10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2015

For more than 10 years during which the League for Ornithological Action has been following the Pygmy Cormorants in Belgrade, the maximum number was recorded in the winter of 2007/2008, when the population counted 6,750 individuals. Cover photo (c) by Maciej Szymanski.

Serbia 185

Serbia Protection Europe 2015 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

All around Porto Lagos (220 km / 140 mi east of Thessaloniki) lies the largest national park of Greece, Nestos Delta and the Vistonida-Ismarida lakes and lagoons complex, founded in 2008. Its coastline has a total length of 100 km and is basically sandy with smooth, low-relief coasts.

Greece 193

Greece Pelicans Birds Otters 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2011

The Black Stork ( Ciconia nigra ) has a very wide distribution in the Old World, ranging from Spain (an isolated population) and northern France through central and eastern Europe all across northern and central Asia to the Pacific coast of Russia and China. It was therefore well worth having to clean my desk of the coffee I spilled.

Germany 151

Germany Asia China Russia 151

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2019

To paraphrase Keith Barnes, who wrote on world birding in 2008 ABA’s Birding magazine, if you can afford only one big tropical bird tour, let it be Ecuador. Still, this does not mean that we have no equivalent of those tourist guides. We chase birds, so we carry bird guides – in many ways, not too different from tourist guides.

Ecuador 155

Ecuador South America 2006 Birds 155

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2014

And for the first time ever in Europe, I encountered a few Egyptian Geese somewhere around Amsterdam. The year 2008 saw me move back to Germany’s south-west, and my job required me to travel extensively throughout the country from then on. We saw all of the expected ones, including out target Pink-feet and my life Beauty.

Germany 150

Germany Geese Netherlands Kenya 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

The Usutu Virus has spread considerably in central Europe over the last 10 years. It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009). , and species breeding in cavities are less affected.

Germany 161

Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #2: Birds Are Everywhere You Are Why Cats Love FeederWatch Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of October 2008? Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of May 2009? at Princeton University in 1990.

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The Silktail, ( Lamprolia victoriae ) by Tom Tarrant (CC) A 2008 paper on the phylogeny of the species and several others came to a surprising conclusion, that the species was actually related to the fantails. Indeed it was part of that family.

Horses 166

Horses France North America Fiji 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But I have never managed to see one in my home borough of Queens despite there being at least twenty-one different sightings of Whimbrel since I moved here in 2008. Whenever I get to Europe again this will be my most-wanted bird. Just in New York State I have seen eight different Whimbrel. I better not miss this bird again.

Costa Rica 201

Costa Rica Hungary Honduras Birds 201

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2010

Germany has been one of Europe’s strong economies, but things are changing for everyone. In 2008, with 19 offices nationwide, Tiertafel has helped 4,028 customers to feed 6,291 pets on a regular basis. It began with the saddest story, as great ideas often do.

Pets 100

Pets Shelters Rabbits Germany 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Scott’s was fined $12.5

America 236

America Industry Birds Squirrels 236

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

In 2008, one such grove was buried under the 200 metres tall pylon of the new bridge, which sparkled the initiative by the Belgrade Land Development Public Agency, League for Ornithological Action of Serbia (a local NGO) and the Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia to protect the remaining roosting sites of this species.

Serbia 197

Serbia Protection Legislation Europe 197

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Yours truly counting birds in the Pastures of Great Bustard from the Russian made UAZ 4×4 in February 2008. Yet, in the first years of this century, we had 35 birds, last year we had 10 and how many we have now remains to be seen. What treats do they face?

Serbia 105

Serbia Romania Hungary Hunting 105

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2011

Originally from Scotland, Mark has lived and worked in continental Europe and North Africa before settling in Australia’s “Red Centre&# to work for the Northern Territory Parks Service. In 2008 Mark founded the annual Red Centre Bird Week and Twitchathon which occurs each September/October in Alice Springs.

Chile 199

Chile Australia Monkeys 2008 199

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 23, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ In Europe, the Catch of the Day Is Often Illegal ” (“Empty Seas” series, front page, Jan. 15): The appalling commercial demand for seafood will soon exhaust the oceans. Only a vigorous, internationally enforced, decades-long general moratorium on commercial fishing can bring us back from this brink.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York illegal 2008 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures.

2011 140

2011 Tucson Arizona Deer 140

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Probably the closest guide in comprehensiveness to Britain’s Birds is the Collins Bird Guide, 2nd edition by Lars Svensson (HarperCollins, 2008), published in the U.S. as Birds of Europe, 2nd edition (PUP, 2011). It’s app is pretty terrific too.).

Ireland 148

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 148

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2020

Princeton University Press, 2020 (published in Europe by Helm). Plate 36: Genus Chlamydera 1; illustration copyright © Richard Allen, text copyright © Phil Gregory. Reprinted by permission. Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds: An Identification Guide. By Phil Gregory; Illustrated by Richard Allen. ISBN-10: 0691202141; ISBN-13: 978-0691202143.

Guinea 264

Guinea Birds Papua New Guinea Family 264

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Of that, most goes toward conservation in the United States and Europe, and only a fraction is spent to protect tropical forests. An estimated $13 billion a year would be enough to maintain and expand protected areas in the tropics, where the vast majority of plant and animals species are found.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York United States Arlington 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of July 2008? She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. The Fine Art of Pishing What Is The Audubon Society Anyway?

2011 150

2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Jessie Barry has worked for the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology since 2008, most recently as Program Manager, Macaulay Library and Merlin Project Leader. .” Crossley himself wrote “most” of the Introduction and is responsible for the visual Species Accounts and text.

Ducks 122

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 122

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Luckily, here in America we follow the American Model of wildlife management where the animals and fishes are managed for the good of the public and not owned by landowners as is the case in Great Britain and much of the rest of Europe. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4 million dollars for habitat conservation.

2011 252

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252