10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

Hopefully, this role gives the birds some protection, as indicated here : “Himalayan vultures are highly respected within the Buddhist culture of the Tibetan plateau, playing a unique role in a centuries-old sky burial tradition (feeding of human corpses to vultures at specific sites) that is followed by about four million Tibetan people.

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China Falcons Stray Owls 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2014

While snakes protect their eggs, and may protect their young for a short period of time after they hatch, baby snakes are very soon on their own. Even wild mammals – fawns, squirrels, bunnies, etc. Although it might look like they could have a pair or two lurking beneath all those chest feathers, they actually don’t.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Eggs Squirrels 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2015

The Reva is not protected. In May I plan to discuss the possibilities of the legal protection with the city officials and your comments and views may strengthen that case. In May I plan to discuss the possibilities of the legal protection with the city officials and your comments and views may strengthen that case.

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Otters Serbia Fish Mammals 204

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

When a mosquito bites an infected bird and then bites a human or mammal, it can transmit the virus. It can affect humans, birds, horses, dogs, cats, and other mammals. Now that you are aware of the diseases that can be caused by mosquitoes, you may be wondering how to prevent these illnesses and protect your pets.

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Protection Pets Horses Cats 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2013

It is built to reach out into the water when the dam is full and is reached along a raised walkway, screened from the mammals, reptiles and birds that may be roosting, resting, feeding, drinking or waiting in ambush close by. Mammals visit the dam as well as the birds. All this was seen before I even stepped into the hide.

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South Africa Reptiles Mammals Giraffes 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

From that year onward my work became dedicated to the protection of the area, as well as promotion of local ecotourism possibilities. Also, there are more than 44 species of mammals: Otter , Wildcat , Grey Wolf , Beech Martens , Wild Boar , and Golden Jackal. Overwintering raptors include Greater Spotted , Golden , and Imperial Eagles.

Greece 264

Greece Wildlife Boars Otters 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Their subjects involve mainly birds, mammals, and butterflies, but also reptiles, amphibians, orchids, and underwater creatures. It also currently works with two other bird and mammal hides in Europe. At all times and events, the company takes all the necessary measures to protect everyone.

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Wildlife Greece Mammals Reptiles 210

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2012

I’ve written at length in the past about the circumstances of that extinction event, how the rich endemic fauna was utterly vulnerable to introduced mammals and how waves of invaders wiped out different groups of species. New Zealand faces massive challenges in protecting its species. Image by Glen Fergus. Insanely ambitious?

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New Zealand Rats Mammals Possums 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

billion mammals annually. Our findings suggest that free-ranging cats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals. Mammals cats Invasive Species Week' We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4–3.7

Feral Cats 257

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

Critter News

JULY 31, 2009

The goal is to decrease the harm that sonar does to marine mammals. Meanwhile, the Navy is also asking NMFS to allow incidental harm and fatalities to marine mammals from training exercises in a 122,400-square-mile section of the Pacific Ocean off the Northwest coast. From the Seattle P-I (yep, the online newspaper!).

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Marine Life Seattle Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The mongabay.com portal has compared data on a unit of area basis of the percentage of the total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants. And small country often equals short distances and easy traveling. The best seasons are November and March-April.

Gambia 246

Gambia Equatorial Guinea Species Rwanda 246

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Add 315 bird species, 42 species of mammals – including Vulnerable Irrawaddy and Endangered Ganges River Dolphins , 61 amphibians and reptiles – including Estuarine Crocodile , at least 150 species of commercially important fish and 334 plant species to the picture. They are doing it bare-handed without any protective gear.’

Bangladesh 206

Bangladesh Dolphins Cambodia Cooking 206

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2015

The tropical dry deciduous jungle, or “jungle”, however you see it, covers almost 90% of 600 km2 (230 mi2) of this protected area. burning bright, In the forests of the night… Trips India Mammals' No, it originates in English, from where it entered Hindi and got a broader meaning… like a widened state of mind. Good to know.

Tigers 255

Tigers Boars India Chickens 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

mi at its widest point, consisting of seasonally inundated riparian forests, industrial poplar plantations, river arms and ponds with 60 mammal ( Eurasian Otter , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , etc.) In June 2021, the Mayor of Belgrade announced that Beljarica will finally become officially protected.

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Farming Fish Birds Boars 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.” Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

Mountain Lions 269

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 269

Critter News

OCTOBER 13, 2008

On the one hand, there is “the potential for harm to marine mammals,” Chief Justice John G. Not surprising. Roberts Jr. said Wednesday at a Supreme Court argument over the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises off the coast of Southern California.

Whales 100

Whales Whaling Protection Mammals 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife.

Rats 252

Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 252

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Mammals Ethiopia Gelada' they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. This has resulted in their populations returning to natural levels and their fear of humans being curtailed.

Ethiopia 165

Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 165

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Initially, I wasn’t that excited about seeing mammals. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators. The Big Five–lion, leopard, African buffalo, elephant, and rhinoceros–are impressive, but my heart lies with the patterned mammals, giraffes and zebras.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Every person has a responsibility to be part of the solution by doing something to protect and encourage the re-establishment of biodiversity. Growing local plants and thus local insects encourages other organisms from higher in the food web, like birds, frogs and mammals to arrive and survive.

