Critter News
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
We allow hunters to shoot bears, but not to sell their parts. Note the Asia connection again. Tags: seattle State of Washington gall bladders poaching bears asia. This happened in my own State of Washington.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
I get my own idea of the lunacy of Gooddie’s quest when I talk to a friend who has birded Asia and Africa. Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. Beer looms large in Gooddie’s daily routine, and much text is devoted to finding beer in the middle of rural Asia and evaluating its quality.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
The Latin name “ chinensis ” is somewhat misleading as is much more common in Southeast Asia than in China – apparently, it was chosen in the mistaken belief that the type specimen had come from China. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all.
10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2021
In 2012, I reviewed The Jewel Hunter , an absorbing narrative in which author Chris Goodie travelled throughout Asia, Africa, and Australasia to observe and photograph every Pitta species in the world. It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Slaght, by the way, currently works for the Wildlife Conservation Society as their Russia & Northeast Asia Coordinator, and although his job involves more than fish owls, he is still determined to keep an eye on them, along with the two Sergeys. I’m thinking Michiel Huisman, but I’m open to other possibilities.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids.
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