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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This individual was photographed in India There’s one problem with this approach, as it can lead to birds being ignored. 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.

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Netherlands Geese Birds Denmark 201

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JUNE 29, 2023

When I returned from my first passage to India and started my story to my best mate, he asked: No, no, don’t skip anything, start from the beginning, from landing. On the other hand, this is good news, because if a lot of money comes in, then the Brazilian government will be motivated to protect the area.”

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Papua New Guinea Guinea Suriname South America 239

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JULY 17, 2018

Construction of a Chinese highway hit a red light after sightings of protected Rosy Starlings (like the ones above which Nate spotted several years ago in India). On the U.S. eastern seaboard, various varieties of birds have gotten in the way of pipeline plans , whereas on the West Coast, it’s landfill mowing that’s the problem.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

It’s also endangered, with populations in India and Cambodia numbering barely around the 1,000 mark. National Geographic highlights the amazing story of how a group of villagers banded together to educate their neighbors and protect the Stork, a scavenger also called Hargilla (Sanskrit for “bone swallower”).

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Cambodia India 2016 Groups 100

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JUNE 1, 2023

There’s an incoming car in my lane, and I am not in India! Ecka Fish Farm by Mileta Cekovic Soon we reached the Ecka Fish Farm, a part of the wider Carska Bara Important Bird Area (yet, not a part of the protected Carska Bara Reserve). A mile later, there’s a traffic jam in front of us, where everyone stands still. Protest indeed!

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Protest Protesting Protesters Germany 168

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JANUARY 8, 2015

Nowhere in India have I seen broiler horror-chicken like those sold in supermarkets back home. They belong to a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus (like four-legged Greco/Roman crested helmets) and are my second race of boar seen in India, while I still remain the only Serbian birder who has never seen one closer to home!

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Tigers Boars India Chickens 244

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AUGUST 3, 2011

The Indian government has decided to add bulls to the list of animals protected from entertainment uses. This prevents them from being exploited in Goa, an Indian state that had considered reviving the tradition. Goa was once part of the Portuguese empire which is where the bullfighting ridiculousness comes from.as

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JUNE 6, 2019

In fact, I have had some visitors from India remark to me that “there are no birds here” – a remark I can understand given the huge number of birds encountered even in big Indian cities such as Mumbai or Delhi. This has also made the Reed Parrotbill the symbol of a local initiative to protect the wetlands of Nanhui.

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Birds Protection China Factory 113

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APRIL 23, 2014

These bustards are protected by international agreements and hunting them is banned in India. This is a bird that’s listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN ; its Pakistani population of 110,000 may be dropping by almost one-third annually.

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Pakistan Hunters Hunting India 181

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AUGUST 20, 2015

I live in the southeast of Europe, for a while lived in the south of Africa and also have extensively birded western and central India. India (1180 / 1171). And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? Map by BirdLife International. The Oriental realm. Indonesia (1615 / 1603).

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 256

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They are, after all, the symbol of the RSPB, a rare and valuable bird, something to be cherished and protected. Instead of some attractive East Anglian fen the first Pied Avocet I ever saw was in a ditch in India. The first one I ever saw didn’t live up to this expectation, however.

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India Protection Birds 133

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APRIL 23, 2020

Having more than 1300 bird species, including over 75 endemics, it is hard to resist the lure of India – something I know from personal experience. Bhanu Singh is one of India’s leading wildlife photographers whose images and articles are regularly published in national and international publications.

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India Lions 2020 Groups 233

Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France.

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International Fund For Animal Welfare Tigers IFAW Nepal 100

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I observed this species in the Little Rann of Kutch in India and since then, have been burning with desire to see them back home. The world record holder is the town of Kikinda, further north, with 700 birds in their town square which has recently become an officially protected owl habitat – a small, urban nature reserve.

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Serbia Owls Rodents Eagles 233

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

This was only my second time ever to observe this subspecies (the first time was here as well), two other subspecies I have observed in India. For a while, they followed the levee, then climbed and crossed it in front of me, only to disappear in the poplar plantation at the other side.

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Serbia Otters Boars Eagles 242

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AUGUST 21, 2014

The project faced a load of unexpected problems, from the total lack of interest among the particular protected area managers, to the local naturalist/guide and his surprising lack of understanding of his role. He suffered from the lack of experience as a traveler and someone who has hired guides himself. But that is the fun of it.”.

