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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not much further, on the new tarmac that ends 6 km before the Gramos village, we find muddy bear footprints crossing the road.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. She has grown up in the reserve and has no experience of the environment of which tourists would not be a permanent, however boring part of. The Telia Lake.

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We’re Not Racists, So Why Aren’t There More Birders Of Color?

10,000 Birds

I travel more than the average bear and I can say that unless I’m in Central America…TSA agents are a mixed bag of race. It’s been my experience that for every 1 person I know who thinks a certain way, at least 12 others in my circle agree. Ever wonder what ethnicities have the highest crime rates? you guessed it.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Licking Clay’ Text and Photographs copyright T.

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Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds: An Identification Guide?A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Originally enlisted to co-author a book about birds of paradise and bowerbirds with Ian Burrows in 1998, life and work intervened and then Burrows died in 2009; a change in publishing house and editor and more interruptions and the book was finally finished.). Phil Gregory brings years of field experience to this project.

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Orange-headed Thrush

10,000 Birds

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. The former British colony’s Z.c.

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