10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

With only a few more days left, 2017 was coming to a close. The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally. I counted them very roughly, but I do have a lot of experience estimating flocks. The solution?

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Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience. Salvin’s Prion. Our Flock to Marion was no different.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2017

In “Summer of the Sparrow,” actress and ABA board member Lili Taylor relates a dramatic tale of murderous passion directed towards a House Sparrow who has killed the Bluebird babies in her nest boxes. Illustration for Sophie Webb’s “Why I Love to Draw Birds” © 2017 by Robert A. Braunfield. Braunfield.

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2017 Costa Rica 2007 Hunters 151

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2016

I will also give you the link here for 2017 in case you are reading this next year or want to plan a trip for next year! We have seen Peregrine Falcons fly through circling flocks of shorebirds and Brown Goshawks attempt a kill, but generally they are able to escape by their constant circling.

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Taiwan Breeding Japan 2017 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a graceful, rosy-cheeked 13-year old girl with a magic smile who makes living on the edge of nowhere and forever look like the easiest experience in the world. And, when the eagle fights and ultimately kills the fox, we get a bloody glimpse into another side of eagle hunting—its savagery and its original purpose.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

2017) published phylogenies that were not based on existing data but were fabricated to reflect preconceived ideas about phylogenetic relationships” The unfortunate Brown Shrike shares its color with that of rather detestable German Nazi party.

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Birds Tigers Humane Ecuador 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2024

Elizabeth’s experience and ingenuity, for example, can be seen in her lithograph of Langsdorff’s Aracari; there was only a single specimen in a German collection and its tail was mutilated, so she obscured the tail in her plate by placing it behind a large leaf (pp. 168-168).

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Australia Birds Europe Collecting 202