In Search of the rare endemic Blue-banded Pitta in Borneo's Danum Valley.

 

See more on my latest blog from my annual Borneo trip:

 

http://www.bjornolesen.com/blogs.php?yy=2012&mm=5#arch 

 

Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Breeding Plumage

 

'The incredible spoon-billed sandpiper is hurtling towards extinction perhaps faster than any other bird species, with probably fewer than 100 pairs remaining, and the population in freefall. Without urgent action, it will be gone within a decade' - The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust.

 

 

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www.bjornolesen.com/blogs.php

 

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