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MARCH 25, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Between 2012 and 2013, populations of Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses at Midway reached near-record levels. Yes, that’s what’s happening at Midway Atoll, a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean managed by the U.S. But plants?

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Albatross Goats United States Japan 188

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MARCH 1, 2024

I photographed it at Gorleston, on the Suffolk coast, on 5 September 2020, but I discovered that bird had been rung, as an adult, at nearby Great Yarmouth on 16 November 2013, so it was probably already nine years old, and could well have been older.

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Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

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JUNE 27, 2017

When I was first learning to bird in the summer of 2013, I spent a summer living with my fiance in Virginia Beach. Marsh grasses had retreated from a section of trail bordering the water, a legacy of anglers wading there to try their luck with Redfish and other sport fish.

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Virginia Branding 2013 Blackbirds 100

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JANUARY 8, 2015

February 2013. Grey-headed Fish Eagle Copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj. At the lakeshore, Asian Openbill Storks are foraging, while on a low branch of a large tree shadowing the water one massive and upright Grey-headed Fish Eagle stands. It is one of the ancestors of domestic fowl. One Chital is curiously watching us.

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Tigers Boars India Chickens 250

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MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

East of it, between the villages of Kostol and Mala Vrbica, there is the Mala Vrbica fish farm and Important Bird Area (the fish farm is not operational, hence the entrance is free, without the need to ask for permission). Published by the National Park in 2013. Milovanovic and M. Useful links: The National Park.

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Serbia Turtles Birds Eagles 189

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JANUARY 21, 2016

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.” In 2013, FWS issued a document entitled “Guidelines for the Establishment, Management, and Operations of Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo Mitigation Lands.” What is a conservation bank? # # #. In 1990, the U.S.

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San Antonio Endangered Species Texas Austin 124

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

A professional hawkwatcher for many seasons, his passion and knowledge saw him invited to join the board of the Hawk Migration Association of North America in 2013. Newly surrounded by wildlife, he found his love of birds reignited. His blog is still intermittently updated at www.underclearskies.com.

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Bald Eagle Los Angeles Connecticut Eagles 240

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

.” The birds appear to be starving to death, so experts don’t believe a toxin is the culprit, said Julia Burco, a wildlife veterinarian for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Researchers are wondering if the die-off might spread to other birds or even fish. Since then the deaths haven’t stopped.

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Science Iraq Research Birds 151

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Recently, 29 fish species of fish were recorded in this area, together with 8 amphibians, 9 reptiles and 62 species of mammals (including 20 species of bats), together with Wild Boar , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , Eurasian Otter , European Pine and Beech Martens , Steppe Polecat , Stoat and the Least Weasel.

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Serbia Protection Eagles Ducks 168

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MAY 4, 2021

Chapter One is all about Marybeth’s 2012 Big Year, an adventure she shares with Lynn, a fishing enthusiast who is probably the most supportive big year/300 year birding partner in the history of listing. The book is structured in a way that made much more sense after I read it than as I was reading it.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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JULY 2, 2020

Usually, maize is on the menu, only occasionally carrion or dead trout from a nearby fish farm. This feeding station is not here for the tourists: in order to lower the bee-hive raiding (even the Serbian word for a bear, medved, comes from the word honey – med), supplementary feeding was offered to local bears for several decades.

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Serbia Bears Birds Mammals 264

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 186

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In late January of 2013 I spent some time with a pair of Whooping Cranes just off Canoe Creek Road in Osceola County, Florida. I contacted Marty Folk from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and asked him if he had any clues. Today only 19 members of this dwindling flock remain.

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Florida Buffalo Louisiana 2004 227

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FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Until late 2013 it was possible to access Spurn Point by road most of the time, but the storms in December of 2013 took away the road and much of the land and nowadays access is restricted by the tide. Another big change in twenty two years is the presence of distant wind farms in the North Sea as in the above photo.

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Blackbirds 2016 2013 Sparrows 100

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex. Potapov and Sale 2013). In fact, in 2009, Wink et al.

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Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 169

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APRIL 3, 2018

And, in a letter in the May/June 2013 issue, Howell commits himself to encouraging “the many people who use bird checklists to think for themselves, to actively engage and question the various committees that pass judgment; and even sometimes to question the primary literature on which decisions are based.

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Birds North America 2012 America 144

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker formerly coordinated Project FeederWatch for the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, and is the co-author of The FeederWatcher’s Guide to Bird Feeding (2000) and the Audubon Birdhouse Book: Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds (2013). Fish and Wildlife Service.

