10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The bird guides have not worked for over a year now, and of course being a young industry, most of the bird guides had invested in other alternative businesses. The most affected were the local guides and porters who live around national parks and depend entirely on tourism.

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Uganda Rwanda Birds Industry 217

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

And apart from local people, primate researchers sometimes spot it, but it is a species seen by fewer than ten living birders. His employers were magnanimous in granting him time to research what was to be his magnum opus, published over the course of 20 years – the four-part Birds of the Belgian Congo.

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Congo Africa South Africa Madagascar 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

There are variations on that theme, of course. In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. In the latter, three or more adult individuals contribute to the raising of offspring.

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Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 206

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Raise global awareness of Peru’s potential as a top-notch birding destination whilst highlighting the need to conserve bird habitat across the country. Besides the birds, the teams were distracted by half a dozen primate species and rare Giant River Otters. An Andean Flicker on the ground in the Peruvian Andes.

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Peru 2012 Birds Falcons 233

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Between staying warm/cool, finding food, avoiding predators, migrating thousands of miles every year, finding mates, raising chicks and doing all this at the mercy of the elements, it makes sense that they have more brainpower than just simple instinct to run on. Picture being a Blackpoll Warbler being born in the boreal forests of Alaska.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 212