10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Can you remember any birding movie before Schrodinger’s Cat? Out of all those truly magnificent African birds, he asks for something that lives mostly in Eurasia, but also Australia and the very southern tip of Africa. You noticed it: it doesn’t even live in Western Africa at all! Probably not.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Filmmaker John Varty, who filmed a wild female leopard for 17 years, opens an extraordinary window into the lives of Africa’s most secretive big cat. Leopard Queen follows the life of “Manana,” a wild leopard whose territory spans the heart of the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Africa’s famous Big Five , but do you know there is also an equally fascinating Little Five ? Africa is famous for its large, charismatic mammals, and the Big Five epitomize the most sought-after of these fantastic beasts. This blog post will discuss both the Big and Little members of these quintuplets.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2017

Who outside of certain parts of Africa thinks about lions during this time of year? Speaking for just about everyone living in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, I don’t have big cats on my brain right now. Like you, I’m thinking of birds, particularly the ones winging my way from parts south.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Baby Spotted Dikkop Mervyn van Rooyen in South Africa experienced the wonder of a wee thick-knee in a way very few of us ever will. He actually didn’t like to be alone and even made friends with the cat who would sit with him for hours. A very special experience!! Showing off to my wife. He only did this for her.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Growing up within an hour of one of the world’s premier shorebird destinations -- West Coast National Park in South Africa -- helped for sure. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. For me, there’s a few things that drive this fascination. Wicked, right?

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 2, 2012

The Cincinnati Zoo has supported cheetah conservation in Africa for more than 20 years, and thankfully, cheetahs are the one species that has a chance to out run extinction.”. Learn more about National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative, which helped fund the documentation of the run by visiting CauseAnUproar.org !

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

These areas, as well as being famous for the afore-mentioned near-endemics, are also home to long isolated populations of birds otherwise only found in East Africa to the north and South Africa to the south. The cat brazenly approached our vehicle to within 6 feet of us hoping for an easy meal.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2021

From the mangroves of the coastline to the rainforests of Iwokrama to the open Rupununi savannahs that are reminiscent of the Serengeti of east Africa to the magnificent Kaeiteur Falls and to the mystery of mount Roraima, there is something for everyone in this fantastically diverse country. The scenery is diverse and sublime.

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Animal Person

MARCH 21, 2009

Big Tom was the guest most anxious to leave my humble abode and was returned this morning, to a ghost town of a colony, with few cats in sight. Duffy cannot be in a home with a cat. Duffy doesn't chase cats when on a leash, but in the home it's a different story. Box 339 Bloemfontein 9300 South Africa Snyman.rd@ufs.ac.za

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Anderson River Park Never Disappoints Barbados The Other Antigua About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. The rarest big cat on earth, the Amur leopard, is on the brink of disappearing forever. Miracle Babies: Baby Pandas.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Lakes, lightning, locusts and lizards Great Birding Sites From Great Birding Bloggers Anderson River Park Never Disappoints Birding Kuwait The Other Antigua About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 8, 2012

Disneynature takes moviegoers deep into the forests of Africa with CHIMPANZEE , a new True-Life Adventure that introduces an adorable young chimp named Oscar and his entertaining approach to life in a remarkable story of family bonds and individual triumph.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Just as the ranger was telling us that we might see wild cats – well, not wild cats, but rather, Wildcats , the wild version of the domestic cat, Felis silvestris lybica , one of those cats popped its head out of the brush about 50 feet beyond her. The most interesting thing about this cat was lack of kitty-cat-ness.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

Several years ago I started to work in South Africa, either running academic tours or carrying out fieldwork in archaeology and paleontology. In any given trip to South Africa, the vehicle I was in (I only drove myself some of the time) probably hit about one vertebrate animal about every 2,000 kilometers, usually a bird. (We

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Reddit Animals

MAY 21, 2023

Claim 1: A gorilla can definitely kill any animal below 400 lbs easily and still put up a good fight for those above that weight class The truth: Forest leopards in Africa are known to kill gorillas, and while rare, the current record is skewed heavily in favor of the leopard coming out the better in these encounters.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Egyptian Goose ( Alopochen aegyptiacus ), a common species in Africa, is my top pick for becoming the next ABA-countable exotic from Florida. Finally, there are also those species such as Egyptian Goose , Mitred Parakeet , and Yellow-chevroned Parakeet which seem poised to become new ABA-countable exotics in the future.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2015

