10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
On our last visit to the grasslands of Manas we saw not one but two endangered Bengal Floricans in fifteen minutes, with a Pied Falconet thrown in for good measure! Commoner species include Bar-headed Geese , parakeets, shrikes, mynas and minivets.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2024
In 2006, some Russian authors described a new subspecies (nechaevi) with some vital differences from the ones previously described: “The second primary feather of L. nechaevi is not shorter than the 6th primary feather. Apparently, this bird enjoys sex outside of established relationships but less so with its formal partner.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008. Tiger’s historic range in about 1850 (pale yellow) and in 2006 (in green). Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger' Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Block pleaded guilty in February to felony conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts by conspiring to smuggle orangutans. Completion date: 2006-03-20. This is the case in which six infant orangs were discovered on February 20, 1990, at the Bangkok airport in two small containers marked "Live Birds."
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2017
One might assume that construction of a border wall through a sensitive national wildlife refuge would be prevented, or at least slowed, by a thicket of lawsuits under statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). All of these requirements are codified as notes to 8 U.S.C.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. Estimates of predator populations by State fish and game officials indicate that the number of predators removed by WS is small compared with overall predator numbers.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2015
Despite birding in shattered forests with the constant background whine of chainsaws, the birding is phenomenal, with an incredible diversity and volume of rare and endangered species. Whether permits being issued are for selective harvesting or not, what is undeniable is that these reserves are being clear-felled.
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