10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

Mating pairs are faithful for life and share the tasks of raising the young. You might also want to see how the World Parrot Trust works to protect parrots in the wild. They like to fly in pairs or groups and in the evening they come together in big groups to roost in a favorite ‘dormitory’ tree. Say it ain’t so, Toucan Sam!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. Many have been shot since the project started, despite a great deal of publicity raising awareness of the birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Any California-raised person knows that it just doesn’t rain in California in June. I was raised in between the two cities, and visited that area earlier this month. My camera and binoculars, protected by the light coat I had packed, were wet but fully functional. By the time I gave up around 1 p.m.,

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2021

They were successful last year at raising one of the chicks, which is a rare event in Broome. However, once they have chicks to protect they have a lot more work to do. The other pair of Pied Oystercatchers that breed a few kilometres further south towards Gantheaume Point have also laid their first clutch of eggs.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Supporting local conservation organizations and participating in citizen science initiatives allows us to contribute to the protection of Shanghai’s bird species and their habitats. Sure, there are a few passionate souls fighting to protect Shanghai’s birdlife, but it’s like searching for a needle in a concrete haystack.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I started the campaign for the protection of Beljarica, raising public awareness and collecting more than 10,000 petition signatures, not only because of its Eurasian Otters , White-tailed Eagles , Black Storks , Icterine and Eastern Olivaceous Warblers , etc., but because this large spillway protects the city from flooding.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2020

The existing villagers joined with the newcomers organizing a whip-round to raise money in the hope of buying it. After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Thought-provoking article in the Boston Globe.some green thinkers are now coming to a surprising conclusion: In exceptional circumstances, they say, the only effective way to protect the environment may be at the barrel of a gun. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Palm oil plantations seem to cover most of the lowlands, with only a few protected areas offering more varied and undisturbed habitats. A depressing article in Birding Asia raises the question about the validity of field surveys when there are many more caged birds to be seen than wild ones.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

Through various education initiatives and with help from Project Perch many of the schools now protect their owls by providing suitable habitat and burrows. The owls from the old burrow area near the classrooms continue to raise multiple broods and 2 other pairs have since moved in. One of the owls with a frog after a rainstorm.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2021

Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation. The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. They are docile and devoted parents who will not leave their nests.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2020

The adult Pied Oystercatcher that is sitting on the eggs will lay as flat as possible to protect the eggs. The adult Black Kites will no doubt find enough roadkill to raise their young. We really don’t like the presence of Black Kites along the beach when the Pied Oystercatchers are breeding. Two young Black Kites in the nest.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

6), which raises awareness of the perils threatening shorebirds and the need to protect them and their habitats. That’s when thousands of people worldwide will head out to a beach near them for Global Shorebird Counting. It’s part of World Shorebirds Day (celebrated annually Sep.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Finally, the Azure-winged Magpie raises a hen-and-egg question: What was first, the color of the bird or the color of the Tibetan prayer flag? In any case, this does not protect the bird from being pestered by its chicks, just like other species with less divine colors. The raptors of Ruoergai deserve a separate post.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. The ABA’s mission statement is vague: “The American Birding Association inspires all people to enjoy and protect wild birds.”

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

We have a simple solution to raise more money for the National Wildlife Refuge System. This means that only 11% of hunters buy the Duck Stamp raising approximately $25 million a year. If only 11% of wildlife watchers bought the Wildlife Conservation Stamp at the same price of $15, it would raise over $117 million a year. .

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. This raises the question of whether or not drones can cause serious harm to birds. Image © Womackke.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2016

Birds in the 24 states east of the Mississippi River are now protected from mass culls by a recent court ruling. The cormorants have long been targeted by those who fish—or who raise fish on farms—for depleting fish stocks. It’s a good day to be a Double-crested Cormorant —at least for those living in the eastern United States.

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Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. .

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2017

The Masked Lapwing is one of the noisiest shorebirds in the north, especially when they are protecting a nest or young. Returning along the road to leave the airport the Masked Lapwing became very protective of her nest and spread her wings out wide over the nest area and became increasingly noisy. Masked Lapwing protecting a nest.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Their name, of course, comes from the fact that they grow a protective layer of feather down their legs for insulation. They spend the summer in the Arctic, nesting on cliffs, getting into skirmishes with Skuas , protecting their young from wolverines. And yet they do not.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Suggestions for actions to protect animals in films: Formulate concrete proposals for actions to improve the conditions for the treatment of animals in film productions and raise awareness of this issue. ​ B. submitted by /u/Tensamalin [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Encompassing over 30,000 acres, the refuge protects birds of course, but also butterflies, mammals, and more. My husband and I zipped up windbreakers and pulled down hats to stay warm as we traversed the raised path, watching Common Gallinules, White-Faced Ibis, and American Coots probe for food along the exposed mud.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Little seemed to have changed, other than a brand new LEED-certified environmental center that had been built near the terminus of the protected area. A Green Heron stood stock-still as we passed, blending in with the raised oyster beds recently exposed by the retreating tidal waters. A view of low-tide.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Mentioning New Jersey often raises a snicker or a run down of all the drama and negative stereotypes that swirl around the Garden State, most of which are typified by the MTV hit show, “Jersey Shore.” In fact, it is their reliance on seeds that actually protects them against Brown-headed Cowbirds , the famous parasitic nesters.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Wakulla holds such bird delights because it is completely protected. You can swim in the springhole – and hundreds do each day – but you cannot paddle for three entire miles down-river.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really bird for the hell of it. (5). Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Now, in rock climbing, a bolt is a permanent anchor drilled into the rock as a form of protection (most bolts are self-anchoring expansion bolts).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2015

There are sixteen pairs of Pied Oystercatchers and they have varying success at raising young birds. The main problem appears to be feral cats, but there is also predation from birds of prey and the parent Pied Oystercatchers do their utmost to protect their young. The last time they successfully raised a chick was in 2012.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

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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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

But there is, apparently, and thanks to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, some good news on the rat front in that part of the world.). They were named for the Isle of Man but are no longer found there – the arrival of the brown rat ruined that home for them. (But

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Over the years some pairs of Pied Oystercatchers appear to learn how to protect the eggs and their young much more effectively and are therefore successful where other pairs may fail. This year one pair of Pied Oystercatchers has once again proven to be able to raise young.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2018

This year is the eighteenth year since we discovered our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in Broome and it didn’t take us long to realise that they are not at all successful at raising young due to egg and chick predation. He last raised a chick successfully in 2016 and has nested in this area since 2008.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2016

The dense prickly cactus aids in protection of the nest, making it very difficult to see in, let alone try to enter. I have read where the Verdin will raise two brood per year, but I have seen no proof of that in my field work. The entry to the nest is on the low side, or at the bottom, where they fly up into the covered nest.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. We decided to raise them, and hoped they would wild up quickly if we followed the protocol for avoiding imprinting. She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl.

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