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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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” Blue-bearded Bee-eaters seem to have a pretty clever hunting strategy. Unfortunately, googling him to get further information gives me my own earlier blog post as entry number 5 (which as usual for my posts is mostly free of any useful information), so I guess not much is known about him.

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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

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So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor. eBird gives the Indigo Flycatcher a very positive review, calling it a “beautiful little gem of a flycatcher” Apparently, Indigo Flycatchers mainly hunt in groups, as described here.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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Activities such as hunting, fishing, and trapping are categorized as “consumptive” uses. In contrast, consumptive uses were minor: fishing accounted for 10 percent and hunting was just 4 percent. The individual reports provide additional information and more detailed breakdowns of the numbers. Billy Frank Jr.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

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While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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According to the HBW, sounds and vocal behavior are poorly documented while there is no information on incubation and fledging periods, and the behavior section only has the rather lame statement “General behavior much for others of the genus.” ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. Our mobile phones had no signal inside the reserve, yet, the guides were communicating on some local network, informing each other where the tigers are. The Telia Lake.

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