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Little Big Year Week 33: Yellowstone

10,000 Birds

In talking to the local guides, and Rangers, they all agreed that they had not been seeing too many species around in the last couple of weeks. You know, the Bison, Elk, Bears and Wolves. Jeanne and I spotted four wolves sitting on a ridge just about the road, in the Lamar Valley. Little Big Year species – 888.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

She doesn’t know the species till it emerges, almost dreamlike, from the heavy glare of the sun. Fox encounters 69 species, some singly, some in huge feeding or migrating flocks. The opening beautifully encapsulates the essence of the book. ” There are amazing stories here. ” There are amazing stories here.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

10,000 Birds

I saw Painted Wolves again, my favourite species ever. The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a critically endangered species that I came agonisingly close to seeing but didn’t. Singapore is a densely populated city-state which still manages to protect a number of species. I went to Ethiopia. I bought a house. A new duck!