10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2013

It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia. Judging by my experiences with the species, the Black-tailed Godwit’s behaviour is restricted to two aspects.

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Germany Russia Iceland India 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

Less and Gilroy sort through the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) factors thought to cause vagrancy and the scientific experiments that have sought to prove their significance with patience and plain language as well as charts and photographs. 2022 (available in Europe from Helm/Bloombury). Next time, I’ll know why.

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Birds Compassion Eagles Science 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

I was given my first real field guide to the birds of Europe by my parents, a guide beyond the species found at backyard feeders and city ponds. Yes, in the face of all the human tragedy the Cold War caused it may seem a miniscule aspect, but to a young boy who was passionate about birds, it wasn’t. This made me truly sad.

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Europe Birds Kazakhstan Russia 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

My last blog has created quite a discussion among the readers, mostly from US, but also southern and eastern Africa and Europe (apologies if I forgot some region). I found those comments insightful and inspiring, valuable experiences and opinions worthy of sharing to a wider audience than the FB groups where they were initially posted.

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Greece Birds Zambia Experience 207

Critter News

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Tags: europe apes. Their is a proposal to ban testing on apes in the EU.

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Apes Animal Welfare Gorillas Europe 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

But how many animal research supporters (non-scientists) actually step into a room and observe an experiment? 68,315 people signed an online RSPCA petition stating "We, the undersigned, call on the British Government to work towards ending the use of animals in experiments, replacing them with humane alternatives.".

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RSPCA Animal Research Research Collecting 100

Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. Tags: europe animal research medical research. Oh, but if you actually FEEL something, you might actually THINK about what you are doing.

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Medical Research Medical Research Apes 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

For one, they are remarkably diverse with a little over 380 species spread over every continent except Europe (only introduced) and Antarctica. In my experience, parrots form a visibly and numerically important component of the Brazilian bird fauna. Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family.

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Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 168

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

The Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita is an abundant species with an impressive global range that stretches from the West of Europe across Siberia to Russia’s far East, just falling short of reaching the Bering Straits by a laughable 800 kilometres, a fact one individual apparently found too awkward to bear. But easy ain’t all.

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Kazakhstan Europe Russia Asia 157

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

Incidentally, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal are among the eighteen countries where falconry is inscribed as a living human heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESC0), attesting to the great heritage of this sport in many parts of the world.

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2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 129

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can. and Europe. “Humans are unique. Evolving Gifts.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America. This is where they got their name. According to R.D. ca 1630–1647. Crawford, R.D.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 204

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Snowy Owls are used in falconry, more so in Europe but they are legal for a few states here in the US. Falconers must always keep their birds somewhat wild so if they get separated or the bird flies off never to return, it can still survive on it’s own without human intervention. Many get their birds from breeders.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 244

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

If there are human fishing activities then all the better – Marabous will gather in numbers around fishermen’s docks and fish markets, in fact anywhere where fish are cleaned and scraps disposed of, allowing these intelligent birds to obtain a free meal.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 241

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation. Humans were drawing owls 36,000 years ago, as Ackerman points out! They are also hunted.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are part of the scarab beetle complex and over 300 species have been described, occurring not only in Africa but also Europe, Asia and the Americas. They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets! to the far reaches of freezing Siberia.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I got to see a beautiful female and owlet on a trip to a secret nest location near Howard Prairie Lake (human-made nest structures have enhanced local breeding for these huge owls whose nest success is boosted to 83% on artificial platforms vs. 66% at natural sites). The experience, the place, and the bird combine to make this my BBOTY.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Drive a bit to the southwest, and you reach Tarifa, Europe’s most southerly point. More and more people arrived — from all over western Europe, although I seemed to be the only one present from the Americas. Still, both experiences easily make it into my lifetime top-10. A slightly-blue Eurasian Blue Tit.

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Spain Birds Mexico Eagles 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. This is big, global-level stuff with amazing findings but worrisome data.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

When I came here for the first time, the Kerkini Lake was the only place in Europe where Dalmatian Pelicans were increasing their numbers. Below legal size for humans is still legal for pelicans. I do have experience with this species from Bodrum, Turkey; it is daring, bold and cocky, and is impossible to forget.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

One of Africa’s truly exhilarating experiences is watching and listening to a honking flock of these massive birds as they appear out of the early morning mists over a wetland, to land nearby and start their wing-flapping and jumping displays. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 192

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. It isn’t like not killing the cat is in any way humane, considering the number of animals it will kill over time.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Kitsissunnguit is relatively easy to get to for humans and is only a 1­2 hour boat trip away from the city Aasiaat. The Arctic terns are very enduring and have the longest bird migration from their way across the Atlantic Sea to western Europe and along the west coast of Africa to the Antarctic waters. Greenland’s Birds.

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North America Eagles Breeding Fish 177

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

But not in Europe either. One of these pages is dedicated to the harm and benefit the species has for humans, while a full page is dedicated to instructions on how to hunt the bird: The translation of the first sentence indicates the general tone: “They are not very shy, and easy to shoot.” Not an in-vitro photo.

Birds 192

Birds Research Science Europe 192

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

ADI, which has previously rescued and relocated animals in Europe, South America and Africa have described it as one of the most complex logistical operation they have ever undertaken but say it will be worth all of the effort when the animals walk free. The ADI rescue operation was backed by Bob Barker.

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ADI Animal Defenders International Bolivia Lions 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Gorman, a Brit who now resides in Central Europe, is a naturalist and tour leader who specializes in Eastern Europe and woodpeckers. He has authored Woodpeckers of Europe (2004), Birding in Eastern Europe (2006), a monograph on The Black Woodpecker (2011), and numerous popular and scholarly articles.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 244