10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I new him because we enlisted his Dryfus Lion and one of his tigers to carry out experiments with bones (this is something archaeologists do). Also, feral Cats on islands seem to be a serious problem, causing the extirpation of some indigenous species. billion mammals annually. They are invasive species.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. It comes as no surprise that more than 350 bird species have been recorded here. impressive for Central Europe.

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Austria Factory Asia Battery 298

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AUGUST 7, 2023

For birders, the Wolongshan area is like a poorer cousin of Balangshan – due to the lower elevation, the bird species here are more common and thus less interesting. Some Chinese Babax waste part of their lives feeding chicks of Large Hawk Cuckoos, which parasitize the babax species.

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Hamburgers Birds Science China 218

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

When you mention “Africa” to a birder, it is likely that at least two thirds will instantly think “Kenya”, and for a good reason: it is home to over 1,060 bird species and boasts many globally important birding areas. Each site gets from 2 to 5 pages (but mostly 3-4). Endemics are indicated with a bracket “(E)”.

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Kenya Africa South Africa Penguins 263

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

In the next year I visited the British Birdfair for the first time, which turned out to be the experience that changed my life. With more than 312 so far recorded bird species, Lake Kerkini National Park offers great birding year-round. In 2008, with my family decided to build the Limneo Lodge , a small accommodation with only 9 rooms.

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Greece Wildlife Boars Otters 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It feels good to start a post with some truly attractive birds – such as two species of broadbills. Strangely, there do not seem to be many papers on this species. In one paper , you can find fascinating sentences such as “The new species is most similar to D. My cats refuse to even try Fiery Minivets.

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 222

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2023

In Kangding, there is a rather opulent bird hide – two stories, solid construction, spacious, lots of glass, a separate paved parking lot, though mysteriously (and as far as I can tell from my experience of living in China for almost 20 years, not indicative of fundamentally different physical needs of Chinese people) missing a bathroom.

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Birds Mammals St. Louis Monkeys 147

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Shoebill serves as the symbol of the magnificent wildlife experiences Uganda offers visitors, which may seem a bit odd. That honor goes to the Gray-crowned Crane , a very sexy species in its own right. Having finally seen this iconic species, I can assure you that the experience wildly exceeds expectations.

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Uganda Africa Birds Penguins 272

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APRIL 13, 2023

Most of them had brought kids along as well (probably among my least favorite mammals), which were pulled on gaudily colored skiing sleds by their hapless parents, creating a constant raucous noise. So, all this makes birding this place an occasionally less than pleasant experience. Never fails to startle them. “See, only three!”

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 213

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The lodge’s unique geotopographic positioning among the foothills that join the Caribbean lowlands to the cloud forests of Monteverde helps create important connectivity for the dispersal of several plant and animal species. We partner with the best guides in the area to provide unapparelled birding experiences.

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Costa Rica Reptiles Research Industry 155

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

An expanse of habitat as vast as Murchison Falls NP in Uganda, as excessively generous in beauty and biodiversity, permits endless ways to experience both its birds and animals. Plus, any place you can see both 15 different raptors and 15 different mammals in the same day sounds worth a visit, doesn’t it? Mind boggling, I answer!

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Uganda Senegal Africa Game 196

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MARCH 14, 2022

After securing our passage, I patiently waited for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to a place we have never been and lacked any knowledge of, we were in for a complete surprise. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species. Salvin’s Prion.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

You may remember back in 2017 when Nate participated in this trip or maybe you followed along in 2018 as the Birdchick dazzled us with her experiences there. Uganda boasts a checklist of well over one thousand species of birds and host of mammals, reptiles, and interesting insects.

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Uganda Africa Gorillas Reptiles 162

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JUNE 17, 2021

Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 And in June 2021, the Mayor of Belgrade announced that Beljarica Backwaters will finally become officially protected in July.

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Serbia Protection Deer Boars 277

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APRIL 27, 2022

My first experiments involved rooting cuttings of several of Michoacán’s dozens of Salvia species. But starting a mini-forest around the edges of our church’s one-acre lot would require more than cuttings, and local reforestation nurseries only offer a few conifer species. Yellow-winged Cacique.

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Mexico Collecting ALA Sparrows 238

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APRIL 16, 2017

The third weekend in April, when we birders in the northeastern United States start to go stir crazy, convinced that the wood-warblers should all be back by now and lamenting the species that we have not yet seen. Of course, many focus on mammals, particularly bunnies, on Easter weekend, but Mike was more interested in another mammal he saw.

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2017 United States Mammals Panama 100

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JANUARY 2, 2024

The selections appear to largely reflect Hauber’s personal experiences around the world and he does occasionally bring himself into the essay, reflecting on a European Robin he observes at dusk in northwestern Germany or searching for American Robin nests on a tree farm in the Midwestern United States. of Chicago Press, 2014).

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 188

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2012

Before I get into the nitty-gritties of my awesome birding experiences in Hungary I thought I would just share a few of the shots that I got during the trip. My life list has increased by 33 which, considering I tallied 137 species during the trip (out of the 160 that the group got), is a pretty significant total.

