Flag for Libya

A new flag & new hope for Libya. Our hopes are with the Libyan people and for the first time we fly a flag on the Libyan page on our web site. The page is being edited with Arabic names added.
I hope for peace, prosperity and freedom for the Libyan people, in The Libyan Republic

Gurney's Pitta the Last Few Stragglers

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:29 AM PDT The Gurney's pitta (Pitta gurneyi) is a medium-sized passerine bird that completely disappeared from all lowland evergreen forest south of Prachuap Khiri Khan province where natural forest was destroyed primarily to grow palm and rubber trees except for one little patch in Krabi province. Read full article

A busy few days

We have some new birds & new lists. From Melanesia we have the Admirality Islands and New Ireland. From Indonesia we have the Sangihe Islands

 photo By Réjôme Jérôme Micheletta April 3, 2011  © all rights reserved

Banggai Islands

We now cover the Banggai Islands. 100 species, 1 endemic & 4 globaly threatened species. New birds to WorldBirds:- Black-billed Koel, Palawan Frogmouth, White-rumped Triller, Banggai Crow & much more.

Photo by Pete Morris © All rights reserved (Birdquest)