10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Even among the protected areas of Serbia, the Iron Gates National Park (in Serbian: Djerdap) stands out as better preserved. Keep in mind that the special nature reserves (dark green on the park map) enjoy the highest level of protection and are off limits to visitors (possible only with research permits issued by the park authorities).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. Just Desserts. “I’d

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2021

Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The reservoir is surrounded by traditional farming landscape, adding the European Turtle Dove and the Ortolan Bunting to the scene. This protected area is of special importance for migrating waders, of which some 27 species were reported here, including Pied Avocet , Temminck’s Stint , Red-necked Phalarope , Sanderling and Dunlin.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2016

Turtle-Doves and Red-backed Shrikes were showing particularly well, in the air were both Barn Swallows and, more numerous, Sand Martins (Bank Swallows), junipers were decorated by numerous Bee-eaters, plus European Stonechat and a Corn Bunting. Did they move their colony behind the next dune, or have they disappeared from the area?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2011

Of our migrant breeders the Hoopoe Upupa epops along with the Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur , European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus , Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida , Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus and Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia fill our forests with their melodious chorus during spring and summer. Well no kidding!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

Today, the camas fields rest protected in the vast bosom of the Clearwater National Forest. There were few places not marked by the camas, except the creek itself and a few small glacial boulders that rose up from the ground like old gray turtles. That was then. But the highlight, of course, was the camas fields.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2018

Featured image – Photo in “Bird-lore” by the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals). As the Caribbean’s emerald waters fell away below our seaplane, I had no idea what to expect from my visit to the Dry Tortugas, 70 miles west of Key West, Florida. And, I hear that the night sky is worth it!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

We were the only people walking along the creek edge, which thankfully is steep and gave us some protection from the renowned “Willie Creek crocodile” The tourists were safely in a boat exploring the history of pearling and the beach was ours to explore.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Today, the vast tract of land is protected, managed for science and conservation. At dawn, my feet hit one of the protected beaches with Wendy Allen, the manager of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, one of the science and outreach organizations working within Hobcaw. Allen’s turtle transect was 2.5

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2018

Yet another abundant species in his days was the European Turtle Dove , of which we lost about a quarter of population to hunting in this century alone – nowadays officially a threatened species in the IUCN Red List. The proposal to protect 1860 ha was sent to the City Assembly, which conveniently forgot about it in some dusty drawer.

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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. This section also offered a European Turtle Dove. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 10 km / 6 mi north of Baranda lies the village of Sakule. Before that, on a rather sharp right bend, 1.8

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. Turtle bites hurt!”. “I I was sprayed in the face by a hose-wielding snapping turtle,” said Lisa Kelly. “My

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

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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10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2017

Not a falcon, but a female Eurasian Sparrowhawk , drying its soaked feathers after the rain that was falling while we were protected by the trees. One threatened European Turtle Dove takes flight from a roadside hedge. European Turtle Dove – Streptopelia turtur. Another bird, seen from behind, a female Eurasian Blackbird

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Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 180

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In addition to these changes in classification and distribution, there are larger issues that may play a role in the overall future of the Galápagos as a protected area; conservationists are facing increasing pressure from the tourism industry and the international fishing industry. Some finches, like Mangrove Finch, have become elusive.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

There are drawings comparing the hind claws on pipits, images of hybrid ducks, a table of key identification features of redpoll species, a table on the key features of Chiffchaff races, drawings of tails of Collared Dove, Turtle Dove, and Rufous Turtle Dove, comparisons of the bills of Rook, Carrion Crow, and Raven.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Mom became especially enraptured with the baby alligators we spotted – less than a foot long, they basked in the grass next to their mothers, or crawled atop her back and tail for extra protection. Purple Gallinules are what rainbows would look like if reincarnated into a bird.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2022

This was the first geological site protected in the Djerdap area, formed along a fault by incision of the Boljetinska River into the sedimentary rocks. Easy species here are Corn Bunting , Hawfinch , Spotted Flycatcher , Red-backed Shrike , Woodlark , Eurasian Golden Oriole , European Turtle Dove.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2010

See OCEANS, Save Oceans ” is an initiative developed with The Nature Conservancy where a portion of each ticket sold for the film’s opening week April 22-28 will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas. “We The Nature Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide.

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Bahamas Dolphins Sea Turtles 2010 100

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. 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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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Add to this regular sightings of Humpback and Southern Right Whale, inside and outside the bay, as well as year round sightings of Bryde’s Whale and occasional summer reports of Orca in pursuit of dolphin off Cape Point, and you have some idea as to what to expect in the way of the ‘unexpected’.

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Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whaling 241

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur). 7 beats contributed their sightings from 7 countries (Hong Kong, UK, China, USA, Serbia, Australia and, of course, Costa Rica).

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2020 Niger Sparrows Woodpeckers 207

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

Twenty years ago, flocks consisting of a thousand European Turtle Doves were a common sight in Serbia in spring. Turtle Doves have been declining in Europe since the 1970s, and in this century alone, the continent has lost 40% of its population of the species. Money and effort are being invested in that protection.

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Serbia Slaughter Slaughtered Turtles 270

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I started the campaign for the protection of Beljarica, raising public awareness and collecting more than 10,000 petition signatures, not only because of its Eurasian Otters , White-tailed Eagles , Black Storks , Icterine and Eastern Olivaceous Warblers , etc., but because this large spillway protects the city from flooding.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur. European Turtle-Dove by Denis Cachia. (The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Up until recently, the only environmental issue that has been found news worthy has been the protection of the large number of sea turtles that come to these beaches to nest. Little has been said about the small yellow bird which lives in the marsh grass and reeds of the Todos Santos Lagoon.

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Sea Turtles Turtles Protection California 224

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring …. The moat would protect the islets and allow the birds to start nesting earlier.

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10,000 Birds

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 (!). It didn’t open until eight but the visit was still a good one.

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Costa Rica Nashville Tennessee Turtles 290

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Much of Wingate’s professional life revolved around his grand plan to create a “living museum” of pre-colonial Bermuda flora and fauna on Nonsuch Island, a habitat where the cahows would be protected and supported.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2013

Discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1513, the islands were named after the numerous sea turtles that were collected for food by the first European explorers (tortugas) and the fact that there is no freshwater on the island (dry).

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United States Sea Turtles Baltimore Abandon 226

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Perhaps their next product will be named “Gills”—or “Turtle” or “Trout” or Salmon?” In addition to that helpful information, they include another thoughtful warning: “The use of this product for the control of protected native rodents and rodent like animals requires permission from wildlife authorities.” Or better yet, “Ecosystem.”.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

the shocking revelation that some dinosaurs, probably males, protected their eggs with feathers spread out over the nest; and recent proposals to resurrect dinosaurs using bird DNA. People and history come into play in “The dinosaur hunters,” a chapter on larger than life personalities such as E.D. .”

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Mongolia Reptiles Science Indiana 242

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 227

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2018

This remarkable area is best know for its huge wall that was used for centuries to protect the city from invasion, but for me, the Conwy RSPB refuge was fantastic. No luck finding it again, but I was able to add the Cetti’s Warble r, a Turtle Dove, and a pair of Common Cranes. Here is a shot of that beautiful Turtle Dove.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

The program has been successful enough that some of the birds have been released back into protected areas in California, Arizona, and across the border in Baja, but the species is still far from out of the woods. Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. Old Wold Vultures.

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