10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Our elevation (1080 to 1150 feet) places us in what is called seasonal rainforest, but we are contiguous to the higher elevation Children’s Eternal Rainforest and connected reserves, comprising almost 250,000 acres of protected habitat from our farm to the top of the cloud forest.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

We’re less than a week into 2018 and already birds (at least those that migrate in and through the United States) are worse off than they were at the end of last year. A new directive from the current administration wipes out protection engendered by President Obama.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The bird figures were compiled from avibase.bsc-eoc.org in late November 2018, following the Clements list. With an excellent safety record and quickly improving standards of nature protection and tourism infrastructure, Rwanda is a rising ecotourism star of this group. The best seasons are November and March-April.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In November 2018, I spent a few days birding in Cape Town, South Africa. The species is endangered – hopefully, their appeal to tourists and the resulting revenue will contribute to its protection. While apparently not the safest of places, it is a great spot to see birds. Here are some of my sightings.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2019

2018 proved to be one of my best birding years ever. With my new job, I feel privileged to work towards protecting vulnerable species each and very day. Daily birding in my own hometown added to the joy of seeing common species in uncommon circumstances, like a Bald Eagle perched on a Destin sand dune.

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JUNE 12, 2018

These islands and their surrounding waters are protected as part of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Midway’s birds are also protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. On March 21, 2018, FWS released a 198-page document entitled “ Midway Seabird Protection Project — Draft Environmental Assessment.”

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

After an extensive year of travel in 2018, I have mainly focused on Pima County and the Tucson area for my birding. Finally, when the superintendant of the golf course came out to mow the nearby #1 green, the bird flew up into a small mesquite tree, which offered some better protection.

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MARCH 13, 2018

However, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”) broadly prohibits the “take” of any bird, which effectively means that a protected bird cannot be killed, harassed, or otherwise adversely impacted. The cases are: Friends of Animals v. Fish & Wildlife Serv., LEXIS 93734 (D. July 16, 2015). Friends of Animals v.

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JANUARY 7, 2023

Two oak seedlings I was given in 2018, by a botanical garden, are still growing today. And I have protected and cared for other native plants that have turned up on their own, particularly granjenos , which have now begun to produce their first tasty red fruits. Since then, I have managed to grow eight more from acorns.

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DECEMBER 8, 2018

The counts act as our end of the year birding festivities and 2018 brings us more than ever. “Cangreja” means crab in Spanish and refers to the shape of the mid-sized peak at the center of the protected area. This year’s official count shirt.

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

The celebration was occasioned by 2018 being the centennial of the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act , a seminal environmental law. (Fun Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Since the last notice of him on this blogsite (in June 2018), Steve Burrows has published two more novels in his terrific “Birder Murder” series, the fifth and sixth – respectively, A Tiding of Magpies and, now the latest, A Dance of Cranes. This is good news, and especially so for birders.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This is the last post covering my time birding the Kruger Park in November 2018. It seems this African Harrier-Hawk just caught something here. No clue what it is though. A study on the diet of the African Harrier-Hawk starts rather pompously: “Feeding is an indispensable activity in the life of birds.

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JUNE 4, 2019

And once in a while, there is a check-in on what was happening in the United States–the killing of a bird protection warden in the Everglades, investigations into millinery sweatshops, the earlier passage of bird protection legislation. Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. The book doesn’t always succeed in its goals.

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DECEMBER 9, 2017

Not to mention, identifying more than 160 species in one day this year will probably also keep me there in 2018. In being an organic farm that also protects mature lowland rainforest, this is one heck of a birdy place (and the food’s not bad either- actually it’s unique and wonderful)!

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole. This behavior is likely to reduce resource competition by exploiting fruit that is too large for smaller frugivores. Of course, their own mother is not the only threat to Wreathed Hornbill individuals.

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MARCH 3, 2020

The same is true of Guide to the Birds of Honduras , which I reviewed in 2018 and which was also a grassroots project (though Birds of Bolivia obtained greater support from large birding organizations). The hard facts are that a field guide like this simply couldn’t be made without the contributions and good will of these artists.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Sometime back in 2018, I started sharing some of my photos by e-mail with my sister and aunt. Which might, just maybe, give a local landowner a good reason to protect his forest, instead of planting avocados. It’s all about the avocados. They might pay some of my local friends to show them around our birding hotspots.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

You may have read about them in the Wall Street Journal , the BBC Wildlife Magazine , or perhaps watched them on BBC, who filmed them here twice, for the Planet Earth II in 2015 and for the One Planet in 2018. Rightfully, this town centre doubles as a nature reserve – an officially protected owl habitat.

