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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. Of course, there is nothing I like better than ending a post with the photo of an anonymous leaf warbler.

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On Peaceable Kingdom, Part Deux

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The voices of Jim Vandersluis and Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis of Maple Farm Sanctuary were especially poignant, and the anguish in their faces--in their eyes--jumps off the screen as they explain how and when it hit them that the business of raising goats for milk requires surrendering the babies to be slaughtered. For all of us.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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The material on Bermuda is particularly engrossing, illustrating what it is like to be a researcher in a remote area of the seemingly-glamorous Bahamas, studying birds and counting berries at sites called the Goat Farm and Dead Dog Road. There are also the larger issues of negotiating with the Bermuda government and its landowners for access.

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Extinction Week on 10,000 Birds

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Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. And it is a rate of extinction that is speeding up! … Extinction is forever.

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Extinction Week Recap

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And some of the extinctions were of small animals, like the many dwarf goats and elephants in the Mediterranean. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. Some of these giants were lost surprisingly recently – the last mammoths around 1700 BC.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

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And of course you’ll be keen to keep an eye open for Mantell’s Moa , one of ten species you should see on your tour. Of course, excited as you will be by these magnificent ratites, we have other targets here. 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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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. Of course, the Common Cuckoo is generally seen in a rather negative way due to its way of dealing with bringing up its chicks. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day. You should try it too.

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