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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not much further, on the new tarmac that ends 6 km before the Gramos village, we find muddy bear footprints crossing the road.

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Yogi Bear Giveaway

4 The Love Of Animals

Yogi Bear features everyone’s favorite talking bear Yogi (Dan Aykroyd) and his adorable sidekick Boo Boo (Justin Timberlake) as they raise havoc with their hair-brained schemes in Jellystone Park much to the chagrin of Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh). Tell me your favorite thing about bears! Save the bears!

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King of Kings

10,000 Birds

” Eastern Kingbirds are dark above, white below, and boast a distinctive white-tipped tail. This is no mere functional protection of the nesting area from injurious invasion. Pete Dunne describes how crows and grackles “are frequently driven to the ground by Eastern Kingbird’s frenzied onslaught.”

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

10,000 Birds

But if they obeyed the rules, which may be too strict – in the Kruger Park in South Africa, the limit is 50 km/h (31 mi/h) – they would not manage to show tourists much of the reserve in about three hours in the morning and the afternoon, which would reflect on their tip. A sounder of Indian Boars is watching us from the jungle. Good to know.

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Domestic or Ganky Geese

10,000 Birds

Even the ones that bear the same plumage as their progenitors, however, can usually be distinguished by their larger bulk. Hat-tip to Stella. Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Wicked, right?

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

10,000 Birds

The lower bird is almost certainly littoralis the general upperpart tone lighter olive grey; the more prominent supercilium; whiter median and greater covert tips as opposed to buff; white rather than dirty grey outer tail feathers and restricted flank smudging and streaking all point to this individual being a Scandinavian Rock Pipit.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

Many of the fruits, seeds and flowers that make up a significant part of a macaw’s diet in this part of the Amazon basin have evolved with naturally occurring toxins designed for the plant’s self-protection. Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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