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Flock to Marion

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Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding bug. After securing our passage, I patiently waited for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to a place we have never been and lacked any knowledge of, we were in for a complete surprise.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. This is the most intense, tragic section.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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” “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up. (If Anyway, the story is not quite how I remembered it, to be honest, but fitting enough to describe the almost claustrophobic birding experience in ever-shrinking Nanhui. Of course, Little Egrets like to eat fish. Happy with the link?

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. Barn Swallows are a bit unhappy with their image as restless aerial hunters and would like to gain a more stately and dignified profile.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Lions quenching their thirst in Etosha National Park by Adam Riley Observing Lions hunting is a thrilling experience.

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

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The birds that I have experience with, like some of the raptors, wading birds, shorebirds, and tanagers, are all true-to-life in color, shape, and proportions to say nothing of being pretty paintings, if slightly sterile on the standard plain white background. of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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This would be a night drive, cold, dark, uncomfortable seats, loud engine in the giant 26-seater truck, scanning the brush and the roadside with three or four strong spotlights wrangled by volunteers among the nature-loving tourists, and of course, the headlights of the truck. And, of course, something interesting came along.