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May 20, 2009

More than half the populations of waders in Europe, West Asia and Africa are declining at an accelerating rate. There is a need for better protection of the key wetlands along their flyways, especially in Africa and the Middle East. This is the conclusion of the Wetlands International’s Wader Atlas, the first comprehensive overview of key site networks for waders in Europe, West-Asia and Africa, launched in London today.

Waders are relatively small waterbirds...

Wetlands International

Hello!

There is a House Wren at my yard.
Today, seems to be a very inspiring day for it! It has been singing all day long!!!
I love it!
This is a bird that has been following me all my life...At my childhood at the State of Paraná & many other places I lived....it's call is a bit different from the one in North America and Europe.
But, not less melodious.

Yours,

Paulo.

Paulo Boute

I see you almost every day you fly from tree to tree
And I envy you your happiness for you are wholly free
You tiny insect eating bird in olive fawn and gray
And I feel glad so very glad to see you every day.

No boss to order you around to tell you what to do
Wish you were me dear tiny bird and wish that I were you
For you have freedom in your wings the freedom of the sky
And I envy you your happiness dear tiny silvereye.

On...

Francis Duggan

For to work up a breakfast appetite
I walked out in the early morning light
And pleasant birdsong filled the country air
And I felt happy and free of any care.

A gentle breeze blew uphill from the sea
And brown Autumn leaves fell from the chestnut tree
And swallows chirped and circled in the sky
Alone with Nature my old dog and I.

On his canvas a painter might capture this scene
The Autumnal browns intermixed with the...

Francis Duggan

For so called human progress there is some price to pay
Few old gums left in Grantville they have been cut away
The parrots need the old gums for cavities to nest in
So much damage done to Nature by sons of Pioneering men.

Not many trees in Grantville and the oldest gums there I've seen
Not over thirty five years old or so to me 'twould seem
And few wild cockatoos in Grantville though perhaps many once lived there
Before the old gums were...

Francis Duggan