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Schoolkids Across Asia Team Up to Save the Spoon-Billed Sandpiper

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And when you have adorable children coloring adorable pictures of Spoon-billed Sandpipers for an animated video about saving said Sandpipers, my friends, you have officially pushed the cute meter to the limit. For proof, check out this behind-the-scenes look at the video-creation process. Hat tip to Clare M. for the scoop!)

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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And of course, this entry on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush would not be complete without mentioning a paper that presumably nobody will ever read: “The complete mitochondrial genome of red-tailed laughingthrush ( Garrulax milnei )” As usual, there are many authors (8 in this case), and all seem to be Chinese (also as usual).

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

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They found several thousand red siskins, a discovery that not only changed the course of the species’ history, but inspired the local villages to embark on a conservation mission that has become a model for local communities the world over. A Red Siskin close to one of the granite outcrops in the Rupununi.

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PETA Exposes Horrible Practice of Reptile Skinning

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This link has a horrible photo and a worse video. Tags: reptiles indonesia lizards crocodile endangered species. The skins are being used for handbags and other products. Just warning you. It takes place in Indonesia.

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Baby Gorilla Rescued from Smugglers

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And here is a video about the bust and arrests. Tags: wildlife crime smuggling trafficking congo gorillas endangered species. She is thought to be about two years old, was hidden at the bottom of a bag and covered with clothes when Congolese Wildlife Authority officers arrested the suspected trafficker at Goma airport.

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Peregrine Falcons at the National Wildlife Refuges

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I’m sure most of you know that the Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species because of the use of organochlorine pesticides, especially DDT, during the 1950′s, 60′s, and 70′s. They were officially listed as Endangered in 1970 in the U.S. Peregrine Falcon at Delevan National Wildlife Refuge.

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The Rusty Squirrel-Hawk AKA Ferruginous Hawk

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Ferruginous Hawks were petitioned for listing under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1991 but rejected; currently they are listed as a Category 2 Species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1.

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