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Africa’s endangered species

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All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. Around 3,000 birds summered and bred at Birecik in the 1930’s but this declined to only 400 by 1982.

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Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

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And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) Tags: beluga whale Palin alaska endangered species. First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario covers 311 species (publicity material says 310, probably because Alder and Willow Flycatchers share one page), birds that author Chris Earley says, “are seen in the province most regularly” (p.

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Birding Guanica, Puerto Rico

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Similarly, the Turkey Vultures stayed Turkey Vultures. After all, it is an endangered species that once went missing for seventy-one years. Eventually we reached the trail’s destination to discover we had inadvertently hiked to an old fort which had a marvelous view. Seriously…). happy birders.

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What is the National Bird of the United States?

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Benjamin Franklin was famously not happy about the decision to use the Bald Eagle as a symbol of the United States (he preferred the Wild Turkey ). The banning of DDT and subsequent management of the species led to Bald Eagles being the poster child for the success of the Endangered Species Act.

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The Search for the Rarest Owl of India

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In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and, in the instance of this epic report, India. Trips endangered species India owlets owls' We look forward to many more missives from Dragan.

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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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Taking the above-mentioned factors into consideration and whether the bird had a unique appearance or behaviors, here they are, a suggested top 25 target species list for Costa Rica: Great Curassow. No turkeys up in here, just a big wild and crazy Cracid! In some spots, this amazing bird even visits feeders. Yellow-billed Cotinga.