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Hungary Hedgehogs Birds Blackbirds 177

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JULY 27, 2023

The area is one of the most important in Greece for birds, comprising more than 270 species. Finally, of the at least 20 species of mammals present here, the otter, the jackal, and the wildcat certainly deserve a mention. Yet, much closer to me, on a bare salty ground, a little brown bird took flight singing her heart out.

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Greece Pelicans Birds Otters 193

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Dorian’s gregarious personality and self-deprecating sense of humor makes even the most meditative sections one of a piece with his birding experiences, producing a good read that may make you think. Are there butterfly or mammal big years? (If Plus tales of birding from the point of view of the traveling cyclist.

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Birds Los Angeles Massachusetts New York City 223

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AUGUST 20, 2017

Corey was pleased with the result of the whale-watching trip he took in Queens despite the fact that no one on the boat saw a single marine mammal. There were four Wilson’s Storm-Petrels sighted, only the second time Corey has seen this species in Queens. That’s easily good enough for Best Bird of the Weekend.

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2017 North America Whales Whaling 100

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JULY 7, 2015

But, I did take many photos, and used the book, in spurts during the trip and more closely afterward, to identify three seabird species, two expected (Sooty and Black-vented Shearwaters) and one a surprise. It does not include near-shore, coastal species, like Brown Pelican, Elegant Tern, and Harbor Seal.

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Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2016

Perhaps the best experience of the two days I spend offshore was not a bird, but a mammal. As it was when a small pod of Gervais’ Beaked Whales, small whales that look like bulked up Bottlenosed Dolphins tolerated our approach and allowed us to have a surreal experience with this mysterious marine mammal.

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Whales Whaling North Carolina Mammals 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2016

I was planning a trip to South Africa, I had about five days to fill, I wanted to get a bunch of desert species (particularly the Springbok – not a bird) in a way that wasn’t too hard to reach from Johannesburg. But I think it should be on the list of anyone that wants a knockout experience to share with non-birders.

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South Africa Leopards Giraffes Africa 156

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide covers 113 damselfly species and 170 dragonfly species, a total of 283 species. Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. .* Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. Paulson, William A.

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Costa Rica North America Family America 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2012

Jeff Gordon and I were wandering around the seriously disturbed habitat behind the airport hotel we stayed in outside of Budapest when a bizarre mammal about the size of an opossum crossed the path in front of us. There are seventeen species of hedgehog found across Europe, Asia, and Africa, the only places where hedgehogs are native.

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Hedgehogs Hungary Opossums North America 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Anyway, the story is not quite how I remembered it, to be honest, but fitting enough to describe the almost claustrophobic birding experience in ever-shrinking Nanhui. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). So, I need to find something else to say about this species.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 224

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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. Weidensaul traveled to each location to witness the research in process.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 257

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AUGUST 18, 2016

and dreaming of a place where the heat is moderate, beer snake-cold and birds innumerable… Let’s say, where the average annual maximum varies from 22 to 24 degrees Celsius / 72 to 75 Fahrenheit and where some 700+ bird species – 24 of them endemic – are waiting for an intrepid birder… Answer to the riddle?

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Africa Uganda Gorillas Rwanda 136

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

Lost Animals is a book about what was lost and witnesses to the loss—how the bird or mammal was viewed, often for the last time, through the lens of a camera. The idea of Lost Animals was conceived after the publication of Extinct Birds (2001), a 400-page, four-pound book on 75 extinct species.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 269

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JULY 4, 2022

Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? While the species favors forested hills at moderate elevations ( source ), there are no hills at all here at Nanhui, so maybe these individuals are outcasts or just eccentrics. Yes, you do, trust me. Arguments in favor: 1.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 193

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JULY 17, 2012

Baby birds are different from baby mammals in some interesting ways. ” but that may also say “I’m probably your offspring and not some cuckolding species’ offspring. ” We know that the baby bird signaling and the parent response, as well as some signaling form the parent, have co-evolved.

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Mammals Turtles Eggs Fish 196

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Based on his own experiences teaching ornithology to high school students in California, he believes that high school student often just need the spark of an interesting elective class that fills a graduation requirement. But his class was only one of two in the U.S., Think about it for a minute.

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2018 Agenda Science Eggs 264

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JUNE 11, 2013

This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. A harem male grooms one of his females. Photo by Adam Riley. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 161

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MAY 1, 2013

I had my first swim with Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins in Northland’s Bay of Islands back in 2000, and it was a tripy experience. Leaving from the harbour on boats were tours to swim with one of New Zealand’s most endangered mammal species, the Hector’s Dolphin. It wasn’t long before we saw them, either.

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Dolphins Sharks New Zealand Albatross 156

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

Greater and Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures are so similar that for a long time were thought to be the same species. The fact that one, the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, acted so differently and favored a different habitat alerted ornithologists to look closer and determine that indeed they were two separate species.

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Mice Killing Turkey Mammals 166

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APRIL 23, 2020

Having more than 1300 bird species, including over 75 endemics, it is hard to resist the lure of India – something I know from personal experience. The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in India allows you to focus on species (Index at pg. India is a huge and logistically frightening country. 16), making the planning process easier.

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India Lions 2020 Groups 251