10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

Once this species inhabited wide steppes of India and Pakistan, but nowadays remain in ever smaller and more isolated habitat fragments. After the African Kori Bustard and Eurasian Great Bustard (and I have observed both of them), this is the third largest bustard of the world. Males reach 1.2

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India Gazelles Pakistan Endangered Species 252

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Its name pays homage to the bird that shares much of its distribution across North Africa, The Gulf, Pakistan and Afghanistan. With the downcurved bill and mottled chest, I should like to add thrasher to that list.

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Cape Verde Pakistan Afghanistan Senegal 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2019

India and Pakistan are mostly left to get on with their conflict with little intervention from the outside world. This week however, it appeared that the conflict may escalate after India targeted terrorist activity within Pakistan and had one of their aircraft shot down in the process.

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Pakistan India Squirrels Collecting 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

They nest on the vast central plains of Asia and winter in inhospitable places like Iraq and Pakistan, and rarely visited places like the White Desert of Kutch in Gujarat. As it turns out things aren’t really that bad for it, it’s just that they tend to hang out in unpopulated areas.

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Pakistan India Iraq North Carolina 192

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Anyway, India is appealing to its other neighbors which would include Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. They have been pretty frustrated with China, who really doesn't give a rip about tigers.unless they can raise them on farms for "medicinal" harvest and other capitalist pursuits.

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India Tigers Bhutan Bangladesh 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2016

But he’s got stiff competition, including peers working to save Tree Kangaroos in Papua New Guinea, Sumatran Orangutans in Indonesia, and Snow Leopards in Pakistan. Which makes him a formidable candidate for the prestigious prize.

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Papua New Guinea Snow Leopard Pakistan illegal 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Also, if the count is ever going to go worldwide – and I assume that someday that is the goal – what are the odds of getting Pakistan or Saudi Arabia to hold a Christmas Bird Count? Words have meanings and different words have different connotations to different people.

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Saudi Arabia Pakistan Abandon Abandoning 155

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2023

Of course, what is shown here (and in the video ) is a female – kind of typical for this blog. Please state your dismay and disappointment clearly in the comments section.

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China Tenant Pakistan Birds 130