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Bathing at the Poo Ponds

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It is challenging when you rely on a bicycle for transport for most of the week, but I have learnt to read the sky over the years and storms are isolated and often further away than you think. That really is flooding rain and quite an experience. I have been caught out, but it is only water and it is not cold!

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

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Experience shows that bird parents do feed babies in makeshift nests reattached to tree branches, bushes, gutters, and even tree cavity sections duct taped to another tree. A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Gone from nest for several hours.

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The Danube Backwaters

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What I have always missed there and what I still miss is to experience presence of the European Beaver. In 2010 the League for Ornithological Action, a local NGO, initiated the protection of the Danube foreland , which was accepted by the authorities.

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eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds?

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How much do birders value a birding experience? The economic “impact” of a birding festival can be estimated by looking at expenditures of attendees ( e.g., hotel rooms, meals, souvenirs, transportation costs, etc.). This includes bird-watching experiences. Some aspects of birding can be calculated and studied economists.

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We’re Not Racists, So Why Aren’t There More Birders Of Color?

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What started as me posting a link on my private Facebook page about how much I hate the Transportation Security Administration, quickly turned into a very revealing conversation about race and could be a very large and underlying issue of why we don’t see more people of color in birding or enjoying nature in general. Not too many I bet.

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Danum Valley: Simply the Best

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Danum Valley is a conservancy that protects a large area of lowland rainforest in Sabah in northeastern Borneo. Rather than the usual dismal waiting area there were comfortable seats and drinks, and when our transports arrived, we were placed in two large four wheel drives rather than one, so that we wouldn’t feel cramped.

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

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One of the good things that has happened is an international treaty that has established the Ross Sea Marine Protected Areas, encompassing all the Ross Sea Emperor Penguin colonies and most of their molt area. It’s part memoir, part travelogue, part scientific narrative, part prologue to making an argument for Antarctic conservation.

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