed it to both US Fish and Wildlife Service and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can find a whole page of information on bird electrocutions on the US Fish and Wildlife Service website.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This is a real hard one, but I would have to say the stunning Pel’s Fishing Owl as this was my Spark bird-it’s the bird that got me into birding. Pel’s Fishing Owl What is your name, and where do you live? What is your favorite bird species? Marc Cronje. I am based in Nelspruit… Source

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Fish is a popular choice. Grey Heron: Some sizes of fish seem more suitable than others. Yellow Bittern: A bittern recently stuck me with its beak when I freed it from a fishing net. Hurt a bit, but must be much worse for the fish. Hurt a bit, but must be much worse for the fish. Pied Kingfisher. Striated Heron.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , there are about 10 billion breeding birds in the US. But the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates between 97 and 976 million a year. A small number, maybe about 72 million according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , are poisoned every year. So keep that in mind.

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APRIL 16, 2022

The gull has taken up a happy, seemingly retired residence in and around small fish processing shops. The gull has taken up a happy, seemingly retired residence in and around small fish processing shops. With all the fish guts and pieces it wants, the dark-backed gull from California is probably happily lost and loving it.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Or finding a dead fish but deciding it is too big or too smelly to eat … … making the bird shiver in… Source August started how July ended – with a few birds spending their summer in an extremely hot Shanghai.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

The trail is about 4 km long, and it leads to the Matraca Community of the Curripaco indigenous people that live in the forest and survive on agriculture and fishing. Fish is not just prepared and spiced magnificently, but also served on banana leaves, forcing even me to photograph it. The Matraca Trail, photo Juan Carlos.

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JULY 30, 2024

Hamerkop, Martial Eagle, Southern Ground Hornbill, Saddle-billed Stork, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Secretarybird, African Fish Eagle, Lilac-breasted Roller and Lappet-faced Vulture Lilac-breasted Roller Can you outline at least one typical birdwatching trip in your area?

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JULY 29, 2021

The very best wetland birding around Belgrade, Serbia, is not to be found in the locally famous and tourist-promoted Obedska or Carska Bara Ramsar areas, but at Beljarica Backwaters and the fish farm triangle of Centa, Baranda and Sakule villages, in the Tamis River floodplain. If there were rains recently, this section of 0.3

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JULY 25, 2021

It appears to be successful at catching small fish. The water is clear and it would be easy for the Little Egret to see the fish that are present. There is only ever one Little Egret and it runs around in the shallows of the Indian Ocean. It is quite content running about in quite deep water up to its body. Little Egret.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In a quick review, you learn frigatebirds eat fish. The frigatebird we had in care in 2004 never ate the fish that we offered on her own. We “assist-fed” her – placing fish in her mouth and waiting to make sure she swallowed them – every meal. But for a weak, starving juvenile, there is the magic of fish to help.

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

As the tomato jellyfish dry out they smell and it is not the smell of sun dried tomatoes, but more the smell of dead fish! I am not overly keen on the smell of dead fish and thankfully it will just take a few big tides and Cable Beach will be back to normal. As you can see in the header photo there have been quite a few!

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APRIL 5, 2023

Masked Cardinal This Green Kingfisher stared at the water for several minutes, and then proceeded to pounce on a fish that was so close we almost got splashed! They all coexist harmoniously, apart from the fish perspective that is. Due to the plethora of bird species around, invariably we were to experience something breathtaking.

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JANUARY 17, 2014

Nearly wiped out by human heedlessness, development, and pesticide use, under the protection of the Endangered Species Act this handsome fish eagle has made a stunning comeback, rebounding in numbers and recolonizing areas where many thought they were gone forever.

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JUNE 8, 2024

A month later I had the chance to watch these impressive birds again, fishing off Cape Trafalgar in southern Spain. It’s rare to see the Gannets fishing close to the nesting cliffs, as their favoured prey are big fish such as Cod, Mackerel and Herring that are found in deeper waters farther offshore.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

He is the author of Underwater Guide to Seychelles (2015), Underwater Eden (2019) and Reef Fishes of Seychelles (2021). The introduction covers the geography, history and climate of Seychelles, as well as travel practicalities (language, getting there, visa, accommodation, money, getting around, a suggested itinerary, glossary).