Shoving a cat in a bin. Hounding a dentist who’s life is already over, making threats, isn’t going to solve Africa’s conservation nightmares. The mobs that once enforced “justice” in the streets now do so online. I think we’ve all done it. Shot an elephant. Made an off-colour joke.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Masked Lapwing Africa is the spiritual home of the Vanellus family, boasting as many as 14 species including the abundant Crowned Lapwing. Cats sharpen their claws in an almost identical manner. They are bony protuberances from the wrist of the wing, covered with a keratinous sheath. African Jacana But back to the chicks.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 14, 2013

Let me tell you – I’ve met some street dogs who curl up with cats and babies, and I’ve met some pet dogs (like my human’s grandmother’s Chihuahua!) Yup, I was rescued in Africa. Millions of American street dogs (and cats!) Too many humans believe we’re untamable and vicious.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Perhaps the most well known mosquito born disease, heartworms can be fatal to dogs and occasionally cats and foxes. The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. It can affect humans, birds, horses, dogs, cats, and other mammals. Heartworms.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

The dog-loving owners of the property in Julian where he sought refuge rushed him to the local veterinarian, who informed them that if his leg was amputated, he could live as an indoor cat. Once gregarious and outgoing, she withdrew from her family and friends, from everyone except her pet cats. Would they help?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

I once had a cat who loved to lick plastic bags, and while I find the pleasure in this hard to comprehend, it still seems more understandable to me than the joy (?) of catching extremely small fish. .” This is ok as birds do not have teeth anyway).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

whose occupants have already left for Africa, but a clump of elaborate closed nests of Spanish Sparrows hang underneath it. One of them has a satellite transmitter around its neck and quite a few have white collars marked with the letter “G” (for Greece?) and dual digits. I was able to read the numbers.02, 02, G04,06,07,40 and G74.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2011

Originally from Scotland, Mark has lived and worked in continental Europe and North Africa before settling in Australia’s “Red Centre&# to work for the Northern Territory Parks Service. I was convinced that this was to be the end- I pictured the headline: crapping birder eaten by big cat.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Now and then individual catfish of various species hunt nearer the surface and larger catfish such as the American Channel Cat will take a duck or other water bird. in Central Africa and in the US is that they are more active at night. From the vantage of the bottom feeder, the fish takes a variety of prey that passes by.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

What’s remarkable about this species is what we don’t see here: the extremely long migration that this species makes, with some individuals traveling from Sub-Saharan Africa to Greenland and back every year. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

It takes a little longer for the hordes pouring out of Africa to reach the north of England, at least a week, often two after the first migrants make landfall on southern coasts before we get even a sniff of anything that has been near a Wildebeest over the winter. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Ringer Anhinga and Darters (Anhingidae) The Anhinga and three darter species inhabit warm, freshwater regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ), Nairobi, Kenya © David J.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Examples are wolf, beaver, otter, domestic cat, wolverine, wild boar, elk (moose), and reindeer. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I learned a great deal from them – after having tracked animals in Europe and Africa already for nearly 20 years. “Tracks and Signs” can be divided into two parts.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I’ll never forget my introduction to the mammals of Kruger National Park, South Africa. We –participants of the ABA South Africa Safari—were on a small plane when one Lori Conrad looked out the window and screamed, “There are elephants down there!” and everyone ran to Lori’s side of the plane. Believe me, I tried.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

I grew up in one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Cape Town, South Africa. In fact, there is no other region in Africa that offers such a fantastic level of endemism in such an accessible location. But their endangered status is belied by the fact that they are one of the easiest rare birds to find in Africa.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Its numbers are declining rapidly due to feral cats and this duck is currently listed as vulnerable. Saint Helena Island, situated in the south Atlantic ocean between the continents of Africa and South America, is one of the remotest inhabited islands in the world. Eaton’s Pintail by N.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Veraguan Mango by Carlos Bethancourt Although the Neotropical region supports fewer bird families than Africa, there are considerably more bird species here than anywhere else on earth. One such controversial bird is the Veraguan Mango , a small hummingbird species that was, until very recently, believed to be a Panamanian endemic.

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