Europe Experiments Research Wildlife 
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2024
In the same article, Henry Adams, wildlife management coordinator for Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute, describes the night heron as having “grumpy old geezer energy.” But not in Europe either. Some ornithological research is surprisingly simple. Not an in-vitro photo.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2016
In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not at all.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
I live in the southeast of Europe, for a while lived in the south of Africa and also have extensively birded western and central India. Here where I live – in one of the bird-richest corners of Europe, but I miss the species diversity of my yester years. Map by BirdLife International. I am talking 600 or 700+ bird species.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2024
A bit of rain caused a two-hour delay on the flight in and, on my way back to Europe, they couldn’t find the airplane (clue: big metal thing with wings). After a pleasant morning with ducks, crisp snow and sunshine, we followed the wildlife trail on our way out. I flew into Denver from Mexico. And now I did. Chuffed to bits!
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. ” and its companion question, “Why is this bird here?”
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