North America 264

North America Wildlife Mammals Breeding 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2023

The Pantanal “is a bit like the savannas of Africa: an open area with large mammals, crocodiles, and large ratites. On the other hand, this is good news, because if a lot of money comes in, then the Brazilian government will be motivated to protect the area.” The safari 4×4s and lodges complete the picture.

Papua New Guinea 264

Papua New Guinea Guinea Suriname Brazil 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand. Even wiping out a majority of mammals from the third biggest island is a challenge, and not just logistically.

New Zealand 144

New Zealand Possums Hedgehogs SPCA 144

10,000 Birds

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. The commonest large mammals of the park are smallish, spotted forest deer – Chitals, and we often encounter small herds.

India 147

India Boars Lions Mammals 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The island was mostly forested through its history and never had introduced browsing mammals, meaning it had an intact flora. It’s home to Kokako and Little Spotted Kiwi , and has been a refuge used in protecting the endangered Kakakpo. The species was lost for over a hundred years before being rediscovered in 2003.

New Zealand 148

New Zealand Rats Cooking 2003 148

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2014

I want him (I am not a sexist – simply, have never met a lady guide, although I have some among my FB friends) to know mammals and trees, too, but also local history and who and when made that hilltop citadel that we drove by. Knowing birds and where to find them is only the first step. Bhola Mawaskar is a man of his word.

Botswana 245

Botswana Leopards Birds Free Range 245

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

Rather, my trip to the American Museum of Natural History last week was enlivened, however slightly, by spotting a Rock Pigeon perched on top of the elephants in the Hall of African Mammals, safely out of the elements and unexposed to Central Park’s hawks. But in the end, being dead doesn’t protect an animal from mortality.

Elephants 162

Elephants Gorillas Buffalo Mammals 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

In July 2013, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held a meeting in Bremerhaven in Germany, to decide whether to turn the Ross Sea into a marine protected area. And the Mammals. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection. Finally – the Seabirds.

Russia 189

Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2016

The gamekeeper drives by, I wave my greetings but do not mention the jackals I am observing at the moment: this animal is not protected in Serbia and is allowed for killing year-round (one may say “hunting” instead, but I am having problems trying to spot the difference). All this happens less than a mile from the nearest houses.

Sheep 162

Sheep Serbia Eagles Mammals 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2014

And ours shouldn’t isolate birding blogs from our natural (pardon the pun) allies exploring topics like invertebrates, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, flora, fungus, and ecosystems of every kind, right? Nature bloggers deserved a more tailored solution, which is why I issued the following invitation in January 2008 : Blogs are special.

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2003 Reptiles 2000 2008 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

With help from federal grants, state agencies, supportive legislators, and a devoted, knowledgeable staff, the Meadowlands slowly becomes a habitable place for birds, mammals, and other wildlife, a place where people can go to enjoy beauty in the middle of the densest populated area in the country.

New Jersey 182

New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 182

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2020

But this man turned out to have worked with the government habitat protection agency, which is why he stopped when he saw me birding. As did the following mammal, which should be named, if there is any justice, the Adorable Brown-eyed Bunny. While birding along the highway, a younger man on a motorcycle stopped to talk with me.

Mexico 203

Mexico South America United States Mammals 203

Critter News

MARCH 25, 2010

As noted in another post, no protections for marine mammals. But plenty of drivel about improving law enforcement for wildlife protection. Just more drivel out of a toothless organization.

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Laws Mammals Wildlife Protection 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

Leaving from the harbour on boats were tours to swim with one of New Zealand’s most endangered mammal species, the Hector’s Dolphin. They know their stuff, care about the dolphins, and give a portion of the profits to help protect the species, which, by the way, recently got a no-take zone where we saw them!

Dolphins 165

Dolphins Sharks New Zealand Albatross 165

Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) received the Humane Society’s Legislative Leader award for her leadership in protecting animals. The Humane Society of the United States cited Senator Cantwell’s efforts to improve marine mammal rescue capability, including such challenges as disentangling marine mammals from fishing nets.

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Humane Society Of The United States Animal Welfare Legislation Washington 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The forest grows on the new lakeshore and it, too, is a mere 15 years old, but already provides an important corridor for large mammals such as Roe Deer and even Brown Bears , which sometimes come down to feed on beans. The lake water level dropped 10 metres in only 15 years and I was now driving along the old lakeshore.

Greece 252

Greece Pelicans Geese Albania 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The next morning is for the Kerkini Lake, one of the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only ten years ago, in 2006 and inhabited by 11 amphibian, 27 reptilian, 44 mammal and 312 bird species. Going even lower, we add a Cirl Bunting and a Syrian Woodpecker. Enough of the mountains.

Greece 258

Greece Boars Woodpeckers Eagles 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2013

You can notice in the above images how the Leopard uses her eye-lids as hoods to protect her sensitive eyes from the bright sun as she sprinted towards us. Mammals African Wild Cat Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park Leopard Leopard predation'

Leopards 162

Leopards Cats Namibia Botswana 162