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

They are used for fishing by Chinese fishermen at other locations – nowadays mostly as a tourist attraction. This is possible because they seem to be very efficient at catching fish – an older scientific paper claims that they need to work less than one hour per day to get their necessary amount of fish.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

“Sleep with the fishes”? At least from the perspective of the fish. Kentish Plover: Looks like a toy. Grey-tailed Tattler: I already made fun of this poor species in my last post. Little Egret: The local mafia, it seems.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Does this fish look unhappily surprised or what? Osprey need fuel for their trip south and there are plenty of fish in Queens. I’m actually not sure if this Brown Thrasher is a migrant or a local bird that hasn’t headed south yet. Either way, it was fun watching it bathe at Rockaway Community Park.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Wetland Halfway between bustling Belgrade and sleepy Zrenjanin, River Tamis floodzone contains abundant oxbow lakes (turned into fish farms) and salt marshes filled with birds. Fish farms in Baranda and neighbouring Sakule villages, about 40 km / half an hour north of Belgrade, offer likely the best wetland birding near the city.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2021

Passing by the Ecka fish farm, the largest inland fish farm of Europe, we visited the Belo Jezero Lake to pick Ferruginous Duck , Black and Whiskered Terns , Pygmy Cormorant , Squacco Heron , Eurasian Spoonbill , Great Reed and Savi’s Warblers. Also along the Tamis River, our next hotspot was a fish farm in the Sakule Village.

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Serbia Romania Eagles Falcons 261

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Activities such as hunting, fishing, and trapping are categorized as “consumptive” uses. In contrast, consumptive uses were minor: fishing accounted for 10 percent and hunting was just 4 percent.

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MAY 19, 2022

In the end, I opted for the Tamis River floodplain, north of Belgrade, and its fish farms, some non-operational, some selling daily angling licenses. Driving with open windows (to hear the birds) becomes unbearable and I am heading out of this fish farm.

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MARCH 20, 2014

We are going to the Sakule fish farm in the namesake village north of Belgrade – the very best wetland birdscape in the area. … Back to the Sakule fish farm – the area is about to become a new nature reserve soon. Common Cranes. … Being a birder – what does it mean to me? More of a hunt? To be… alive?

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JUNE 18, 2024

Much of this concerns the world’s changing climate and fishing pressure off our coast. There just is not the forage fish available that the species needs to thrive and grow its numbers. We encourage our participants to get a good look at the Common Murres that usually fly just above us on their way out to fish.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Others feed on small invertebrates and fish – of which there still is a bounty within these drains. A Greater Yellowlegs is pursued by another after having nabbed a small fish. For now, it remains one of the go-to locations on the island to observe migratory shorebirds. A Semipalmated Sandpiper feeds at the water’s edge.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the death of two Whooping Cranes in Hopkins County, Kentucky. It’s deja vu all over again , sadly. The mated pair was passing through the area last fall as part of Operation Migration , an effort to restore a migrating population of the birds to the eastern United States.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Humankind has since modified the landscape into a recreational wonderland with open water for boating, fishing, and jet skis with an expansive spoils pile on the south side called Fiesta Island that has access for off-leash dogs, beach recreation, and more. Osprey carrying a fish La Jolla Cove has a lot going on.

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JULY 18, 2021

I found myself fully immersed in marine species while boating, fishing, and birding coastal Virginia with family this weekend. Our land-locked species in temperate zones tend to become too focused on the little details of perpetuating their species to be sufficiently entertaining.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Just before we left Victoria and returned home to Broome I was doing one of my regular walks from Foster to Fish Creek. The pair of birds flew directly overhead and on towards Fish Creek. I walked up to the look-out, which is about half way between the two small towns. I stopped to take in the view one last time.

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JUNE 20, 2019

It was Thursday when we arrived and every Thursday at Chrisochorafa square is a fish-free evening at two fish taverns. It is a popular event with the locals and the foreigners alike, where you pay for the drinks and salads, while the main dish, well prepared lake fish, is free.

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