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Birding northern Serbia, or a sudden bird tour

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Sadly, there have been no males displaying for the last five years, so the remaining 8 females – the entire Serbian population – may only incubate unfertilised eggs. Also along the Tamis River, our next hotspot was a fish farm in the Sakule Village. That tall poplar, they often stand there… there’s an eagle!” “In who dipped it).

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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

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En route, the teenagers were chatting away when suddenly I screamed “Eagles!”, Bald Eagles ,” I said encouragingly/defensively/lamely. She landed on the water, dove, and disappeared from view; eventually she somehow returned to the air carrying a dozen slender fish, a feat which seemed aerodynamically impossible. There’s one!”.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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Comebackers

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Fish and Wildlife Service. Alaska’s long-lining fleet now must have bird-deterrent measures in place, which means a lot more Laysan, Black-footed and Short-tailed Albatross are not being injured or drowned in fishing gear. A curious Laysan Duck takes a stroll at Midway Atoll. That would have been awful.

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Remotest Endemic Birds

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Its numbers are declining rapidly due to feral cats and this duck is currently listed as vulnerable. Like its distant island neighbor to the north, Tristan can only be reached by ship and its population of 264 people rely on farming, fishing and supplies from fishing vessels that arrive from South Africa about 8 times a year.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

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Aside from geese, various albatross, alcids, eagles, owls, cranes, swans and condors have life partners as well. There is some debate on the reproductive/genetic benefits of this, although a common view is that individuals don’t want all their eggs in one genetic basket, so to speak (pun intended, zing!).

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

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She volunteered out of both scientific interest (she had just finished a master’s degree in biology) and a feeling of ownership–she grew up in the former fishing village of Lantzville, across the Salish Sea from Vancouver, and just north of the town of Nanaimo, where she boards the Achiever. ” There are amazing stories here.

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