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Penguin deaths gives hope for Hooded Plovers

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Written by Malcolm Brown A recent report of penguin deaths at Phillip Island gives hope for action to save Hooded Plovers It has been reported recently that 27 penguins have killed by dogs at the Phillip Island Nature Park. This is a sad event and displays the need...

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Grand Opening of the Bahía Lomas Center, southern Chile

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Written by Meredith Gutowski/WHSRN At noon on 20 April, the community of Primavera in the southern Chilean Province of Tierra del Fuego is celebrating the grand opening of the Bahía Lomas Center! This initiative, many years in the making, was launched jointly by the...

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You're invited: Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Conservation Plan reception

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Posted by Meredith Gutowski/WHSRN Dear WHSRN Friends and Shorebird Supporters, You are invited to attend the reception, described above, on 10 May 2012 at 5:30 pm in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.  Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences is...

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Shorebirds 2020 Web App for iPhone, iPods and Androids

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Written by Birds Australia The shorebirds 2020 Identification booklet is now available as an I Phone Application. It has been developed by Neil Shelley, one of our volunteers, to be made available for free to everyone interested in our migratory and resident shorebirds...

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Surprise report from troubled Syria

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Written by BirdLife Community/BirdLife International During the current Syrian Uprising, travelling even short distances around the country has become very difficult and is in many cases extremely dangerous. Vehicles are subject to frequent spot checks by security...

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Southern Cone Grasslands Alliance activities support shorebird conservation in Uruguay

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Written by BirdLife International Annually, Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis and American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica undertake some of the longest journeys of any migratory birds in the world, from their breeding grounds in the tundra of North America...

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New Flyway Network Site: ‘Yubu-do Tidal Flat’ in Seocheon County, Republic of Korea

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Written by EAAFP Based on the recommendation of the Secretariat and review panel, the ‘Yubu-do Tidal Flat’ in Seocheon County is now designated in the Flyway Site Network (FSN) as an internationally important habitat for migratory waterbirds on the East Asian-Australasia...

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Chilean Ministry of Environment and Manomet Center Sign Shorebird Agreement

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Written by Meredith Gutowski/WHSRN The Chilean Ministry of the Environment has signed an agreement with Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences to collaborate on shorebird and wetland conservation efforts on the critically important island of Chiloé. Under the newly...

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Working for nature after oil spill

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Written by Forest & Bird Forest & Bird’s Seabird Conservation Advocate Karen Baird is used to seeing petrels and shearwaters skimming over the waves at sea, rather than having to identify their dead bodies encased in black tar-like lumps of oil. New Zealand Dotterel...

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