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Birding Beljarica in August

10,000 Birds

I started the campaign for the protection of Beljarica, raising public awareness and collecting more than 10,000 petition signatures, not only because of its Eurasian Otters , White-tailed Eagles , Black Storks , Icterine and Eastern Olivaceous Warblers , etc., but because this large spillway protects the city from flooding.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. He collected the first data set, invented the experimental equipment, came up with the first conclusions, the theories and findings upon which subsequent studies have been based. It’s not a bad idea.

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Greater Sage-grouse v. Wind Turbines in Oregon

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BLM issued a draft EIS, provided the public with an opportunity to comment, and then issued the final EIS , a comprehensive document that runs 1253 pages. The many BLM documents relating to the project can be found here.). The plan included a number of sage-grouse mitigation measures.

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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

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We don’t really know – if we put aside already well documented habitat destruction. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The original specimens were collected in dense jungle, and the recent sightings in more open forest may represent suboptimal habitat. What are the threats? Humbly, we approach on foot.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. I’m extremely grateful to Paul for taking the initiative in raising awareness of this NWR campaign.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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