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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

10,000 Birds

Casualties surrounding migration were limited to natural events such as weather – not wind generators, poisoned food and water from industry, farm run-off, or loss of traditional stopover areas due to habitat destruction. In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car.

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Homage to Catalonia

10,000 Birds

First stop is the nearby Llobregat Delta reserve, a network of canals and pine forests squeezed in between the airport and industrial plants. Through the Rat-penat houses, enveloped in their lush green gardens, the road winds up the edge of a limestone gorge towards the Garraf nature park (pronounced a bit like barking, garrrrAf).

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Catalonian Spring

10,000 Birds

First stop is the nearby Llobregat Delta reserve, a network of canals and pine forests squeezed in between the airport and industrial plants. Through the Rat-penat houses, enveloped in their lush green gardens, the road winds up the edge of a limestone gorge towards the Garraf natural park (pronounced a bit like barking, garrrrAf).

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

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. Another of Ghana’s forest gems, the seldom encountered Fraser’s Eagle Owl. .

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