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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

And used the opportunity to send an open letter to the City Mayor, enquiring about his still-unfulfilled promise of this particular area finally becoming protected. Basically, the answer cleared that the protection of the wider Beljarica was upgraded from the city to the state and international level, and will, supposedly, be official soon.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew over the road and landed in a pine tree. I had two possibilities, an uncommon Middle Spotted or scarce White-backed Woodpecker – which would have been a lifer for me. One Grey-headed Woodpecker flies across the road – a promising start.

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Greece Boars Woodpeckers Eagles 258

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Arctic Loon), Lesser Black-backed Gull , Middle Spotted Woodpecker and Goldcrest should easily make 190, although the pecker is a bit uncertain. Oddly, in 1936 this mountain was declared a national park, the first in Serbia, but in 1946 it was stripped of its title and got a lower protection status, further confirmed in 2007.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Red-cockaded Woodpecker. It also meant Red-cockaded Woodpeckers could be nearby. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers are rare. This was my second time on the recreation area specifically looking for the woodpecker, and it looked like another bust. The pair of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers busily working up and down two thin tree trunks.

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Woodpeckers Rhode Island Florida Endangered Species 103

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APRIL 9, 2020

Part of the Labudovo okno Ramsar Wetland and protected within the Deliblato Sands Special Nature Reserve , this section of the Danube, downriver from Belgrade, Serbia, is unique for its wide shallows, before the river narrows downstream from the village of Ram. Mali Pesak grazing pasture , Karas-Nera Reserve (greater Deliblato Sands area).

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Mali Serbia Eagles Turtles 264

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Severe fires create snags, they germinate seeds and sprout fungus, and most of all they create food and habitat for insects that in turn feed birds like Black-backed Woodpecker and Olive-sided Flycatcher , and encourage even some generalists like other woodpeckers and wrens. On the whole, people do not value them.

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Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 166

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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. Blue T**s and Great T**s abound as do Greater Spotted Woodpeckers. The existing villagers joined with the newcomers organizing a whip-round to raise money in the hope of buying it.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Their skulls contain special air sacs that protect the brain from enormous impact and water pressure. Seeing this amazing feat by these Boobies makes me think of Piliated Woodpeckers, which generate such loud sound by hammering their bills against a tree trunk. Photos: Courtesy of Miguel Moran.

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Lifestyle South America Woodpeckers Fish 215

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JULY 19, 2021

It’s hard to ‘prove’ extinction, as we have seen with the continued push to ‘find’ the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.”. If the nuthatch is now extinct, we’ve lost a species that might have been saved with a greater effort to study and protect it.”. Either way, it is on the brink of extinction at least.

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Bahamas Philadelphia 2004 United States 344

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Thanks to protection, tame and easy to see at various sites! Black-cheeked Woodpecker. The common woodpecker of the Caribbean lowlands. Not all that rare, just shy but you might see it on a quite walk in the Monteverde Reserve. Or, one might even appear at the Colibri Cafe. Great Curassow. Purple-throated Mountain-gem.

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Costa Rica Birds Panama Bats 262

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

Calilegua is the only national park in the province of Jujuy that protects 76,000 ha of Yungas forest providing a bird sanctuary for many endemic species that live in this special forest. A bit further we found the White-bellied Hummingbird and finally we heard a Cream-backed Woodpecker and soon he was climbing the trees around us.

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MAY 8, 2015

If you love your cats so much, why don’t you protect them? It’s so much easier to delete a picture than to end the life of a mortally wounded cat-caught bird, like this Downy Woodpecker … who is alive, but not for long. If that’s the case, then let me show you what happens to outdoor cats.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Rescue 255

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JULY 18, 2012

Current well-intentioned environmental pressures to emphasize harvesting large dead or dying trees, if realized, would have further adverse effects on such ecologically and esthetically important species as woodpeckers, swallows, wrens, nuthatches, and owls – to name a few 1.”

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North America America Barn Owls Fur 244

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MARCH 5, 2024

Thus, legal protections for endangered species and conservation generally are at their zenith on federal lands. For example, several bases in the Southeast—Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, and Eglin Air Force Base—have long been managed to support large populations of Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers. This includes the military.

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APRIL 11, 2020

There are very few reports from sites further afield although with all public and most private parks closed, a birder can’t go to such official protected areas anyways. Even second growth could reward yard birders with beauties like White-collared Manakin , Golden-hooded Tanager , and the smart looking Black-cheeked Woodpecker.

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Costa Rica Birds Mississippi Woodpeckers 264

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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. In the next year I visited the British Birdfair for the first time, which turned out to be the experience that changed my life.

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Greece Wildlife Boars Otters 264

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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. Lesser Golden-backed Woodpecker” Dinopium benghalense. Lesser Yellownape (-d Woodpecker) Picus chlorolophus.

