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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. She never finds her long days observing her falcons, crows, and condors boring.

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Kamikaze Pigeons and a War to Extinction

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Two Feral Pigeons. Three Feral Pigeons. One more Feral Pigeon. I am inside the city of Belgrade, checking the theoretically possible Peregrine Falcon site. One Feral Pigeon. Yet, not a trace of a falcon. ” Falcons do hunt pigeons, we all know that, but what is a Kamikaze pigeon? A Hooded Crow.

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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

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“We had a call one morning about a snake and a hawk,” says Tom Sweets, the executive director and chief rescuer of the Key West Wildlife Center , located at the very tip of Florida. Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well. Want to help this great place?

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Further reading: Central and European Wildlife by Gerard Gorman (Bradt Travel Guides). Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom.

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Lake Indoon

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There were some reeds remaining as well and enough water to sustain a substantial amount of bird life and wildlife. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes , a Rufous Whistler , Mistletoebird and Brown Falcon were soon added to the list and we had soon returned to camp to venture off for the day. Feral bees. Western Grey Kangaroo.

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Road birding in New Zealand

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Many a birding trip starts with a longish drive from the airport to the first birding site with these common roadside birds being the first taste you get of a country’s wildlife, and I feel that many bird trip reports, interested mostly in mega-rarities, gloss over the amazing experience this first drive can give.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Uganda Wildlife Education Centre. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 02 Dec 2019. 27 Dec 2019.

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