10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2023
I did not actually go to Afghanistan for birding. In a barely disguised advertising plug, I will explain more at the end of this post (and probably in some other posts describing my travels in Afghanistan). These advertisements are for a good cause (see above), so I do not feel bad about them. Oh god, I sound like the Pope now.
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2009
I think it's sad to force one more species to participate in another human war. Tags: afghanistan military war us mules. The US Marines are using them because they're good for hauling stuff.
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Critter News
MARCH 31, 2009
But the grand tradition continues in Iraq and Afghanistan. If humans insist on wars and invasions, we should keep them to ourselves and leave other species out of it. Tags: afghanistan military military force iraq dogs. I don't like it. Even better if we didn't insist on such activities in the first place.
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Tune in Sunday to watch the first ever capture and release of an endangered snow leopard in Afghanistan! Snow Leopard of Afghanistan. Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous places on earth, is also home to a population of endangered and elusive snow leopards. Snow Leopard of Afghanistan: Boone’s Mission.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 8, 2015
Other species I can recognize are colloquially called crocodile bark tree, due to the bark pattern, and paper bark. For you and me, there are about 200 bird species, but for proper tourists, there seem to be only five species in the reserve: Bengal Tiger , Leopard , Sloth Bear , Indian Wild Dog (Dhole) and the Gaur.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Part of its attraction lies in it being a monotypic bird in the family Hypocoliidae – there are no other bird species in its genus and family. The other part of its attractiveness may be coming from the fact that it breeds in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan – countries seldom visited by foreign birders.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Its name pays homage to the bird that shares much of its distribution across North Africa, The Gulf, Pakistan and Afghanistan. With the downcurved bill and mottled chest, I should like to add thrasher to that list. Alaemon alaudipes boavistae is considered to be the westernmost extreme of the cline that runs extends as far as Asia.
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