10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. Petersburg, Russia. Trips Europe Russia' After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. All photos © Joseph Chiera.

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Russia Iceland Europe Birds 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. Ottenby Nature Reserve is run by The Swedish Ornithological Society and visitors can observe researchers collecting data and birds being caught in the mist nest and funnel traps on site.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here are some of the questions that were running through my mind as I read Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl : (a) Is ornithological research always this dangerous? (b) Primorye is officially part of Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District. Slaght provides funding from research grants.

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Owls Russia Fish Japan 194