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The Whistle Blowers

10,000 Birds

With assistance from the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) a boardwalk and nature centre have been established. This conservation effort has resulted in habitat and protection for nearly the entire population of West Indian Whistling Ducks in Jamaica. So he began to put out extra feed for the birds.

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Road birding in New Zealand

10,000 Birds

Most threatened endemics are now restricted to protected areas, but I’ve passed a couple of Weka on a country road in Neslon and I saw my first Long-tailed Cuckoo flying across the main road out of Wellington. Feral Turkey are also quite common. 2) Masked Plover Masked Plover ( Vanellus miles ) by James Reed.