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JUNE 20, 2019

And unlike the protection of cormorants, which was perceived as a problem, protection of pelicans was welcomed by the local communities. Asian water buffaloes were brought to Greece by Ottoman Turks centuries ago and by now, they have developed into a separate race, the Greek buffalo, which is protected as an old domestic breed.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Since 2008, the brand has been in partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to support Black Grouse conservation efforts, with a portion of sales from every bottle of Smoky Black sold going directly to the Society.

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AUGUST 19, 2018

We have been observing them feed on the grass that has grown over the land during our unusually wet start to 2018 and the area they are frequenting offers no shade or protection, so they are constantly wary. In flight the Flock Bronzewing is a distinct large bird that is much rounder than any other bird species locally.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2018

In June 2018, the Honduras Institute of Tourism assembled a feisty team of Honduran and American writers, photographers, guides, and tourism professionals to ever-so-quickly explore just how spectacular birding certain parts of the country could be. Maradiaga weren’t so sure… LAKE YOJOA.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Following the IOC taxonomy (Gill and Donsker 2018), Birds of Cyprus deals with 405 species. He is on the editorial board of Sandgrouse and is the Cyprus representative for the Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME). The vast majority, more than 380 species, are migrants, of which more than 120 are vagrants.

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JULY 4, 2019

Helm Field Guides, Paperback – May 2018. Out of 656 pages, the first 32 are devoted to the usual introductory chapters on how to use this book, weather and habitats, species richness, diversity and migrations, and an overview of the conservation in Ecuador, including a map of protected areas.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

In the midst of an intensifying battle between protecting public lands and advancing private interests, I want to share a moment of avian celebration at Yellowstone National Park. This is the bird formerly known as Gray Jay (from 1957 to 2018). To protect our wild spaces and all the flora and fauna (including humans), add your voice!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

For me, it’s one of the most exciting days of the year, and so I’m going to put aside the book review I’ve been crafting and talk about my favorite, best, top ten birds of 2018 (with a personal addition at the end). But, 2018 was a very special year for me, as you’ll see if you read to the end. [If,

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JULY 3, 2018

Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. Viking, April 2018. Irreplaceable scientific evidence, part of our ornithological heritage, has been exchanged for the opportunity for a few tiers to re-create Victorian salmon ties. by Kirk Wallace Johnson.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Because its habitat consists largely of land that is valuable for oil and natural gas exploration and extraction, protection of the Greater Sage-Grouse has long been the subject of extensive litigation. In September 2018, the court granted a preliminary injunction, preventing BLM from implementing the new policies. (A Supreme Court.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Species are organized by family and families are arranged in taxonomic order according to American Ornithological Society’s Checklist of North American Birds , 7th edition through the 59th Supplement (2018).

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APRIL 28, 2020

Duck Stamp sales have provided more then $800 million dollars to protect more than 5.7 For the 2018 competition, FWS included a one-year requirement that the theme celebrate “our waterfowl hunting heritage.” million acres of waterfowl habitat and many birders purchase a stamp every year.

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DECEMBER 4, 2021

Most of those birds are staying north this year, but you can always remember that amazing winter finch season by popping open a bottle of the 2018 Castellare di Castellina Chianti Classico , whose label presents a handsome White-winged Crossbill. Dragan). ==. Tristan). ==.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hallé, ‘Atlas Poetic Botanic’, edition MIT Press, 2018). Birds of different species gather in bird waves to improve foraging efficiency (the insect escaping one bird will most likely be caught by another bird of the wave) and increase protection against predators. I was conversing with the birds of Guangxi through my drawings.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. It received a temporary reprieve in 2018, though surrounding areas did not.) Although the statistics do not address the quality of the land purchased or other qualitative factors, it is safe to assume that when it comes to protecting habitat, size matters. acres, but 1,980.50

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JULY 9, 2019

Other than a sweeping public lands package in 2019 , there has been little or no progress on the environment or wildlife protection. The MCCC convened on April 25, 2018 , and approved $24.6 On September 5, 2018 , the MBCC approved $23.8 And each meeting approved NAWCA grants to protect at least 90,000 acres.

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