10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2022

Listed as Near Threatened, this charismatic species has a tiny distribution restricted to central Costa Rica, especially in the Central Valley. It doesn’t require forest but the coffee farms and scrubby green space it does need are under constant pressure of being destroyed and replaced with urban housing. Check out the video!

Costa Rica 226

Costa Rica Sparrows Raised Birds 226

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

Geographic patterns of species richness for birds (1,558 species) in East Africa at 0.25° resolution (blue indicates low species richness, while brown indicates high species richness). SERVIR Africa Workshop. Kenya 1 Lake Nakuru National Park with 506 so far eBirded species Uganda 1 Queen Elizabeth II NP 585 sp.

Africa 189

Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 189

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2013

In short, the accepted view used to be that a small breeding population of Egyptian Vultures inhabited Southern Africa, but has vanished facing the spread of towns, roads and farms. During my lifetime, this species was rare in my native Serbia, too.

Sudan 217

Sudan Macedonia Botswana Serbia 217

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. With assistance from the Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) a boardwalk and nature centre have been established.

Antigua and Barbuda 213

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 213

Critter News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop declared 2010 to be the Year of the Tiger. The intention is to focus on saving the tiger species which is being decimated. When China won't support a ban on tiger farms, nor will it work to curb the ridiculous demand for tiger products in its own country, what's the point? I say so what?

2010 100

2010 Tigers China Endangered Species 100