10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2022

while simultaneously working to educate locals about the importance of protecting this top bird of prey. The Costa Rica Bird List grows… With more than 900 species of birds identified from a country the size of West Virginia, it might be an understatement to say that Costa Rica has a lot of bird species.

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Costa Rica Eagles West Virginia Albatross 209

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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West Virginia Rats Albatross Georgia 226

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

It’s a fine selection of birds for a place the same size as West Virginia but it also comes with a catch commonly found in tropical forest ecosystems. While there’s a lot of protected habitat, with so many other raptors and birds to compete with, each species has a pretty small population.

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Costa Rica West Virginia Eagles Monkeys 101

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2011

My real goal is to talk to the local people, and to let them know how much we love coming to their part of the world—whether that’s Woodworth, Nort Dakooootah, or Muddlety, West Virginia or Moose Jaw, Maine, or Salmon Shin, Alaska. They need to know that their local birds are special and worth protecting.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2019

To give an idea of what I mean by “birdy”, although Costa Rica is similar in size to West Virginia, more than 920 species have been recorded within the borders of this southern Central American country. The biodiversity is extreme, the birding is typically action-packed, binocular raising happiness.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds West Virginia 113

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

However, 12 states, namely, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Wisconsin [Imagine, The Dairy State doesn't protect a woman's right to nurse!], The legislators in these 12 states ought to be ashamed.

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