10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

These two islands are about halfway between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica in the Subantarctic Indian Ocean, have had relatively few human visitors, and are primarily inhabited with some of the rarest seabirds in the world and a smaller number of mammals. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and and seabirders.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival.

Wounded 257

Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 251

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Like the other hornbills, it nests in a tree cavity, in which the female seals herself in using droppings and food remains. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 135