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The return of the Old Man

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Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience.

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Flock to Marion

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This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience. Salvin’s Prion.

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Nature Blog Network: A Eulogy

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Other bloggers were writing about birds and nature back in 2003, some even before then, and many of us found a communal spirit sparked by comments and crosslinks that carried into the world we wrote about. The former condition obviously improved rapidly over time as luminous new blogs populated our starry skies.

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Week 21: Our last week in Scotland

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Now, dont get me wrong, there have been some nice birds, and locations in between, but these two experiences are just so hard to put out of my mind. Re-introduction of the Red Kites in southern Scotland was started in 2003 with 40 birds released, for the most part in secret.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. The adults move to flocks, there may be two or three of them, that hang out mostly far off shore in the larger part of the lake, abandoning their embayments or otherwise protected areas. More alarm calling. I’m not sure what really happened.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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Hopefully, one of the consequences of increased nature tourism in Cuba will be a heightened awareness of the fragility of these birds’ existence and increased support for their study and protection. Press in 2003. The concluding chapter offers a mix of resource materials and finding aids. Raffaele, James, Wiley, Orlando H.

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Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

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Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. David Newland has been a butterfly enthusiast since boyhood, and on his website describes how a decision in 2003 to photograph all the butterflies in Britain turned into the WILDGuides book Discover Butterflies in Britain.

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