Flower photos from today at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Park in Berkeley, CA
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Good griffon vulture news from Bulgaria
This video from Bulgaria is called The vultures in Eastern Rhodopes.
From Wildlife Extra:
Record numbers of Griffon Vultures reported in Bulgaria’s Rhodope Mountains
Vultures of many kinds are on the rise in Bulgaria’s remote mountains
The numbers of Griffon Vultures found to be nesting in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria has risen considerably, reports Rewilding Europe.
In February 2015, experts from Rewilding Rhodopes and its partner the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds/ BirdLife Bulgaria visited all the known nesting locations of Griffon Vultures in the Eastern Rhodopes.
Of the 75 registered Griffon Vulture pairs in the area they found that 55 were at an incubation stage and the rest were in the process of building their nests.
Most of the identified pairs consist of adult birds.
“The positive trend of increase of the population of the Griffon Vulture in the Eastern Rhodopes continues this…
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Massive reforms to China’s forestry industry put in motion
http://wildlifenews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/logging.jpg – The Chinese authorities have put in motion major reforms to the forestry sector which will include a ban on logging of natural forests in important areas and ordering state forestry plantations to cut back harvesting by 20% each year.
In addition the authorities have announced a major… – http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2015/03/massive-reforms-to-chinas-forestry-industry-put-in-motion/
Black swan babies, video
This video is about young black swans. They are greyish, not yet black like their parents.
Inge Duijsens from the Netherlands made this video.
Black swans are originally from Australia.
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