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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour

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Japan, which imports most of the tuna, led the fight against a proposed ban. They’ve had to earn degrees in economics and sociology to learn to marry their causes with the human one – explaining, for instance, that humans depend on bats to pollinate or on coral reefs to support other marine life that is advantageous to mankind.

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Centennial Park, Sydney

10,000 Birds

These large fruit bats are something of a problem for the staff of the Sydeny Botanical Garden, whee they also roost and damage some of the trees, but they seem to be doing fine here.

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Collaborative List – July 2019

10,000 Birds

During July, 11 beats birded 11 countries (USA, UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia) and submitted 82 checklists. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. They accounted for 562 species at this sluggish time of year. These are the numbers. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 09 Jul 2019.

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Collaborative list – February 2020

10,000 Birds

9 beats visited 9 countries (China, Costa Rica, USA, UK, India, Australia, Jamaica , Serbia and Japan) and submitted 151 checklists when they got back. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. If you entered the sweepstake to predict when the 4000 barrier would be breached and suggested Corey at 13.38 Just me then? Nanhui Dongtan (????).

2020 156
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Collaborative List 2017 – February

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Submissions for February have been received from Austria, Australia, UK, Japan, Costa Rica, Serbia, Mexico, USA, The Bahamas and Lichtenstein. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Last year beats were being spotted way beyond their usual habitat with checklists shared from India, Puerto Rico and Israel. Kissena Park. 05 Jan 2017.

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Collaborative List – March 2018

10,000 Birds

During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. In a blatant attempt to make the figures look even better than they already, any sightings shared with another beat will be counted twice.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

10,000 Birds

9 countries were visited during March by your tireless beats ( 11 of them); India, UK, USA, Serbia, Costa Rica, Japan, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. There can be no denying that spring is coming and with it, the summer visitors and passage migrants. University of Ghana Botanical Gardens.

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