10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2016

India was not on my list of places to go in 2016. So, I birded India, land of Indian Peafowl , Saag Paneer (my favorite Indian dish) and Tigers. I had not planned on birding India in 2016, but I’m very happy I did. And, I need to wave hello to my fellow and sister birders, with whom I had so much fun.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The time quickens, we hurry for lunch (and a Kingfisher Beer – birders staple in India) and back to Semadoh for Bhola Mawaskar. The post THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Bhola claims that he can show us the owlet (his name, “bhola”, stands for “I have spoken” in Hindi).

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Some years later, I hold ‘A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of India’ by Bikram Grewal, Tripta Sood and Manjula Mathur. It begins with a 15 pages overview of India’s climate and geography, its wildlife habitats, threats to wildlife, extreme rarities and how to enjoy the forests. There are no range maps.

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JUNE 17, 2022

Despite its 8% strength, Skylight Double India Pale Ale is a wonderfully refreshing – if potent – summer beer in the hazy New England IPA style. The Warbler Brewery – Skylight Double India Pale Ale. Good birding and happy drinking! Four out of five feathers (Excellent).

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India Penguins New York 2018 147

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MAY 18, 2023

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat.

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India Boars Lions Mammals 147

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AUGUST 23, 2024

Part One of the book concerns the Lesser Flamingo, which has, Dr. Bondar observes, four separate wild populations in the world, in Africa and western India and Pakistan. The biggest such population is… Source

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JANUARY 2, 2015

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Birds Black Kites India Bird Rescue India raptors Mohammad Saud Nadeem Shehzad wildlife rehabilitators Wildlife Rescue'

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JULY 9, 2015

India, February 2013. I am camping in the dry-deciduous jungle in eastern Maharashtra, near the geographic heart of India. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g. It is February and evenings are cold. Against snakes,” he said.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

The recent taxonomy of India Pale Ale – more popularly known these days by its initialism IPA – is as confusing and unstable as any avian phylogeny. The post Pelican Brewing Company: Brut India Pale Ale appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Good birding and happy drinking! Pelican Brewing Company. Three out of five feathers (Good).

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Pelicans India San Francisco Oregon 133

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MARCH 27, 2020

An enigmatic line of text emblazoned across the can of this week’s featured beer – the Sherwood Double New England India Pale Ale from Connecticut Valley Brewing Company – implores us to “Rise and Rise Again”. Connecticut Valley Brewing Company: Sherwood Double New England Style India Pale Ale. Stay safe and healthy, everyone.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity. Tags: India animal cruelty macaque zoochosis. It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis. It's the first time I've ever heard the term. Here's what I'd like to know.if

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

From the Times of India. Tags: India wildlife trafficking. Unfortunate. Sher Singh, one of the kingpins of the countrywide wildlife trafficking racket involved in stealing eight common marmosets from Alipore Zoo on August 9, walked off a train in the wee hours of Friday. Now this guy gets to commit more crimes against animals.

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APRIL 13, 2009

This time, in India! By burping, belching and excreting copious amounts of methane — a greenhouse gas that traps 20 times more heat than carbon dioxide — India's livestock of roughly 485 million (including sheep and goats) contribute more to global warming than the vehicles they obstruct. Cows With Gas!

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AUGUST 16, 2010

It was sent from North America to India and confiscated by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime India endangered species. It was labeled as a "rug" and the only reason they searched was because of a tip.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Common Kingfisher (Mumbai, India, Feb 2019 and Nanhui, China, Apr 2020). White-throated Kingfisher (Delhi and Mumbai, India, Feb and Apr 2019; Nabang, China, Mar 2017; Singapore, Nov 2015). Black-capped Kingfisher (Nanhui, China, May 2018). Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Bateleur and Mkuze, Nov 2018).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Evil Twin Brewing Falco India Pale Ale. . I like IPAs year-round, but with the fall hawkwatching season upon us in New York and elsewhere, it’s a good time to be on the lookout for falcons, maltose and otherwise. __. Four out of five feathers (excellent). __.

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JUNE 16, 2022

Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 Once this species inhabited wide steppes of India and Pakistan, but nowadays remains in ever smaller and more isolated habitat fragments. Males reach 1.2 meters (3.9

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Gazelles India Pakistan 2012 264

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Tags: India tigers.

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AUGUST 31, 2008

An estimated 50,000 traders in the various towns and cities of India earn their living doing this. Tags: birds India pet sales. The practice of dyeing animals is not restricted to just birds. In the 1970s, authorities discovered that the poachers were dying the rare golden langur, grey, for the purpose of smuggling!

