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For the Birds! has been inspired by Audubon (New York). For the Birds! is an elementary education programme that teaches environmental awareness and appreciation of nature through the study of ...
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Vested interests and political motives distort the truth behind H5N1 outbreaks in wild birds. Vested interests mean wild birds are being blamed for the spread of avian flu, argues Dr ...
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3 Spanish Imperial Eagles Aquila adalberti have been killed by poison, from the pair near Isla Mayor, Doñana. The female and two chicks were found dead last week, the male is missing ...
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/ About Birds
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Help discovering the spring The Spring Alive project is a simple birdwatching survey. Thanks to children and adults all around Europe we are able to track the spring arrival every ...
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A Fierce and Deadly hunter... The Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus If you were to search for an emblematic species which would define the importance of the Serranía de Ronda for ...
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/ About Birds
A few simple facts on Bee Eaters Merops apiaster Wildlife here in both the Serranía de Ronda and Sierra de Grazalema continues to cause me wonder and amazement. This Spring, ...
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/ About Birds
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Field characters: 18.5 cm; wing-span 33–37 cm. 10% smaller than Redwing and Blue Rock Thrush. Strong-billed, rather long-bodied, rock-haunting bird, with shape suggesting large short-tailed chat rather than thrush. ? ...
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While the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) is a not uncommon spring migrant to eastern Spain, particularly to the Balearic islands and Catalunya with occasional records elsewhere, it was obvious from ...
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A pair of Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita), of which less than 250 individuals survive in the whole world, have managed to breed in the wild in Spain for what ...
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Greater Flamingo Pheonicopterus ruber (Flamenco común) Anyone fortunate enough to have witnessed the large flocks of Greater Flamingo at Fuente de Piedra cannot have failed to have been left with ...
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