June 30, 2009
SOMETIMES, when I raise the point that I’m a huge Sea Shepherd Conservation Society supporter, I get accused of supportingĀ terroristsĀ (generally by people who are rigid ideologues or somehow connected with whaling and occasionally Japanese people who are diehard nationalists – sadly, it’s the whales that “die hard”.). I then get the tired old line trotted [...]
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Conservation by Ricki
June 29, 2009
RIGHT NOW most of the world’s population of Red-necked Stints are in the middle of raising their young high in the arctic circle (at least I hope that they are, given that they’ve experienced total breeding crashes the last 2 out of 3 years). The adults will return with their young sometime in September. Meanwhile [...]
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Birding, Shorebirds by Ricki
June 23, 2009
I really love the small plovers. They’ve a delightful, compact structure, possess gorgeous plumage and are endlessly engaging as they dash about fossicking for delicacies practically anywhere water and land interface. Being a person whose engrossed in Avian Biogeography, small plovers have a particular fascination for me. They tell a remarkable tale in Australia, as [...]
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Birding by Ricki