10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

From that year onward my work became dedicated to the protection of the area, as well as promotion of local ecotourism possibilities. Other important breeding species include Black and White Stork , Lesser Spotted , White-tailed , and Booted Eagle. Overwintering raptors include Greater Spotted , Golden , and Imperial Eagles.

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Greece Wildlife Boars Otters 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

” He faces up to seven-and-a-half years in prison and fines totaling more than $500,000.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2022

This was the first geological site protected in the Djerdap area, formed along a fault by incision of the Boljetinska River into the sedimentary rocks. Among the possible species there are Rock Bunting , Eurasian Wryneck , Grey-headed and Eurasian Green Woodpeckers , European Honey Buzzard , Lesser Spotted Eagle.

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Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Romania 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Photo: This area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles , which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country. White-tailed Eagles are numerous and I observed five – four of them at once (3 imm. White-tailed Eagles by Szekeres Levente. Photographed by Szekeres Levente. and one ad.).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Thanks to protection, tame and easy to see at various sites! Ornate Hawk-Eagle. Black-cheeked Woodpecker. The common woodpecker of the Caribbean lowlands. Not all that rare, just shy but you might see it on a quite walk in the Monteverde Reserve. Or, one might even appear at the Colibri Cafe. Great Curassow.

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Costa Rica Birds Panama Woodpeckers 244

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Where a birder goes in the Caribbean determines which birds are seen including toy-like todies, Carib hummingbirds, cool pigeons, quail-doves, unique avian families and outrageous woodpeckers. Short-tailed Hawk, Black Hawk-Eagle, Brown-capped Tyrannulet , and other species. Black Hawk-Eagle from another day.

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Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

Best birds: Common Shelduck , Garganey , Ferruginous Duck , Little Bittern , White-tailed Eagle , Black and Whiskered Terns , Eurasian Penduline Tit , Bearded Reedling , Savi’s Warbler , Common Reed Bunting. Status: Proposed for protection , but threatened by plans for a large scale development. eBird checklist. eBird checklist.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. But the shocking voice that made the difference and prevented the full protection of elephants was even less expected than the WWF’s stance – the EU vote. And it gave me a hope.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 191

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Black Stork and three pairs of White-tailed Eagles breed here. This protected area is of special importance for migrating waders, of which some 27 species were reported here, including Pied Avocet , Temminck’s Stint , Red-necked Phalarope , Sanderling and Dunlin. eBird bar chart. #1 1 Kompenzacioni bazen lake, Pirot.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. Assuming that the (North American) Imperial Woodpecker and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker are both extinct, the Great Slaty Woodpecker is the largest woodpecker species alive. A worrying trend.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus. Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca.

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Lions India Mammals Boars 233

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii). Accipiter sp.

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2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. Greater Spotted Eagle by Artemy Voikhansky. (The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2015

The tropical dry deciduous jungle, or “jungle”, however you see it, covers almost 90% of 600 km2 (230 mi2) of this protected area. Grey-headed Fish Eagle Copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj. Crested Serpent Eagle Copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj. Good to know. It is dominated by Burmese Teak , interspersed by thickets of Calcutta Bamboo.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2013

Now that’s a tropical woodpecker… Crimson-winged Woodpecker. We saw a number of these distinctive raptors, along with Crested Serpent Eagles and Oriental or Crested Honey Buzzards. As we left Panti, we stopped at a secret spot where a juvenile Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle called relentlessly in the forest.

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Malaysia Singapore Monkeys Birds 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

and 180 bird species ( Ferruginous Duck , Black Woodpecker ; Icterine , Eastern Olivaceous and Barred Warblers ) recorded so far. In June 2021, the Mayor of Belgrade announced that Beljarica will finally become officially protected. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Thanks to fortunate foresight, a lot of land was set aside in Costa Rica as national parks and protected areas (and some of these are easily accessed) but the best forest still happens to be at the terminus of the road and en route, you will be treated to species deficit birding in plenty of pastures. A pair of Shining Honeycreepers.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Even among the protected areas of Serbia, the Iron Gates National Park (in Serbian: Djerdap) stands out as better preserved. Keep in mind that the special nature reserves (dark green on the park map) enjoy the highest level of protection and are off limits to visitors (possible only with research permits issued by the park authorities).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

A birder needs access to large areas of mature forest that also offer up chances at seeing glittering flocks of tanagers, checking out the tail bobbing behavior of cool antbirds, and glassing a hawk-eagle or two. This is what a Black Hawk-Eagle shape looks like. Rufous-winged Woodpecker. Ornate Hawk-Eagle. Black Guan.

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Costa Rica Panama Birds Eagles 203

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats. I am still looking for that elusive Hairy Woodpecker, but I did get to add a Red-breasted Sapsucker to the list. Poor things looked like they were freezing to death.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 131

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I had a Pileated Woodpecker who used to jab at my hand whenever I needed to rewrap her bandages,” says Maureen Eiger, providing a perfect example of a single rehabber struggling to hold and wrap at the same time. But life is not perfect.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. Short-toed Snake-Eagle – Circaetus gallicus. Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2017

A narrow bluff-top buffer zone is also protected. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos minor. Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. It consists mostly of old orchards and rustic summer cottages, extending into huge cornfields.

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Serbia Breeding Woodpeckers Feral 121

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 247

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2018

With my Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) field guide in hand, off we set to put a few Scottish birds on the list. Loch Kinellan, with its pair of Slovian Grebes , Sheildag, with their pair of nesting White-tailed Eagles , the ferry ride over to Isle of Skye, got me Manx Shearwaters, and Guillemots.

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Qatar Sparrows South Africa Africa 118

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Bald Eagles are Getting Spoiled… Help Save Migratory Birds! Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2012

The aptly named Fire-bellied Woodpecker drummed above our heads and a Blue Cuckooshrike sang out the loudest as its beautiful song echoed around the forest. Therefore I personally believe the more tourists that visit these areas; the more likely it is they shall remain protected into the future.

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Ghana Guinea Birds Eagles 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. And although the single Bald Eagle we spotted just outside the park was probably more interested in fish, they are known to enjoy fawn as well, when they can carry it.

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Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) YourBirdOasis.com Mar 17th, 2011 at 11:22 am So polygynandry really is rare, but I can’t believe I forgot about Acorn Woodpecker! But I am not a mallard.

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Orlando is so rich in roadside and overhead birds that I kept a list of species seen from the car which ran to 30+ on the first morning and included a Bald Eagle nonchalantly sitting on a street lamp by a Target store. This is not good habitat for a Redgannet ; I had to get out of line. What a show … er … show-off!

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Danum Valley is a conservancy that protects a large area of lowland rainforest in Sabah in northeastern Borneo. Some of the birds were astonishingly confiding, including a Rufous -capped Babbler foraging for insects, a tiny Rufous Piculet ( a diminutive type of woodpecker) and a very bold Black-and-yellow Broadbill.

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Lemurs Family Rhinoceros Fish 159

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet? For birds of prey, we have plates of flight silhouettes, Eagles in flight, Kites in flight, Buzzards in flight, Harriers in flight, Accipiters in flight, falcons in flight, plus multiple flight images on each species account.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 148

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Blue Tailed BeeEater, White Bellied Sea Eagle, White Rumped Shama were other ones I particularly enjoyed. Highlight was probably a White Throated Rock Thrush, but I’m regretting that I didnt try harder to see a Red Jungle Fowl that I heard. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Deer Birds Owls 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Many robins, eagles and finches later, he ended up at university studying various biology things and wrote a thesis on vertebrate biogeography in southern African forests. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp!

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