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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 mi at its widest point and some 9 km2 / 3.5 Last March (2020), only a few days before the famous virus has reached Serbia, the Ministry of Construction and Traffic stated: “No, we gave up on the Beljarica locality, the harbour will be built somewhere farther upstream.”

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

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Instead, the film focuses on the importance of the Rio Grande delta as a migratory corridor and the different ways in which ornithologists, biologists, bird surveyors, banders, sanctuary guides, hawk counters, and birders contribute to creating safe places for migrating and residential birds (and also insects, reptiles, and mammals).

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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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Or maybe something closer to home like the American Bird Conservancy or a wildlife rescue organization like the Marine Mammal Center or International Bird Rescue. Maybe a worldwide organization like the Wildlife Conservation Network , BirdLife International or the Peregrine Fund ?

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Business Birding Basics – part II

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First, he was mostly focused on the mammals. The first time could be forgiven but he kept doing it despite our protests. He will show you mammals like Capibara but doesn’t let it get in the way of birding. This guide (location and name with the author) had three serious flaws.

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On Different Results of Direct Action

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Of course, Mantle says, "but though they are high-level mammals, they're not humans." Peaceful protests were ignored, as well. Home protests were ignored also. Jerry Vlasak at about minute 17 of 27, who says Jentsch is "using the same arguments used when experimenting on black people" not so long ago.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. The simple fact is this; by protesting the removal of harmful non-native species, they are supporting the unnecessary deaths and even extinction of many species.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

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Maybe they have decided to boycott species with Russian-sounding names as a way to protest against Putin’s policies. I usually do not write about nationalists, mammals, Donald Trump, and leaf warblers (well, I guess I sometimes do) – but I will make an exception for the Yellow-Browed Warbler … … and the Dusky Warbler.

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