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India Pets Birds Tagged 100

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JANUARY 8, 2015

Nowhere in India have I seen broiler horror-chicken like those sold in supermarkets back home. They belong to a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus (like four-legged Greco/Roman crested helmets) and are my second race of boar seen in India, while I still remain the only Serbian birder who has never seen one closer to home!

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Tigers Boars India Chickens 255

Critter News

AUGUST 22, 2008

In India, collection of even shed antlers was banned in May 1998. Before the ban, Kamptee was a hub of antler trade in India with states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Orissa as the main collection centres. Tags: India wildlife trafficking.

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India illegal Wildlife Trafficking 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 Once this species inhabited wide steppes of India and Pakistan, but nowadays remain in ever smaller and more isolated habitat fragments. Trips Great Indian Bustard India'

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

It sure looks like India is taking wildlife crime investigation seriously. Tags: wildlife crime forensics India wildlife trafficking. The entire operation, including arrest and seizure, was executed by the WCCB officials on Tuesday. "It

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Anyway, India is appealing to its other neighbors which would include Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Tags: India poaching tigers china endangered species.

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Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. Tags: India tigers wildlife endangered species. But is it enough? From the Press Association. This will increase the habitat area for tigers, who prefer to live and hunt in thick vegetation.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 9, 2008

In India, f orensic tests helped establish guilt in the killing of 10 endangered lions. Tags: wildlife crime India poaching lion. Between February and March 2007, 10 lions were killed by poachers in three different incidents at the Gir National Park (GNP) which houses 360 Asiatic lions, the only surviving population in the wild.

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India Wildlife Lions 2007 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. Anderson, famous for slow-motion beach running scenes in the hit 1990s lifeguard TV show, wrote to R.C.

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India Ethical Treatment Animal Cruelty Monkeys 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2025

Red-crested Pochard, February 25, 2025, Mehsana, India Eurasian Teal, February 28, 2025, Kutch, India Greater Flamingo, March 01, 2025, Jamnagar, India Photos by Ming Li. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) is a striking diving duck species native to Europe and Asia. I took the photo from a small boat in the river.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. At least 274 tigers have died in India in the last four years, more than 70 per cent of them due to poaching. Some results may already be visible.

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Tigers India Killing 2006 258

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Enter the “Goo Goo Muck”, a tart India Pale Ale by Seventh Son Brewing Company of Columbus, Ohio. Seventh Son Brewing Company: The “Goo Goo Muck” Tart India Pale Ale. The post Seventh Son Brewing Company: The “Goo Goo Muck” Tart India Pale Ale appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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India Columbus Ohio Cooking 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2015

The last time I visited my friend India, who lives in the hills above Karatu, I brought my own field guide and filled a notebook with bird names, descriptions, and sketches. India founded and, along with Managing Director Peter Leon Mmassey, runs the Tanzanian Children’s Fund. But that was seven years ago. I demanded.

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Mongoose Chickens India Wildlife Rehabilitation 229

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JANUARY 30, 2015

Nadeem Shehzad and his brother Mohammad Saud take in about 1400 injured birds per year in Delhi, India – an enormous number. Here in India we believe that animals and birds have the power to curse or bless, depending what you do to them. Conservation India wildlife rehabilitators'

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India New Jersey Delaware 191

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MAY 17, 2019

is Outta Line, a West Coast India pale ale from Rogue Ales & Spirits of Newport, Oregon. Rogue Ales & Spirits: Outta Line West Coast India Pale Ale. The post Rogue Ales & Spirits: Outta Line West Coast India Pale Ale appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Good birding and happy drinking!

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India Penguins San Diego Peru 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2022

This is the usual game viewing routine in reserves of Africa and India. In India, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat and the law. Tropical Easy but Active – few hours in the morning, rest and few hours in late afternoon. In Africa, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat (making animals lazy and people drowsy).

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India Africa Birds Laws 283

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MARCH 1, 2021

It was a fun month with posts from places as varied as Greece and Uganda, Costa Rica and India. We did this to help our favorite industry come back, to some small degree, from the ravages of COVID. But, as you’ve probably noticed, we’re not out of the pandemic yet. Puembo Birding Garden. Jaguarundi Travel. Aruacana Lodge.

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Costa Rica Uganda Greece Ghana 264

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

80 years earlier, in the mid-1700s, Cox & Kings was founded to, primarily, organise trips of British officers to India and, unlike the huge Thomas Cook which declared bankruptcy in 2019, small Cox & Kings still exist. E.g. do you need them to book your flights to India? Probably not, as most people could do that by themselves.

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Sri Lanka Costa Rica India Cooking 279

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds? Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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