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Birds Botswana Free Range Leopards 203

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The Snow Leopards’ thick pelts have long been highly sought-after artifacts by the people who share its Central Asian range, providing amazing insulation in the cold, but another reason their pelts are so thick must be to protect the leopard when it takes rough tumbles across its rugged, rocky environment.

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Snow Leopard Leopards Hunting Sheep 279

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Finally, when our SUV broke down in Gujarat, India, some three years ago, my first two Egyptians were flying above the road! In 2010, a joint expedition by the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) and the Sudanese Wildlife Society (SWS) found a further 17 electrocuted Egyptian Vultures.

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Sudan Macedonia Botswana Serbia 217

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OCTOBER 30, 2017

They remind me of the Greater and Lesser Adjutants I observed in eastern India last year–prehistoric looking in their huge size, ungainly bills and bodies, yet possessing an air of dignity and self-possession that sets them apart from other birds in the field. Let’s go!”

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Brazil Birds Los Angeles Tigers 141

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

I bought my first 20 years ago from some Russian on the seashore in Greece, but have not used it much because of rather dark images (I even took it to India with me – and didn’t use it even once). This is not my first spotting scope.

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Greece Battery Experience Experiments 167

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JUNE 11, 2013

Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 159

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MARCH 11, 2011

Originally from India and the vicinity, it is believed that they had already undergone two major expansions – through Asia Minor in the 1600s, and then across Europe in the 1900s – when they first appeared in North America. Carrie Mar 13th, 2011 at 1:26 pm @Will: I was curious about that myself. Nicole: Glad you liked it!

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 132

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JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 204

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MAY 8, 2012

Rubbish dumps are another favorite, and just like the most reliable stake-out for the endangered Greater Adjutant is Guwahati’s stenching rubbish-dump in Assam, India; so can Marabous be found at many rubbish dumps in Africa, slowly picking their way through the rotten mess looking for anything edible. They also prey on frogs and crabs.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 232

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole. for decorating the headgear and house interiors by the local tribals, at least in parts of India ( source ). Of course, their own mother is not the only threat to Wreathed Hornbill individuals.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 124

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

I birded savannas of Southern Africa, I birded India and Central America, and I always missed having a local mammal guide with me. Yes, field guides to other groups of organisms, as there’s hardly any room left in your baggage or the energy to carry it. Yet, those bird guides are hefty.

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Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 231

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MARCH 3, 2020

That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 167

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APRIL 25, 2019

6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. A lot more needs to be done to protect and sustainably utilise that biodiversity, although with the Brazil’s current president, it seems highly unlikely. 4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. 8%: Brazil, Panama.

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Papua New Guinea America Costa Rica Sri Lanka 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Orange-headed Thrush Orange-headed Thrush By Redgannet • March 6, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share The Orange-headed Thrush , Zoothera citrinus, is common across much of India and south-east Asia. In the Z.c.

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2011 Deer India New York 175

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

And embattled minority should be protected. People that are interested in conservation are all about the should – conservation’s raison d’être is the people perceiving that we should protect species and ecosystems, we should not allow them to be lost to extinction. A hungry child should be fed.

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Tigers Hunting Game Protection 169

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MARCH 28, 2012

Mareeba Wetlands Just north of the town of Mareeba are the Mareeba Wetlands , a large lake reserve that protects both wetlands and northern savannah. Next week I’ll be talking about the forest parks and patches I visited, but today I’ll give the lowdown on some of the wetlands you can vist there.

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Geese Ducks Australia Pelicans 167

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Atherton (1797-1827), a naturalist (whatever that means exactly) and a member of the British Army in India. He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time).

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Squirrels Birds China Bears 136

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

Photo taken by Adam Riley near Delhi in India. Their nests are also a messy structure due to protective thorns on the outside, but the interior is constructed of softer grasses. A Speke’s Weaver hangs upside down from his nest and shakes his wings whilst emitting a loud buzzing, chattering call to attract females.

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Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 212

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Apparently, the Greater Coucal is associated with some superstitions – in India, seeing one is believed to be auspicious, and in some areas, eating the flesh was regarded to help with illnesses such as tuberculosis. At Sepilok, it can be hard to avoid taking photos of some non-birds, such as primates.

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Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 197