10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

reduce traffic casualties amongst Badgers , get the White-tailed Eagle back as a breeding bird, increase the number of protected plant species etc.). Any plans for further afield (USA, Asia, Africa)? so far you have focussed on European nature. Too early to tell though, whether this project will materialise any time soon. -

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Badgers Ethics Africa Spain 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Our group watching the first Snow Leopard from a knoll above our camp in Hemis National Park. In fact some of our group decided to head back to camp. The 4,400 square kilometre Hemis National Park is the largest park in the whole of South Asia. All text and photographs are by the author and protected by copyright.

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Snow Leopard Leopards Hunting Sheep 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

And, it is a guide based on scholarship as well as field work (author Reeber has monitored the birds of the Lac of Grand-Lieu, France, for the National Society for Nature Protection (SNPN) since 1994). This is the first bird guide I’ve reviewed that has utilized and credited a Flickr group, the Bird Hybirds Flickr Forum.

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North America Asia Europe America 151

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks. Ostriches originated in Asia. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# He could not say the same today. almost everything about flamingos and grebes).

2011 153

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 153

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

I was just curious what the US birders dream about, so I posted a question in the ABA’s FB group: a) what are the most popular foreign destinations and b) where would you go with unlimited funds? With 400 endemics, Indonesia tops the list of the world’s most wanted lister’s destination, but the only destination in Asia proper is India.

Papua New Guinea 214

Papua New Guinea America Costa Rica Sri Lanka 214

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!

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

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APRIL 23, 2020

Yet, with larger protected areas things get more complicated. My group arrived in a larger and more comfortable SUV and with a knowledgeable bird guide from within the state. In the end, this guide is what we were awaiting for quite some time, possibly since Nigel Wheatley’s Where to Watch Birds in Asia from 1996.

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India Lions 2020 Groups 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Herring Gull The Herring hull is everybody’s idea of a seagull, being present throughout the year at coastal cliffs, beaches, harbors and towns. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

A combination of extinctions and proximity to Fiji means that a trip to that island group would net you pretty much all the same birds plus a whole raft of others. Polynesian Starling ( Aplonis tabuensis ) This starling is part of the wide ranging genus of glossy starlings found across the Pacific, Northern Australia and Souteast Asia.

Tonga 163

Tonga Fiji New Zealand Parrots 163

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Chestnut-winged Babbler is known as one of the host species of the Asian Drongo-cuckoo in Southeast Asia ( source ), a claim to fame that most bird species would probably prefer to avoid. At Sepilok, it can be hard to avoid taking photos of some non-birds, such as primates.

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Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

And, proceeds from sales of Duck Stamps have secured and protected over 6 million acres of wetland and grassland habitat.** (Though, Duck Stamp sales are decreasing, a major cause for concern.) As of January 2017, Ducks Unlimited has conserved 13,902,792 acres in North America, including 5,509,855 in the United States.*

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 119