10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

” are the big questions at the heart of Vagrancy in Birds by Alexander Lees and James Gilroy, an impressive, fascinating book about what ornithologists and wildlife biologists have found out about avian vagrancy so far and their theories explaining this phenomenon. 2022 (available in Europe from Helm/Bloombury). Princeton Univ.

Birds 255

Birds Compassion Eagles Science 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. As visitors’ and the public’s interests expanded from the Big Five, and an appreciation for lesser mammals, birds and smaller wildlife has became more widespread, the term Little Five was coined.

Buffalo 195

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 195

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. Free-ranging domestic cats have been introduced globally and have contributed to multiple wildlife extinctions on islands.

Feral Cats 252

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. Ecotourism will no doubt arrive soon, and with luck its revenue will prove that there’s more to be gained from protecting wildlife than selling it to hunters.” “I would certainly recommend Serbia to visiting birders.

Serbia 150

Serbia Birds Bulgaria Farming 150