10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. According to the latest research data, the total Brown Bear population in Greece is 475 to 500 and here in the Pindos range there are 350 to 400 animals (Pilidis, 2015, in pub.). Not at all.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 271

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s not like I had forgotten lists created with friends of ‘songs with birds in the lyrics’, my personal favorites being Sondheim’s Green Finch and Linnet Bird and the Beatles’ Blackbird. It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 224

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2014

I was fortunate to spend time scanning open fields, wetlands, and the inlet separating Hong Kong from China with this large group of friendly and avid avian observers. Do your research. 23 Crested Serpent-Eagle. 24 Greater Spotted Eagle. David observed that they only flush for eagles, so we stopped and scanned.

2014 226

2014 Eagles Asia Groups 226

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Many robins, eagles and finches later, he ended up at university studying various biology things and wrote a thesis on vertebrate biogeography in southern African forests. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

2011 221

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 221

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Crested Serpent-Eagle – Spilornis cheela. Short-toed Snake-Eagle – Circaetus gallicus. Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. Lesser Spotted Eagle – Clanga pomarina. Greater Spotted Eagle – Clanga clanga. Little Eagle – Hieraaetus morphnoides. Tai-Po-Kau. 09 Apr 2017.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. When juvenile Chinese Blackbirds want to get an alcoholic drink at a bar, they usually blacken their yellow gape flanges in order to look older.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 197