10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Not many European countries have their single-country guides (the exception being UK, Spain and a few others with a strong in-country publishing scene). For the last two decades, Europe and the greater Mediterranean have been covered by one of the best field guides anywhere: “Collins Bird Guide” by Lars Svensson et al.,

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2013

The idea is that by engaging these communities, people would not only take pride and protect these sites, but also will see them as potential sources of revenue as visitors pay small entrance fees and spend money hiring services and purchasing goods from these communities. Little did we know we came in second to the last team.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

reduce traffic casualties amongst Badgers , get the White-tailed Eagle back as a breeding bird, increase the number of protected plant species etc.). Take these large savannah-like areas in Extremadura, Spain, for example (the Dehesas). so far you have focussed on European nature. Does this sound vague?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. In a few years they could only be found in El Yunque, a tropical rain forest in northeast Puerto Rico. And, the parrots almost, but not quite, disappear from the face of the earth.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birds and Us starts with Birkhead’s visit to Cueva del Tajo de las Figuras, located in Andalusia, Spain and the Neolithic bird paintings on its walls. Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

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JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Part of its obscurity is due to the fiercely protective relationship Cologne has with its beer.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2019

By 1595, protective mercantilist policies ordered by the Crown banned the creation of new vineyards in Peru, along with a later prohibition on exports of Peruvian wines to other Spanish colonies. At some point, probably by the early sixteenth century, distillation of wine into brandy also began in Peru.

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Animal Equality

JUNE 26, 2024

From the bustling streets of Brazil to the historic halls of the UK Parliament, Animal Equality is driving change for animals in Italy, Spain, Germany, Brazil, India, the US, and the UK. For over a decade, Animal Equality has been on a global mission to end the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

In Europe, Lesser Kestrels are birds of the Mediterranean zone, nesting mainly in Spain and Portugal, southern France, Sardinia, the Balkans and parts of Greece. However, in Southern Spain a small number of birds are resident. This isn’t a new development linked to global warming, but was first noted 80 years ago.

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MARCH 28, 2020

Too many cases in Spain and the USA, if more people bring the virus to Costa Rica, our health system could be overrun in days. Although it would have been nice to go birding in them, most of us are just staying home anyways and it’s better to protect the health of park employees in any case.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

This is despite the fact that the Northern Bald Ibis was one of the earliest officially protected species, thanks to a decree by Archbishop Leonhard of Salzburg in 1504. This colony outlived dozens of others as it was protected by the local religious belief that the ibises migrated each year to guide Hajj pilgrims to Mecca.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. Conservation efforts have been sufficiently successful for the bird’s status to be downlisted, in 2018, from Critically Endangered to Endangered.

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JUNE 15, 2011

In particular there was a large are protected on the eastern side of the island (about a third of the island) as ‘Eua National Park.The island is less populated and quieter. Tonga is still a fun place to visit, particularly if you’re a poor PhD student anxious to escape the Austral winter.

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