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 231

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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. My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

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APRIL 7, 2016

In 2013, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service released “ Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis.” Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds tackled the importance of the National Wildlife Refuge System. How many birders are there in America? As it turns out, there are very few estimates.

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Wildlife Portland 2002 Collecting 173

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

But the real rarities here were the fourth record of Great Black-backed Gull (several observations in winter of 2013-14) and the sixth record of Pallas’s Gull for Serbia (in frozen February 2012). Pygmy Cormorants are regular, occasionally a White-tailed Eagle and during cold spells, Goosanders. Bus: 95, 96 & 104. eBird list.

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Serbia Birds Ducks Eagles 235

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Many may find the inclusion of the Osprey into a post on German eagles odd, but the German name of the Osprey translates to “Fish Eagle”, and German birders would find it self-evident to include the species here. So here they are, the German eagles… Osprey. Ospreys have shown a remarkable recovery in Germany.

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Eagles Germany Breeding Hunting 168

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

While there an Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer removed the exclosures so we were able to get a good look at the very tiny Piping Plovers nests. Here’s hoping 2013 brings you as many great birds as 2012 did! This past June I was invited along by the Edmonton Nature Club on a field trip to a Piping Plover breeding site.

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2012 Ghana Ireland Birds 133

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MAY 15, 2014

Such actions were performed here and have reduced mortality and significantly increased breeding success: in 2013, over 190 youngsters successfully left the 130 nests on the artificial platforms at Lake Kerkini. Dalmatian Pelicans – nesting platform.

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Greece Pelicans Breeding Buffalo 162

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MARCH 31, 2019

It was a good location to observe Brahminy Kites , White-bellied Sea Eagles , Grey-headed Fish Eagles , Oriental Pied Hornbills and Dollarbirds. Looking online we discovered there was one previous record for Singapore in January 2013. All of a sudden a new bird was flying across the sky and we soon both had our binoculars on it.

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Singapore Transported Boars Malaysia 114

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Most of these are common/abundant residential and migratory birds (and, this being Kruger, that includes five Hornbill species, four Sunbird species, a Trogon, five Owl species, and many other goodies); uncommon and striking-but-rare species are also included, so we have Storks, Martial Eagle, and Pel’s Fishing-Owl.

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Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 173

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MAY 27, 2020

They all kept an eye or two out for discarded fish from returning fishing vessels. More relaxed than I had ever witnessed – and this patch is one of my fondest, I’ve birded there numerous times since I was introduced to the area in 2013. American Flamingos and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Brown Pelican.

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Trinidad Pelicans Humane Fish 231

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Harper contributed artwork to 120 issues of Ford Times, illustrating articles on topics ranging from travel to fish to recipes. Ammo Books; Anniversary ed edition; November, 2013 (originally published 1972, reissued 2008). Starting in 1956, Harper wrote the text for the articles as well. by Charley Harper. Hardcover, 152 pages.

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Betty Crocker Birds 2008 2007 170

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually on bird houses, feeders, nest boxes, and baths. 8,522,717 is titled “Top-Fill Hummingbird Feeder,” and it was issued in September 2013.

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Seals 2000 Branding Pets 174

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JUNE 18, 2015

Photo: Kathleen Smith, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. On November 2, 2013, the Florida bonneted bat was federally listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Florida Bonneted Bat roosting in Palm Tree. Other potential threats include competition with native species for roost sites, disease, and predation.

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Bats Florida Endangered Species Cuba 166

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OCTOBER 25, 2015

In 2013, Hurricane Sandy cut up the east coast leaving a swath of destruction in its wake. We netted Pileated Woodpecker and Eastern Bluebird at Sandy Run Park in Kitty Hawk, but dipped on the Fish Crows that frequent the nearby Wal-Mart. There’s a Eurasian Wigeon in this photo, if you care to search for it.

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North Carolina Rattlesnake Sparrows Owls 150

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MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunters and fish and wildlife departments having a stake in Sandhills is a great thing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 247

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Jake lives in southeast Florida and loves fishing and Blue Jays (the bird, not the team). Press, 2013) has almost reached bible status amongst North American birders (especially those who bird the central and eastern areas). A couple of weeks later, my sister texted me, “Found the bird book in Jake’s lunch box.

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 183

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MAY 7, 2013

The first two Osprey plates in the book illustrate adult and juvenile Ospreys, sitting and in flight, up close and in M-shaped silhouette, on a platform in the marsh and soaring over the marsh with a huge fish in its talons. Princeton University Press, 2013. This is what we expect. But, wait, there’s more! 34 color maps.

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North America Bald Eagle Falcons Owls 213

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Anse Boileau.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Anse Boileau.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113