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Lions India Mammals Boars 247

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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. High Elevations A good degree of high elevation forest is protected in Costa Rica but how to reach it? Even so, despite the big risk for biodiversity, we need roads.

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Costa Rica San Jose Liberia Birds 275

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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. A pair of Shining Honeycreepers.

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Costa Rica San Jose Sharks Monkeys 256

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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. Among the possible species there are Rock Bunting , Eurasian Wryneck , Grey-headed and Eurasian Green Woodpeckers , European Honey Buzzard , Lesser Spotted Eagle.

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Serbia Woodpeckers Birds Romania 263

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JUNE 7, 2013

Here, as I kept my ears and eyes open for my target species for the day – Gilded Flicker — I noticed that many of these large columnar plants were blooming, attracting a wide range of birds that included White-winged Dove , Curve-billed Thrasher , and Gila Woodpecker.

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Arizona Tucson Miami Shelters 169

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MARCH 8, 2011

Chickadees, woodpeckers, titmice (like the bird above) and nuthatches are considered “clinging type birds&# and can easily hang upside-down to get access to food. Here’s a Red-bellied Woodpecker on an upside down suet feeder made of recycled plastic. They are clinging birds and use the technique on branches and tree trunks.

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2011 Woodpeckers Blackbirds Deer 214

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JANUARY 2, 2012

A Pileated Woodpecker in Long Island’s Nassau County on the last day of the year. How good of a bird is Pileated Woodpecker in Nassau County? My life Lewis’s Woodpecker in New York State. The Tufted Puffins at Protection Island in Washington State. Golden-winged Warbler at Sterling Forest. What a bird!

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2011 Puffins United States 2012 184

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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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JUNE 24, 2014

Today it is a protected reserve in the middle of the city just east of Puerto Madero which also was an old port build in the late 1800s and is now restored into a 21 st century waterfront project. Green-barred Woodpecker at work! Costanera Sur was an old riverside resort which was restored to and Ecological Reserve back in the 1970.

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Argentina Woodpeckers Birds Protection 167

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Other species of special significance are herons and egrets (this is very important foraging area), Ferruginous Duck, as well as Lesser Spotted and European Green Woodpeckers , Spotted Flycatcher and the Icterine Warbler. Out of these 136 bird species, 108 are strictly protected and further 28 protected by Serbian legislation.

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Serbia Eagles Protection Boars 187

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Is it more important to protect one’s reputation as a serious bird blogger, or to spread a bad joke? A Grey-headed Woodpecker lives nearby. He says the sound of the stream keeps him calm when woodpecker life starts getting stressful. There are some Azure-winged Magpies , which can also be found in Shanghai parks.

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North Korea China Birds Woodpeckers 262

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MAY 21, 2020

For 3-4 days, opt for the hills, Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary and the nearby Tara Mountain National Park with 140 species (not too much, but with Hazel Grouse , Ural , Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers among them). Labudovo okno to Djerdap National Park. Djerdap National Park.

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Serbia Sanctuary Bosnia Birds 317

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MARCH 11, 2011

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JUNE 13, 2024

P.S.: If you’ve read my previous post, you won’t be surprised to find out that the Great Spotted Woodpecker didn’t make it onto this list! Here’s to the birds that bring joy to our lives and color to our skies – may we always cherish and protect these magnificent creatures.

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JANUARY 20, 2013

Now that’s a tropical woodpecker… Crimson-winged Woodpecker. And though I didn’t see an elephant, they lurk in Panti… this is an elephant fence protecting a palm plantation. He has certainly done as much as anyone to educate the world on the beauty and diversity of Panti birds.

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Malaysia Singapore Monkeys Asia 197

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. But the shocking voice that made the difference and prevented the full protection of elephants was even less expected than the WWF’s stance – the EU vote. And it gave me a hope.

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MARCH 25, 2021

E.g., based on so much in-city data, the software recognized towns and villages as the primary habitat for the Great Spotted Woodpecker , supposedly far more common in urban areas than in forests. The consequences were amusing. Many species have moved their ranges northward by an average of 28 km / 17.4

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MAY 8, 2021

In birding circles, Costa Rica is better known for protected areas, quetzal tours, and glittering displays of hummingbirds than the things that fly in urban spots. Blue Jays and Northern Cardinals , Downy Woodpeckers. That makes sense. I mean, who comes to Costa Rica to bird on city streets? In remnant riparian zones?

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Costa Rica Falcons Farming Woodpeckers 264

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

It is referred to as grail bird on the first page of chapter one — before the main character is called by name, before any other character is introduced at all.

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Florida Science Woodpeckers Protection 224

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APRIL 27, 2017

Status: Proposed for protection , but threatened by plans for a large scale development. Status: Veliko Ratno Island is a protected nature reserve, while Kozara is proposed for protection. +. km / 3 mi of asphalt road before one reaches the embankment). The sixth area doesn’t quite reach the 100 birds mark on its own.

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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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