10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As long as they meet these two requirements, birders can come on down and contemplate the gorget colors of Volcano Hummingbirds and look for hundreds of tropical bird species: Visitors need to fill out an official health form. Visitors need to provide proof of health insurance approved by Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health.

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Costa Rica Birds United States Washington 235

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

First, you get to tour one of their California centers , you get a special opportunity to see a Pelican getting its final medical exam and numbered leg band, plus you get the honor of releasing one, or in my case, two of their rehabilitated pelicans! There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue

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Bird Rescue Pelicans Rescue Birds 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2012

It doesn’t take long for a human child to get too large to be suitable prey for most species, and nearly all raptors learned about being cautious of humans relatively early in our history as a weapon-wielding primate.

Eagles 135

Eagles Psychology Primates Montana 135

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

One is Tylenol (the human pain medication) — a completely selective feral-cat poison. Before the recent events you had to really dig around on the National Audubon Society’s website before you finally got to this page on cats. Pretty standard. But the TNR lobby has blocked its registration for this use.

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 272

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. They are considered unlucky, so no one has a kind heart for them.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2016

Yes, Neil Hayward was in a position to break the Big Year record—748 species–of the fabled Sandy Komito, a feat that some birders said couldn’t be done (not so much for reasons of birding skill, but because of a different playing field , literally). ” I am disappointed that there are no photographs.

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2013 Arizona Birds San Diego 107

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I particularly enjoyed the story involving the Satyr Tragophan , not because I enjoy painful stories of high medical bills so much as if you are going to come a cropper of a bird it may as well be a good looking one (as with birding with life in general really). Signs are posted warning of particularly aggressive birds in parks.

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New Zealand Birds Australia Kangaroos 154