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Where have they gone?

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Gathering more detailed information about wintering populations, and which roost sites they rely on, will help us protect them and develop more effective conservation strategies.” One count I undertake every year is the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Big Farmland Bird Count.

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To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

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As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. After all, removing resources is the exact opposite of protecting resources.

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Afforestation

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Alas, only 12 plants remain from that season, victims of my inexperienced care. Alas, this is what I must trim. I keep my eyes on the prize: a small patch of forest with lots of diversity for wildlife. I now protect the lots Huizaches, which shelter self-sown fruiting plants such as Granjenos and Prickly Pears.

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low.

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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You may have read about Kikinda in the Wall Street Journal or the BBC Wildlife Magazine. Even among the protected areas of Serbia, Djerdap National Park stands out as better preserved than most. Alas, I am not among them. Great Bustard Sanctuary. Labudovo okno to Djerdap National Park. Djerdap National Park.

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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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Many of them are heavenly islands, alas, with 100 or less bird species. I am thinking of a relatively stable/prosperous bird-paradise where one may be able to find a job in ecotourism or wildlife research… or, to begin with, as a resident environmental scientist / nature blogger in some wildlife lodge?

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Birding in Honduras, Part II: Pico Bonito Lodge

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The Lodge at Pico Bonito is an inviting, idyllic place for relaxation as well as for enjoying wildlife. Cuery y Salado Preserve protects a coastal mangrove system full of wildlife from monkeys to trogons. We first visited Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge. In case you are wondering, Cristalino Lodge was his other top choice.

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