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Flock to Marion

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A family motel and passion for responsible ecotourism brought her home to the Oregon Coast where she and her husband, Erik, adventure and record a podcast ( Hannah and Erik Go Birding ), created in an effort to inspire others to get out and bird. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience. Salvin’s Prion.

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Swimming with dolphins

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People ascribe near mythic status to the members of the family Delphinidae (and other related families). I had my first swim with Inshore Bottlenose Dolphins in Northland’s Bay of Islands back in 2000, and it was a tripy experience. Birding dolphins marine mammals New Zealand endemic' South Banks Peninsula.

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Coyotes in Carbon Canyon

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When staying with Daisy’s family in Yorba Linda, California, I often wake up early in the morning and take the short walk up to the southern end of Carbon Canyon Regional Park to do some birding. Despite, or maybe because of the active human intervention, quite a few species can be seen in a couple hours in the morning. (I

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Africa is famous for its large, charismatic mammals, and the Big Five epitomize the most sought-after of these fantastic beasts. 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.

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

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Instead, the film focuses on the importance of the Rio Grande delta as a migratory corridor and the different ways in which ornithologists, biologists, bird surveyors, banders, sanctuary guides, hawk counters, and birders contribute to creating safe places for migrating and residential birds (and also insects, reptiles, and mammals).

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MIA

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But I took an opportunity to go down to Manitoba with Travis to see my family. Travis got to experience things he normally wouldn’t (like spending about 5 hours every day in a pool) and seeing the world famous Canadian Forces Snowbirds aerobatic team (I can post a photo of them right? Bonus mammal image, a summer Arctic Hare.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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She is an excellent mother, managing not only to feed her four large cubs, but their visiting father One-eyed who comes by every now and then (he has two more families and being the good father he is, visits them all regularly, usually around lunch time). It is a success, despite the heavy burden of poaching and a human-tiger conflict.

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