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US a Hub for Eatin' Them Endangered Species

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(Be warned there's a horrific picture of a cooked monkey head in this article.) The United States is one of the world's largest, if not the largest, consuming nations for wildlife products. Tags: wildlife trafficking us endangered species. From Alternet.org. Since the demand continues, so does the trafficking.".

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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

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As I said last week , I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics and specialities that I haven’t seen before over the coming year, and the first place that sprung to mind was pretty close, just across the Cook Strait in the Marlborough Sounds. Then came Blumine Island, and my number one target for the day.

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Petrel Paradise

10,000 Birds

Fluttering Shearwater ( Puffinus gavia ) Flesh-footed Shearwater ( Puffinus carneipes ) Buller’s Shearwater ( Puffinus bulleri ) Along with these three were Two further species, also both familiar to North American birders, Sooty Shearwaters and Short-tailed Shearwaters. It is also restricted as a breeder to the north of North Island.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It “The Volkovs took their food seriously and once they began cooking were a near-unstoppable force” (chapter 13). He wanted to do research that would have a conservation impact.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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Nineteen days later we had racked up an amazing list of 436 species, including some of Africa’s least known birds such as Congo Serpent Eagle , Yellow-footed Honeyguide , Tessmann’s Flycatcher , Yellow-bearded Greenbul , Black-collared Lovebird and much besides. We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

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