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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China – The Raptor Edition

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Rarest among the ones we saw was the endangered Saker Falcon. As a result of this ongoing tradition, local people continue to value and protect these scavengers.” Little Owls have a somewhat less interesting diet consisting of insects, small mammals, and birds. Himalayan Marmot. Himalayan Pica.

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

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The mongabay.com portal has compared data on a unit of area basis of the percentage of the total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants. And small country often equals short distances and easy traveling. The best season is December, followed by June-July.

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Andalucia’s City-Slicker Falcons

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The kestrel colony is valued by the city of Seville: in recent years renovation work on the roof of the cathedral was suspended during the falcons’ breeding season. The answer is likely to be a higher percentage of small mammals and birds than they take in the summer.

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Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

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The best bird was one lovely Common Chiffchaff that was very hard to locate in the thick crown of an old juniper tree, followed by one mysterious small falcon. Up the dirt track next to a hilltop church is not particularly productive at this time of year. It disappeared behind a tree in a split second, showing me only its back view.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. and Apennine peninsulas (30 + 50 ind.).

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Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, Honduras, Part 1

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Little Blue and Tricolored Herons , Snowy , Great , and Cattle Egrets , a Laughing Falcon , Black Vultures, Blue-winged Teal , a Wood Stork , a nesting tree of Montezuma Oropendulas , and Ruddy Ground-Doves were just some of the species we saw on our short train ride into the refuge.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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That bald head, so odd and homely, is actually an adaptation for sticking one’s head deep inside the gut of a deceased mammal. They primarily prey on the large mammals of the African plains, grasslands stretching from horizon to horizon. Feathers can attract gunk, and gunk means bacteria, and bacteria means illness.