10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2017

Protection of the area is far more important than my personal birding needs (my birding obsession, to be honest, addiction even). In the 21st century this may sound like 19th century reasoning, but I fight because it’s the right thing to do. And the area is accessible to walkers, it is only me who found himself cut out.

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JULY 10, 2014

There were grumpy old fishermen, fishing through the closed season when the fish enter the backwaters to spawn, but also carrying handguns on their belts and assuming that, being armed and dangerous, they have every right to the area. Hence, I had the be equally grumpy to explain to them that I had an equal right to be there (equal right?

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Tell me, what happens if we rip away hunting when hunting protects more wildlife land in Africa than national parks? Although lip service was paid to the fact that lions are endangered and a lion was poached, the language of anger was the language of animals rights. This is of course an anathema for many in the animal rights camp.

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I admit she was right. Protecting your productivity and directing energy to your own needs can break this pattern of behavior. Willingly, they’d bike over to help me mow and rake so we could be off to more thrilling adventures. She argued that “two boys are worth half-a-boy, and three boys are like no boys at all!”

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DECEMBER 24, 2015

Worried by the lack of appropriate action by the authorities (as described in the previous post ), this year I invited two more wildlife protection organisations to take part in the annual census of Pygmy Cormorants in Belgrade. “The Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected bird species in Serbia, as well as in the European Union.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The NRA has tried to portray this movement as “taking away hunters’ rights,” which does nothing but insult the hunters already on board. This is not protecting hunters’ rights; this is taking away a law that protects the health of both hunters and wildlife.

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MARCH 22, 2013

But then we get a few heroes who do everything right, who go far out of their way to help an injured wild creature, and who restore … well, maybe not our complete faith in humanity, but at least our confidence that we won’t end up in jail for the rest of our lives. Here is an example of the former type.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This is a bit of a dilemma for local authorities – on the one hand, they would presumably like to protect the birds, on the other hand, they also want to draw as many tourists to the place as possible. It is famous for its mudflats that are used as a refueling stop for Spoon-billed Sandpiper.

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JULY 21, 2018

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. After all, removing resources is the exact opposite of protecting resources. And yet, it has begun. Horned Lark.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If habitat is protected, they can also act as important pathways to fantastic places and can greatly facilitate connecting people with birds and biodiversity. Roads near Dominical – There is good forest right along the coastal highway but there’s also a fair bit of traffic.

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MAY 16, 2020

After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity. The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. Anti-social behaviour has degraded the ambience of the wood in the past.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Their name, of course, comes from the fact that they grow a protective layer of feather down their legs for insulation. They spend the summer in the Arctic, nesting on cliffs, getting into skirmishes with Skuas , protecting their young from wolverines.

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North America Owls Protection Hunting 204

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2015

A furtive peek to the smaller part of the pond at the right hand side, some fishes are twirling at the very surface, showing off their flanks for the moment, then their backs… some strange fishes. The Reva is not protected. kilometres / 0.7 miles towards the Danube River ahead of me.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2015

In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. One White-eyed Buzzard has turned its back to us.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2012

Now they mock the march of our dead by flinging contemptuous coins at their feet… We are shadows of tender fury; our dark wings will cover the sky again, and their protective cloak will shelter the dispossessed and the good men and women who understand that justice and peace go hand in hand.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

These were taken right outside the golf course fence and within a hundred feet of a car dealership parking lot. We need to protect their remaining habitat and spread the word of their predicament. This is what a group looks like when you arrive in their territory and they are at their burrow entrance.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2024

And I must be careful to protect my skin, having had a couple of basal cells removed. I say that I may someday be unable to climb hills all do heavy gardening, so I am going to do as much of these things right now as I possibly can. I do carry about ten extra pounds of excess weight.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation. What about others who work tirelessly to repopulate and protect wildlife, who live in fear this may happen to their colonies? Please write: [link] .

