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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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Gujarat, December 2010. The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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Definitively the Egyptians!

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But, from the existing data, the authors have drawn a different conclusion – there is no proof that the breeding population ever existed, that the south of Africa was beyond the species range and that that all observations were of vagrant individuals. During my lifetime, this species was rare in my native Serbia, too.

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The Fate of the Florida Anis

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It is one of three species of ani ( Groove-billed and Greater Anis are the other two) and together form a unique branch in the cuckoo family. A lone Smooth-billed Ani, dubbed the ‘Orphan Ani’ by locals, that lingered for months at Anhinga Trail in 2010. Petersburg area and Cape Canaveral.

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Searching for vultures in India

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Logging into my eBird account… December 6th, 2010. Of the estimated 500 million cattle in India, only 4% were destined for consumption by humans as meat. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow. Oh, that cover photo? Let me see, when was it?

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Persistence Pays Off For Burrowing Owls

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As I opined in my post back in 2010 (and continue to preach) the Western Burrowing Owl needs a conservation plan. This property is located in northern Butte County which is nearing the (dwindling) northern most historic range for this species in California. The other two tunnels dead end inside the nesting chamber.

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A holiday in Egypt

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The hotel garden is fringed by acacias where an endemic species of the east Mediterranean, the Palestine Sunbird , can be found, here at the very south of its range. Focusing… Cattle Egrets ! These events took place in September 2010, before the Arab Spring, so due to security reasons, someone might ask would I go to Egypt now?

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