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The return of the Old Man

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Nesting is now confined to Morocco, irregularly in Boghari in Algeria and in Birecik, Turkey.” (The Bald and beautiful: the Northern Bald Ibis Broad-winged and short-tailed: an Ibis overhead Fortunately for the ibises, that protection did eventually come, and today the number of birds in Morocco is rising steadily.

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Beyond Birding

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Britain might have had new species to add to it’s list, then again maybe it didn’t. Was it a smart 1st-summer male flycatcher an Atlas Flycatcher far from it’s usual haunts in the Atlas mountains in Morocco?

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No rain in Spain

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At the same time, they want to stop seasonal migration from Morocco, needed to pick these very same strawberries 3 months later. The science-based approach that recognises the dilemmas and identifies the hard choices isn’t election material, I suppose. The top birders for this hotspot have seen close to 100 species.

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Africa’s endangered species

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More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.

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South Africa’s endemic birds

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Originally considered monotypic, two species are now recognized. Drakensberg (or Orange-breasted) Rockjumper is a Drakensberg Mountain species whose range is shared with the tiny landlocked kingdom of Lesotho. Males of this species are more brightly colored in their non-breeding winter plumage. the Rockjumpers.