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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

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Black-chested snake Eagle with a snake at Matheniko Wildlife Reserve Eastern Uganda. Herbert travels broadly to attend birding festivals and fairs as an exhibitor and as a guest speaker on the topics of ecotourism development, community-based Skills training focusing on Women in tourism.

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Threatened Birds of Nanhui, Shanghai

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A former World Wildlife reserve in Nanhui was simply turned into agricultural land. While the threat of being captured in bird nets is getting lower thanks to the efforts of volunteers searching for and destroying nets, the amount of undisturbed coastline and reedbeds is shrinking dramatically.

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Attempt to Recover Sumatran Rhino Species

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Tam, whose species is known for its solitary nature, has been resettled in a wildlife reserve in Malaysia's Sabah state, the last preserve of the Borneo Sumatran rhino _ a subspecies of the bristly, snub-nosed Sumatran rhino.

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Sani Lodge Birdwatching

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Their forest neighbors to the north the Cyabeno Wildlife Reserve with 1,500,000 acres. Most importantly their forest is touching the Yasuni National Park to the south with 2,400,000 ares which is the most biodiverse reserve in the western hemisphere.

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Week 21: Our last week in Scotland

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Tomorrow morning we will head on down to England, and the township of Hull, to visit the Spurn Wildlife Reserve. In support of his “Come@Me” story on bird names, I present for you the Black-headed Gull , with its brown head. Then a little zig-zagging around England, before heading back to the good ‘ol USA.

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Little Big Year – Week 34: We visit Colorado and Texas

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The west end of the lake has been designated as a Watchable Wildlife Reserve, with some nice walking trails and a couple of very nice hides built overlooking some varied waterways. We took a break and tried our hands at fishing, with no luck what so ever, but the many Osprey over head all seem to be able to find fish.

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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

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Since 1984 it has been planted with native bush and pests were controlled, and is now used as a wildlife reserve. The island was first a Maori fortress to be retreated to from the mainland, then a camp for internees during the war and a quarantine station for people and livestock.