4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2013

Three endangered Malayan tiger cubs were born at Busch Gardens Tampa Sunday, March 31. These births are critical to help preserve the species. Malayan tigers are critically endangered. These newborn cubs will add to the genetic diversity of the Malayan tiger population and contribute to conservation efforts for the species.

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Tampa Tigers Thailand Livestock 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of tigers, one of the world's most endangered species. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.

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Tigers International Fund For Animal Welfare IFAW Nepal 100

Critter News

JULY 26, 2009

From EcoWorldly.the frozen carcass of a baby tiger was found in the trunk of a taxi cab on its way to a buyer in Hanoi. The baby tiger was between four and five months old. The baby tiger was between four and five months old.

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Tigers Wildlife Trafficking Vietnam 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

This species was discovered (shot, actually) in the 19th century, only to be lost through the entire 20th century. A tin yellow tiger is staring at us from the Melghat Tiger Reserve gates, as the narrow tarmac road winds through teak forest ( Tectona grandis ) along the hillside. I have a quick cup of black tea and off we go.

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India Owls Tigers Cows 182

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

On a recent visit I threw my bags in the hotel room and went straight there, and got over 60 species of birds in a few hours and fantastic views of Nilgai , the largest antelope in India. Commoner species include Bar-headed Geese , parakeets, shrikes, mynas and minivets. Or you may like to join us on a Rajashtan Tour?

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India Wildlife Tigers Rhinoceros 195

Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. He added that the forest ministry, state governments and a separate authority on the management of tiger reserves had agreed to work together to ensure conservation of the endangered animal.

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Tigers India Protection Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

This was only my fourth encounter with the species (all on the east side). He should have visited my home last month, when both species were visiting my birdbath almost daily. Although, truth be told, this species does seem to be a rarity in Tabasco.) It was by far my best (and longest) view of this species.

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 204

Critter News

MARCH 2, 2010

It's the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese calendar and there's plenty of talk and meetings going around. Tags: tigers china endangered species. I like this opinion piece in the Huffington Post. But what does it really mean if you and I don't engage in saving this beautiful animal?

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Tigers Endangered Species China Tagged 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Another tiger lost. Tags: poaching tigers malaysia endangered species.

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Malaysia Tigers Endangered Species Tagged 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2022

There’s an unofficial series of posts on species of birds that occur in threes in T&T (see: bitterns , trogons , antshrikes , spinetails , manakins , hermits , honeycreepers , and resident warblers ). Rufescent Tiger-Heron. This Northern Waterthrush was seen foraging close to one of the many shallow pools.

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Trinidad Birds Tigers Monkeys 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This is how it looks like: Or at sunset: A species I did not come for from Shanghai is the Black-crowned Night Heron. Its species name graydoni is in honor of Philip Newenham Graydon (1864-1940), a British planter in Sabah. Why that makes Mr. Graydon worthy of having a bird species named after him is a mystery to me.

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Birds Elephants Eagles Rhinoceros 224

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2016

So, I birded India, land of Indian Peafowl , Saag Paneer (my favorite Indian dish) and Tigers. Well, they were all memorable, but these two involve subjects people have asked about without fail—the Taj Mahal and Tigers. Target: Tigers. The species is crepuscular and nocturnal, but can sometimes be seen during the day.

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India Tigers Owls Birds 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It is not particularly big but has a reported 430 bird species including migrants, though during my short stay it seems I missed most of the key attractions among them. Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you?

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South Africa Africa Birds Fish 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2014

There are some pretty cool tropical forests in Tiquicia (a local name for Costa Rica) and that’s where you need to go to see most of the bird species. Nope, that’s not a joke, it is one of three species in the Finfoot family, the other two being the Masked Finfoot and the African Finfoot.

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Costa Rica Tigers Chickens South America 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

This year, my main challenge is identifying 700 species within the borders of Costa Rica by December 31st. Those 700 species also need to be identified by my partner Mary (the other half of Team Tyto) because the road to 700 species is one that we are walking together. Such stops have already yield the tiger-heron and dipper.

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Costa Rica Tigers Tennessee Cooking 183

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg.

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South Africa Africa Game Elephants 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Webster`s Dictionary defines Cuculophotobia as “The fear of bird photographers to post cuckoo photos online due to the high likeliness of getting the species assignment wrong.” Some cuckoo species. I saw one mobbing a cuckoo, and indeed this species is parasitized by cuckoos. Tiger Shrike. Brown Shrike.

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Tigers Cattle Breeding Bears 187

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Tags: India poaching tigers china endangered species.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

After the hawk the species piled up fast, with a flyover Black-headed Trogon , Pale-vented Pigeons , Olive-throated Parakeets , and wide variety of other species showing themselves. “ Bare-throated Tiger-Heron !” Bare-throated Tiger-Heron. Gray Hawk nearly in full adult plumage. adult Common Black Hawk.

