Cattle, Investigation and Woodpeckers

Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso. Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds

Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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