10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2014

I first observed it on 28th November 2012 and it left us and headed north to return to the exact same place to be observed on 19th November 2013. The information was sent off to Japan to enable them to let me know exactly when this little shorebird got its metal band and blue flags.

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Japan 2012 2013 China 173

10,000 Birds

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. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%.

Elephants 181

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 181

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. Random House UK, September 2013. Birds & People.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 207