"Notes from the Field" provides frequent updates and pictures from our biologists and students who are working in the field or at our headquarters, the World Center for Birds of Prey.
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Munir Virani — 22 March 2011 — in Central Africa Project
Editor's note: The following article is from Rebecca Johnson and Gus Keys, volunteers working to begin The Peregrine Fund's project in the Central African Republic. — When our BaAka tracker turned to us in the forest and yelled, “Run! Big Daddy coming!” we didn’t wait about to find out who Big Daddy was. When we came to a halt ten minutes later, after a series of stumbling sprints through the rainforest, we found out that Big Daddy is one of the biggest Forest Elephants that live in Dzanga Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, where we are currently carrying out a bird of prey survey for The Peregrine Fund.
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Munir Virani — 24 February 2011 — in Central Africa Project
Editor's note: The following article is from Rebecca Johnson and Gus Keys, volunteers working to begin The Peregrine Fund's project in the Central African Republic. — Week two in the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve in the Central African Republic and our bird of prey survey for The Peregrine Fund is going well. Although forest-dwelling raptors are notoriously difficult to find, due to the dense habitat they choose to make their home in and their secretive habits, we have been getting some interesting records.
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Munir Virani — 09 February 2011 — in Central Africa Project
Editor's note: The following article is from Rebecca Johnson and Gus Keys, volunteers working to begin The Peregrine Fund's project in the Central African Republic.
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