10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2022
Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. At the same time, 50% of the Congo Basin forest has now been allocated for logging and this region loses close to 1.5
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Noisy Yellow-crowned Parrots indicated that it was time to stop the car and get out. These large parrots are popular in the pet trade, and that’s a likely source of the population of this species on Trinidad. About one hundred yards away an Anhinga surfaced with a freshly skewered fish. Yellow-crowned Parrot.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Because of that, the bird has a manure-like odour and is only hunted by humans for food in times of dire need” [ Source ]. The afternoon birds also included Capped Heron , Mealy Parrot , Drab Water Tyrant , Amazonian Tyrannulet , Green-tailed Jacamar and more than 40 Sand-colored Nighthawks. Photo by Juan Carlos.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
Their common names reflect their size, appearance, residence, and sometimes their sound, ranging from the simple to the eponymous: Little Owl, Powerful Owl, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Cloud-Forest Pygmy-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Morepork, Christmas Island Boobook, Blakiston’s Fish-Owl. They are also hunted.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 19, 2020
Last week I introduced you to a section of the Great Southern Rail Trail in Victoria from Foster to Fish Creek. Foxes were introduced to Australia in 1855 for hunting and have established themselves far and wide. This week I will introduce you to another section from Foster to Toora. Once I find a few active species I watch and wait.
10,000 Birds
JULY 8, 2020
The fishing birds have it easy here. Many large trees dot the surroundings, and the bright orange flowers of the immortelle attract brightly colored Red-legged Honeycreepers and Orange-winged Parrots. Within the branches of these very trees, Ochre-bellied, Streaked, Brown-crested, Fuscous and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers hunt.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
But the star of Kadavu was also the easiest species to see in the village, the Crimson Shining-parrot. I can state without hesitation that this species is unquestionably the most attractive parrot I have ever seen in my entire life. If it sounds like I am scrambling for superlatives and failing that is because I am.
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