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Belize Tigers Butcher Birds 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2021

The area is known for being a breeding area of the enigmatic Rufous Crab-Hawk and it was the first place I saw the species, many years ago. On our journey back, we tried again by a couple forested bridges for any glimpse of a Rufescent Tiger-Heron , but no luck on that front. Rufous Crab-Hawk. Maybe another time. Such is birding.

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Sea Turtles Bats Turtles Trinidad 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2020

A Tiger Shrike – as always – looks very stylish. A cuckoo species with a sense of honor, being a non-parasitic cuckoo. Little Ringed Plovers are fiercely protective of their cute chicks. Understandably, after all the trouble of incubating the eggs. A Grey Night Jar does what it does best – being almost invisible.

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Tigers Birds Eggs Farming 167

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. This one looks different. ” Hm. .”

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LACS Birds France Japan 237

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2021

To be fair, some Cuckoo species probably quite enjoy this sound, though (from the perspective of the warbler) for entirely the wrong reasons, namely, as a chance to leave incubation, feeding of the chick, taking it to kindergarten, finding a good school for it, paying for its university education, etc., to another species.

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China Japan Tigers Breeding 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

I already have a history of searches for this species. Asia: Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! These are my first wild tigers ever! 10000birds.com/tadoba-andhari-tiger-reserve-the-tiger-afternoon.htm.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 183

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tiger Shrike. Cuckoo species (common?): And of course, there are all kinds of insects, spiders, dragonflies, caterpillars, etc. I wish I could be more precise about them, but I am not an entomologist. Brown Shrike: Shrikes that are on a diet only eat the legs. Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike.

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Fish Rodents China Vegetarian 198

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

This species was discovered (shot, actually) in the 19 th century, only to be lost through the entire 20 th century. A tin yellow tiger is staring at us from the Melghat Tiger Reserve gates, as the narrow tarmac road winds through teak forest ( Tectona grandis ) along the hillside. We go back several meters and… “Yes.

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India Owls Tigers Endangered Species 258

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW). In Singapore, Common Redshanks mostly drink Tiger Beer. “Odd, me?”

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 229

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

We did get introduced to Geiner Huertas Reyes, who took us for a walk along part of the river and into a public park, where we put together a nice list of 61 species. Another species in the long name category, would be this Common Chlorospingus. Little Big Year Species – 1045. Costa Rica species – 164.

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Costa Rica Tigers San Jose Squirrels 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

For there is no species that I had more comprehensively failed to see than the Leopard. Most gallingly of all, I had actually stood next to someone that saw one, jumping into a tree to escape a Tiger of all things, and failed to see it. Leopards were problem species for me. The cats are, almost to a species, elusive.

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Cats Leopards South Africa Tigers 105

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Last year, in November, I notched up a dozen species of butterflies, an impressive total anywhere in Europe so late in the year. A Kerkini mini-tiger Disappointingly, mammal encounters are few, other than the odd Roe Deer. It was photographed on the east embankment. Despite appearances, they are remarkably docile.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Geese 218

Critter News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop declared 2010 to be the Year of the Tiger. The intention is to focus on saving the tiger species which is being decimated. When China won't support a ban on tiger farms, nor will it work to curb the ridiculous demand for tiger products in its own country, what's the point?

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2010 Tigers China Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2020

But this Bare-necked Tiger-Heron was a real treat for me. The 29 species I added to my January list say so as well.) And the birds along the walk to the estuary weren’t bad, either: Looks like nesting time has arrived for this Golden-cheeked Woodpecker. We saw lots of the usual Heron, Egret, Cormorant, and Pelican suspects.

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2006 Morocco Birds Mexico 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

Note to other species: better do not rely on mature primary forests, as this may lead to extinction. This says more about my inability to differentiate between warbler species than about the rarity of the bird – but the bird was kindly singing. Also, do not smoke as it is not good for your health.

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Birds Cattle Raised Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2019

There are numerous bird species that we only observe when we are many miles from home and some bird species we have rarely observed. The grass and other vegetation had been slashed recently, which was a relief after yet another Tiger Snake encounter this past week whilst walking alone.

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Portland Tigers 2019 2020 144

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2022

Some of the more conservative Light-vented Bulbuls in my compound were trying to make the wearing of a tie mandatory for the species. Anyway, back to the somewhat less interesting birdlife within my prison-compound. A pair of White-rumped Munias has built a nest inside the compound, mostly for my benefit. So, I took these photos for them.

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Sparrows China Birds Tigers 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

The Indigo was even on its way to becoming my default species for any indescript female LBJ. But, until 2020, I almost never saw it, which is frustrating with such a loud species. It is one of those interesting few species that winter in South America, but only migrate as far north as Mexico to breed. Photo from 2019.

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Mexico 2020 2019 Turkey 168

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

Especially it is associated with dogs, which may raise kids of other species and even of scary and dangerous representatives of wildlife! One of the recent developments, which caught an eye of many pet-lovers, is an adoption of three newly born tigers by German shepherd in Chinese Reserve on January 2012.

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Badgers Tigers Porcupines Zoos 100