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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact.

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes a baby white rhinoceros!

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Kisiri, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. and around the world, including $194,000 USD grants to rhino conservation projects.

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Snow Leopard hunt by Adam Riley (INDRI Ultimate Wildlife Tours)

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Seeing a wild Snow Leopard is every wildlife enthusiast’s dream, probably the ultimate and most elusive wildlife experience on the planet. This event was observed during a tour arranged and guided by INDRI – Ultimate Wildlife Tours www.indritours.com. All text and photographs are by the author and protected by copyright.

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Cute of the day: Baby White Rhino!

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November 12, 2008) – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhinoceros on Wednesday, Nov. Mlelani, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

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I discovered that they nest on Protection Island, which is off the northeastern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, just west of Port Townsend, in the Juan de Fuca Strait near where it meets Puget Sound. Protection Island and Mt. The second obstacle was to find a specific location where Fratercula cirrhata is regularly seen.

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Danum Valley: Simply the Best

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Danum Valley is a conservancy that protects a large area of lowland rainforest in Sabah in northeastern Borneo. That’s a threatened habitat, and one much sought after by wildlife enthusiasts. Calling loudly overhead were Bornean Black Magpie and Rhinoceros Hornbills , and, at the last moment, we heard Blue-headed Pitta again.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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After seeing Rhinoceros Auklets and Xantus’s Murrelets on the first half of Sunday’s San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip, we reached Mexico’s Islas Cornado (Coronado Islands), four rocky islands off the coast of northern Baja California. Duncan, I’m also entertained by your comment! The proposal from U.S.

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