10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2020
A narrow forest road takes us to the chain blocking the entrance, with a sign “Area closed – bear danger”. 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.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2014
April bears the most fruit for my family tree, including my own bad apple birthday this week. While I didn’t notice any Neotropical migrants this weekend, I was pleased to spot a Tufted Titmouse , a species I tend to miss during winter. Does your family celebrate a lot of April birthdays? The wood-warblers are back!
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10,000 Birds
MAY 14, 2019
First, some background regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the listing of the Golden-cheeked Warbler is required. In 2014, FWS completed a five-year status review , concluding that development still threatened the warbler. In 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered.”
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. Over time, it’s these physiological changes that can disrupt animals’ breeding or rearing habits.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
Birding that starts with the largest eagle of the continent certainly bears promises… The next stop is the town park in Opovo, north of Belgrade, where local bird expert Ceda Vuckovic reported one, locally rare, Short-eared Owl. He will think twice before guarantying the GGS next time’ the British birder wrote.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Pough “with illustrations in color of every species” by Don Eckelberry, Doubleday, 1946. The grand total is 817 species! SPECIES ACCOUNTS.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. The way I see it, it is a cruel joke leading towards the extinction of a threatened species.
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