10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Islands, with their high levels of endemism and specialization, are particularly fragile and vulnerable to human activity. Recent studies show that many island species went extinct before anyone managed to document their existence. 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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Cuba Parrots Collecting Columbus 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. He describes the change model he was using as follows: From my orientation, background, and bias, scholarly work must come first to document and establish a need for change. ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 249

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

In fact, the Dodo belonged to a clade (sometimes called Raphini) of 15 remarkable, bizarre, intriguing island-adapted pigeons, some of which are still alive today, but eight of which have been hacked from the tree of life, driven to extinction by humans. The painting above is by 17th-century Flemish artist Roelant Savery.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 273

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

After three years of observation at a Bald Eagle nest in Washington state, I believe that young birds do, in fact, learn to fly — and they appear to learn much the same way we do. While these adults were not banded, it is well documented that Bald Eagles are monogamous and return to the same nest each year.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 182

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

“Spooked” is a bit of a strong word as I was very likely the first human this bird had ever seen and it stuck around for quite a while merely five metres away from me. I decided to go for my very first visual pitta encounter, a Hooded Pitta I spooked next to the trail. Clare went a chose a first for Australia.

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 182