10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

I went out with the morning sunrise tour and then came back with the wildlife tour in the afternoon, something they are prepared to do for birders who want to spend time on Blumine Island (if both tours are going anyway). The reason Alan had come was to film another endemic, a critically endangered species, the Orange-fronted Parakeet.

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Charlotte New Zealand Seals Fur 112

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

An individual was located in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thane district in 2014.” In Maharashtra, a pair was observed (out of 7 pairs in 2004) in Toranmal Reserve Forest, and in Madhya Pradesh, six individuals were observed in Khaknar. Later stages of the same tour: Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning.

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India Owls Tigers Cows 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Along the way he discovered German falconer and wildlife artist, Renz Waller, who successfully bred a pair of Peregrines twice during some of the worst conditions of WW II and two American falconers, Larry Schram and Heinz Meng who were successful in breeding Peregrines from 1968 to 1971. And grow they did.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 173

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

And he sometimes travels around New Zealand giving people the chance to encounter one of their most endangered species in a semi-natural habitat. Sirocco than Kakapo being handfed. The quality of these photos is not great because my fancy camera couldn’t handle the poor light and it isn’t done to flash this important bird.

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New Zealand Parrots Sanctuary Family 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Despite birding in shattered forests with the constant background whine of chainsaws, the birding is phenomenal, with an incredible diversity and volume of rare and endangered species. Whether permits being issued are for selective harvesting or not, what is undeniable is that these reserves are being clear-felled.

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Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 189

Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

Together with colleagues, Hicks was able to take in five orphaned chimpanzees who will soon be sent to a sanctuary in eastern Congo. Tags: chimpanzees poaching congo endangered species. Since Hicks left in November 2008, his colleagues Laura Darby and Adam Singh have observed another seven chimpanzee orphans and 3 carcasses.

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Congo Apes Endangered Species 2008 100