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Thanks to fortunate foresight, a lot of land was set aside in Costa Rica as national parks and protected areas (and some of these are easily accessed) but the best forest still happens to be at the terminus of the road and en route, you will be treated to species deficit birding in plenty of pastures.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2021

However, once they have chicks to protect they have a lot more work to do. It is only early in the breeding season here right now, but we always hope for the best with all of our breeding attempts along our coastline. It is not somewhere where people generally walk, because they prefer the actual beach.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

What I want to know is: a hundred feet away, how can these people tell the difference between a crow and a raven, which is a protected species?” Read your own headline, take a look at the buffalo skulls pictured at right, and wake up, Rip Van Winkle. She owns an arsenal of rifles, and has been licensed to carry a handgun for 17 years.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The conservation need is urgent: great attention has rightly been paid to Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest but not enough resources have gone to the Pantanal and the Cerrado, of which only 4% and 5%, respectively, are protected. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2024

That is even though the species was designated as a second-level national key protected species in 2021, meaning that keeping it at home is no longer permitted in China ( source ). Yes, you are right: Yellow Bittern. I have long suspected that colorblindness is widespread among ornithologists. A hint: the name starts with a color.

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MAY 3, 2022

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. Corps of Engineers to protect Galveston Bay at the end of the 19th-century. I imagined walking right up to them.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential. The Refuge System protects and, in some cases, restores, some of what remains.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

Right: Robert McCormick, by Stephen Pearce. Unlike Darwin, who was a self-funded gentleman naturalist on board, McCormick was bound to the Beagle by his duties and was furious that a civilian passenger on board had usurped his rightful position as ship’s naturalist. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Must be a joke, right? Various bird species continue to be affected by those destructive days of deforestation and the subsequent edge effects but thankfully, protected areas were established before any of the regional or country endemic bird species were gone forever. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. I learned of the trip right as it had been delayed and made a vow that I would be on that ship. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The group and its members typically allege that they observe birds or run birding companies or have a mission to protect and preserve birds, so the standing requirement is satisfied. The court also rejected the notion that Dr. Zink, would have standing to bring a claim in his own right.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

In June 2021, the Mayor of Belgrade announced that Beljarica will finally become officially protected. Now you can check the fish farm lakes on your left (but here you have to ask for permission in the management building, the last one on the right hand side) or you can drive on until the first, very slight band in the road.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

photographers illegally in the dunes at left stalking the Snowy Owl at right Where on Saturday there was only dunes, beach, ocean, and owl there was, on Sunday, dunes, birders, beach, birders, ocean, birders, owls, and photographers. But, let me tell you, the atmosphere between the two days couldn’t have been much more different.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2023

Our resident shorebirds have started to breed in the last few weeks and there are numerous Pied Oystercatcher nests along our shores right now. We knew that she may well not be right at the nest when we initially noticed her movement and moved slowly forward making sure that we found her footprints and therefore the nest.

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OCTOBER 29, 2022

Established to protect a watershed and used for environmental education in the eastern Central Valley, Rio Loro has a few nice trails, picnic tables, and even has a small canopy tower (!). No, not a warbler but big enough to be one and a star in its own right. Yes, you read that right. Violet Sabrewing. Chestnut-capped Warbler.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

” and he’s right, there’s always more birds to see than you think, even in cities. This is why a birder usually needs to visit a national park or other protected area to see one but when you do, they aren’t all that hard to find. Like the Urban Birder says, “Look up!”

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JULY 5, 2014

It is a common bird and easily seen if you are in the right place at the right time and they can be quite social. Non-breeding birds form together into flocks, while breeding birds sometimes seek protection by nesting in loose colonies. True to its name it is the world’s largest grebe.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Irv’s right! Right now, based on recent birding, a heck of a lot of them are in Costa Rica. Oh right, more vireos. Costa Rica is just the half way point, I’m glad to see them, happy to see Red-eyed Vireos finding food in protected forests. Where the heck are my kids!?” Red-eyed again.

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