10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2013
Some make stopovers along Florida’s coast, others fly straight from stopovers in the northern states to the coast of South America. As shorebirds look for suitable sites to spend up to 9 months in their wintering grounds, biologists with the Pan-American Shorebird Banding Program also start preparing for a new banding campaign.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
As a result, the Aruba Birdlife Conservation Foundation began a campaign to make the Burrowing Owl the country’s national bird , which was officially named in 2012. Unfortunately, due to development and other pressure on their populations, their numbers in Aruba have been falling.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2019
But in the fall (with plumage as in the photo on the left, above) they take an entirely different, and heroic, route, first to Massachusetts and then, after a rest, south over the Atlantic Ocean. The blackpoll, “a bird with a body just a little larger than your thumb,” doesn’t stop until South America. Eighty hours of flying.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2012
This species has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and other islands near South America, a handful of islands in the southern Indian Ocean and a number of New Zealand’s sub-Antarctic islands. Be sure to support campaigns to save these magnificent birds.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2011
Bolivia found support from Peru, but this alliance was ultimately defeated by Chile after a four-year naval and land campaign. That’s when the strain was felt and Chile began to push. The northen section of the Atacama desert along the Pacific coast was annexed from Bolivia, which remains landlocked to this day.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2015
I just flew nonstop from Canada to South America and boy, are my arms tired.” Only you can help prevent three threatened Australian birds from permanently falling victim to sugar gliders, according to a crowdfunding campaign. Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) No, you didn’t.
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 3, 2010
ADI, which has previously rescued and relocated animals in Europe, South America and Africa have described it as one of the most complex logistical operation they have ever undertaken but say it will be worth all of the effort when the animals walk free. ADI also rescues animals in distress worldwide.
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