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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. Penguins began to become numerous, and the anticipation turned into celebration as we saw our target.

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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And there is diversity in charisma–few people can resist an Emperor Penguin or a Secretary Bird, but common birds like Indian Myna and Black-crowned Night Heron also get their due respect. © 2023 Tony Angell; © 2023 Mark E. Black-and-white also allows Angell to play with design and shape.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

10,000 Birds

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection. Enough History – Back to the Future. Finally – the Seabirds. Now you know.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Journeys With Penguins: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin is a different type of penguin book. Kooyman (co-author with Jim Mastro) spent decades studying Emperor Penguins and can be considered the world’s foremost expert on the species. Author Gerald L.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

I wanted Penguins. The African Penguins (formerly known as Jackass Penguins) were pretty much a “gotcha”, but I was still tremendously excited to see them on two field trips–the Boulders colony by False Bay and at the Stony Point colony at Betty’s Bay in the Western Cape. And Sunbirds.

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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

“Gamebirds” to some, cool, cryptic understory birds to the birding people, grouse crouch protected as unfettered winds sway the top of the tall prairie grass. Not about the City of Brotherly Love, not about the Steelers or Penguins, but about forests with deer, birds, and elbow room.

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Where to See Kiwi (and other birds) During the Rugby World Cup

10,000 Birds

Sadly the great gannet colonies during the July to October period to protect the birds, but if you head up to Boundary Stream you’ll find a good mix of lowland and mountain forest where active management is keeping forest birds going. Yellow-eyed Penguin at Otago Peninsula. A good place to see the enigmatic Kokako.