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Don’t Ignore the Barnacles – they’re Real Birds

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The Atlas attributes “the rapid increase of Barnacle Geese to several factors”, of which the most important seems to be improved protection of the Svalbard and Russian populations. A pair did lay infertile eggs in Iceland in 2018, but that’s about the only record I can find).

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Fortunately, as I found out over the next four days, High Island, the Bolivar Peninsula, the whole east Texan Gulf coast area is a place of diverse habitats, some protected, some accidental, all offering fantastic avian opportunities. Corps of Engineers to protect Galveston Bay at the end of the 19th-century.

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Loner, Drifter: More on the Hoary Bat

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Migration makes them vulnerable to straying: Accidental Hoary Bats have been found as far afield as Bermuda and Iceland.

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Whales in danger.

4 The Love Of Animals

The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population. IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals.

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Birding the Cyclades: My my, how can I resist you?

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A range of hills protects the cove from the eastern wind, yet, the bushes are swaying in the rythm of it. I asked if the butterfly stood a chance of returning to the shore, to find out that it is a long range migrant, braving the winds of the North Atlantic while traveling all the way from Africa to Iceland!

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