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JANUARY 15, 2013

In early December of 2012 we had the opportunity to cover this hard-core rally in the south of Peru. Fred Tavares of the Brazilian team had the following to say of his team’s experience in the Amazon, “There are so many birds. Each day of the rally kicked off at the respectable time of 4 in the morning and ended after dark.

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Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 225

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JULY 5, 2022

I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. ©2012 Donna L. Photographs of window-killed birds from Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Copyright © 2021 Daniel Klem, Jr. The more glass, the more bird kills.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 254

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Maharashtra, February 2013. 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. Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008. Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 244

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JANUARY 1, 2013

I thought of this experience as I read Still the Same Hawk , a collection of twelve essays about nature and New York City, edited by John Waldman. Not surprisingly, I found the most compelling essays were those by people who had had similar experiences to mine. And, I put Matthews on my list of writers I want to read in 2013.

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New York New York City 2013 Collecting 108

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. It was easily one of the best birding experiences I’ve ever had, even impressing my nonbirder fiance. You can read more about his experience here.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167