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Araucana Lodge in Colombia

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Colombia Birdwatch ( www.colombiabirdwatch.com ) has been operating private and group birding tours since 2009, and after 10 months without hosting any guests, we are happy to announce we are back in business! The other great news we want to share with you is that we opened our luxurious birding lodge near the city of Cali in January 2019.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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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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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

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The world record 734 Long-eared Owls were counted here in December 2009, in the pines and spruces, lime, chestnut and nettle trees lining the central square by the orthodox church in Kikinda. Rightfully, this town centre doubles as a nature reserve – an officially protected owl habitat. Still, irresistibly adorable, nevertheless.

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A Pied Oystercatcher family

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Well, basically it is a good area for putting a nest as there is ample food nearby and the dunes offer protection and good views of incoming predators. In 2009 they laid two clutches of two eggs, but they were all predated. Here are some of the experiences of the Pied Oystercatcher chick on Cable Beach in the last 4 weeks.

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Birding in Greece – birdfinder book review

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million tourists in 2009, funding 16% of the gross domestic product) and among them, quite likely – tens of thousands of birdwatchers. The book ends with a country checklist, 449 species long, and the contacts of the managing authorities of protected areas. Greece is visited by millions of tourists every year (over 19.5

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

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” So, it is established: this is a film about migrant birds and the people who work to protect them in south Texas and northern Mexico. The experiences of children observing birds, touched on in the U.S. The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!”

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. About ten years ago, when EU funds for such endeavours were available, the Callisto charity proposed to local government to push for the creation of the Gramos national park.

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