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

10,000 Birds

btw, I promote equality in all ways, but I don’t bend over backwards protecting any either.&# 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. Ever wonder what ethnicities have the highest crime rates? you guessed it.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent. For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. I know he's a conservationist, therefore I know he will advocate for "managing" the "resources" that are sentient nonhumans.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

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!) Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet? Licking Clay’ Text and Photographs copyright T.

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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). I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump.

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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. The proposal from U.S.

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