10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

Over a decade since I was last there, I am finally heading back to Africa late this year. As has been the case every time I’ve been to Africa before, I won’t be there just for play. Conservation Africa Offbeat Birding volunteering' But my long wait to see antelope, zebras and everything in between is finally over.

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Uganda Sharks Africa New Zealand 161

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AUGUST 6, 2015

In all European Union countries to the north and east of Serbia (except Romania), Turtle Doves are strictly protected. Money and effort are being invested in that protection. The cargo consisted of huge number of protected passerines such as larks and pipits, beside huntable species like Common Quails and Turtle Doves.

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Serbia Slaughter Slaughtered Turtles 270

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Hence, I was quite surprised with a brave, almost exciting paper by Brown, Forbes and Symes: “Recent history of the Egyptian Vulture in Southern Africa” (Vulture News, 2000). Conservation Africa Balkans Egyptian Vulture vultures' Up to now there have been almost 80 confirmed electrocuted Egyptian Vultures in that area.

Sudan 225

Sudan Macedonia Botswana Serbia 225

Critter News

JUNE 21, 2009

They are being moved to a wildlife sanctuary. From Wildlife Extra News. Jason Bell-Leask, IFAW Director Southern Africa} said "For years the herd has been maimed by local villagers, sometimes using appallingly cruel methods to protect their crops and granaries from raids by the elephants.

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Malawi Elephants International Fund For Animal Welfare Rescue 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Let's keep our fingers crossed that it provides effective protection. Cameroon, with one of Africa’s highest rates of deforestation, has set up a new national park to protect gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants and a rare type of antelope called bongo. Tags: conservation africa park gorillas endangered species cameroon.

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Cameroon Gorillas Apes Endangered Species 100

Critter News

AUGUST 18, 2008

Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Tania Siyam originally operated art import and export businesses in Montreal, Canada, and Cameroon that were fronts for smuggling products from endangered and protected wildlife species, including raw elephant ivory.

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Cameroon Cleveland Canada Ohio 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Elephants in Zakouma National Park, the last stronghold for the savannah elephants of Central Africa's Sahel region, have crashed to just 1,000 animals from an estimated 3,000 in 2006. Tags: ivory chad africa poaching elephants. This situation sounds a lot like the the mountain gorillas, the Congo and Virunga National Park.

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Chad Elephants Congo Gorillas 100

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Kisiri, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. The birth brings the total white and black rhino population at the adventure park to eight.

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Tampa White Rhinos Rhinos Rhinoceros 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

It all seems like such a charmed life … until you have to fly down to Africa for the winter. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. Fish and Wildlife Service). **And Photo of the Nihoa Millerbird by S.

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Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

In fact Punta Cana is a shining example of how large hotels can conduct their operations in a sustainable manner whilst contributing significantly to the preservation of birds, wildlife and habitats. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Dominican Republic 2011 Deer Birds 185

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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 172

Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

From Wildlife Extra News. The pair were subsequently held by the Namibian authorities before being freed after agreeing to pay a fine for "entering a protected marine area without a permit.". Tags: animal cruelty africa seal hunters seals namibia hunting.

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Seals Hunting Namibia Hunters 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

More than 120 Park Rangers of the Congolese Wildlife Authority, ICCN, today returned to Virunga National Park - 14 months after fleeing violent hostilities between rebels and government soldiers. Tags: virunga africa gorilla congo endangered species. Since September 2007, it has been occupied by rebels who had driven the rangers out.

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Gorillas Congo Endangered Species 2007 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Among the forested islands and wildlife-rich floodplains of Botswana lies the highest concentration of baboons in Africa. Here, well meet an alpha male named Boro and follow his daily struggle to maintain authority and protect his kids.

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Botswana 2009 Suffering Africa 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This makes it a particularly exciting time in New Zealand as the Rugby World Cup begins in two days, and the competition is being held right here in New Zealand (I would imagine they might be more excited if they hadn’t just lost two matches to Australia and South Africa, their big rivals in the Tri-Nations).

New Zealand 157

New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Seals 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Duncan is currently enjoying South Africa but he got his BBOTY in before he left: As of today I have no idea what birds I will see in December in South Africa. I was a bit sad, too, that we had annoyed the owl enough that it felt it had to strafe us … my normal MO is to avoid stressing out wildlife.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 188

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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Mlelani, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. (white, 9 and 3 black). and around the world. Cute of the day: Baby White Rhino!

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White Rhinos Rhinos Tampa 2008 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. Support Wildlife ACT in supporting them. The day before, the day I arrived, was a transport day, and that meant the pack hadn’t been seen in the afternoon.

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Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 216

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Birding has been an all-consuming interest for Patrick Cardwell since boyhood days spent in a wildlife-rich environment. In this epic post, Patrick depicts just how dynamic the pelagic birding is off Cape Point in South Africa.

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Albatross Penguins Dolphins Whales 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 160

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. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

2011 152

2011 Deer Fish New York 152

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. Most mammal guides aimed at wildlife watchers (and not scientists) tend to cover small and cryptic species as a group only, not going to a species level. Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

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Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 241

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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ), Nairobi, Kenya © David J.

2011 152

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

They were still listed as Endangered, but wildlife management measures taken in this park were clearly working. And unlike the protection of cormorants, which was perceived as a problem, protection of pelicans was welcomed by the local communities. The moat would protect the islets and allow the birds to start nesting earlier.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 194

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

The majority of wildcats live today in Africa, and virtually none of them have provided the DNA from which supposed histories of domestication have been constructed by researchers. And I think he was speaking only of our American Kitties not the Wildcat of Africa. But they don’t live in North America. Unless we put them there.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

And embattled minority should be protected. People that are interested in conservation are all about the should – conservation’s raison d’être is the people perceiving that we should protect species and ecosystems, we should not allow them to be lost to extinction. A hungry child should be fed. I hear you.

Tigers 172

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172

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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Hope you have a great trip there in July!

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! Africa’s only rainforest canopy walkway in Kakum National Park.

Ghana 191

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 191

Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Congolese rangers protect the wildlife in Virunga National Park, the most famous inhabitants of which are the 700 remaining mountain gorillas. Tags: virunga rwanda africa congo gorillas endangered species. These rangers are very brave people with possibly the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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Congo Rwanda Wildlife Gorillas 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

In southern Africa, there are two species. The Spotted Thick-knee , Burhinus capensis is, is found across much of Africa, favouring open country and is perfectly suited to the dry sandy ground of the cape region, where this individual would almost certainly have been overlooked were it not for its bright yellow legs, eyes and bill.

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 163

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. This Lion should not be shot, as it is a protected reserve that forbids shooting. Qualifying statements to follow).

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 183