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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Birkhead knows that these are sensitive topics.

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Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

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I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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You may not agree with it… but for millions of people across this nation hunting is a moral thing to do. .&# And then you seem to have no tolerance of a voice that that has a different viewpoint. It is OK for people to like to hunt. This proposed hunting season will clearly not impact the eastern population of sandhill cranes.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

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The prinia will then claim that its current name – celebrating a morally very questionable person – is no longer acceptable in the modern world. But not in Europe either. Personally, I wish the species the best of luck in this endeavor. (Of Not an in-vitro photo.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

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There had been works on falconry before Frederick’s time: treatises on falconry date back to the 10 th century in Europe, and King Harold of England (of Battle of Hastings fame) reputedly owned the largest collection of volumes devoted to the subject in all of Europe.

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