"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.
• Complete Slender-billed Vulture data on GRIN
Found 1 entries matching your request:
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve Munir Virani in Koshi Camp, Nepal
Only those scientists working on the Asian Vulture Crisis project in south Asia know how many chickens have been "sacrificed" in order to save the vultures from extinction. At this moment, I am in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in lowland Nepal with local biologist Jeet Bahadur Giri (aka JB) and his assistants Badri and Chakra. We are watching nest number five, one of only two Slender-billed Vulture nests built high up a Kapok tree. Our lunch comprises of fried chicken (our dinner the previous night was chicken curry and this evening we have been promised a special Nepali chicken treat!!). In the distance, a small herd of Indian Wild Buffalo glares at us nervously, while the enchanting cry of a Crested Serpent Eagle alerts us of impending perils in this magnificent riverine forest. Read more...
Munir Virani — 20 March 2001 — in Asian Vulture Crisis
Find more articles about Long-billed Vulture, Slender-billed Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Asia-Pacific
Most Recent Entries 
- All's Well that Ends Well: The Continuing Adventures of the Valentine's Day Pair (29 April 2013)
- Trouble in Paradise: An Update on the Valentine's Day Pair (22 April 2013)
- Steve Lewis: My Perspective of the Kenya Raptor Safari 2013 (09 April 2013)
- Cassin's Hawk Eagle in Kenya – second confirmed record since 1926! (24 March 2013)
- The Valentine's Day Pair (20 March 2013)
- Lost amongst Swallow-tailed Kites and swimming holes in Meru National Park, northern Kenya (02 March 2013)
- Raptor Safari with Munir Virani - The Masai Mara (18 February 2013)
- Kenya Forest Service Director Presents David Ngala with the Disney Conservation Hero Award (29 January 2013)
- Close encounters of the elephant kind by Munir Virani (27 January 2013)
- 2013 Leupold Optics and Eagle Optics Student Gear Grantees! (17 January 2013)
Our Authors
- Angel Muela (14)
- Brian Mutch (2)
- Chris Parish (8)
- Corinne Kendall (77)
- Darcy Ogada (6)
- Eddie Feltes (25)
- Evan Buechley (5)
- Interpretive Center Staff (6)
- Jayson C. Ibanez (5)
- José de Jesús Vargas González (17)
- Marta Curti (52)
- Munir Virani (33)
- Paul Juergens (5)
- Shiv Kapila (6)
- Yeray Seminario (4)
- (TPF) The Peregrine Fund (5)
- Alan Brown (1)
- Alastair Franke (1)
- Alberto Palleroni (2)
- Alison Cameron (1)
- Amy Nicholas (8)
- Beau Fairchild (1)
- Bill Burnham (12)
- Bill Heinrich (3)
- Camille Meyers (1)
- Chadd Fitzpatrick (1)
- Chris Michaud (1)
- Erin Gott (10)
- Erin Strasser (1)
- Evelyn Cronce (1)
- Grant Merrill (1)
- Grantt Charping (1)
- Heidi Gingerich (1)
- Jack Cafferty (1)
- Jack Stephens (1)
- James Christian (2)
- Jamshed Chaudhry (1)
- Janeene Touchton (1)
- Jeff Cilek (1)
- Jenn Sinasac (1)
- Karen Leavelle (3)
- Kathia Herrera (3)
- Kirk Stodola (3)
- Kristy Bly (1)
- Kurt Burnham (5)
- Laura Estep (1)
- Lindsay Oaks (1)
- Mark Vekasy (2)
- Martin Gilbert (1)
- Mary Schwartz (2)
- Matt Giovanni (6)
- Muhammad Arshad (1)
- Nicole Munkwitz (2)
- Nyambayar Batbayar (4)
- Phil Hannon (1)
- Philippe Potvin-Simon (1)
- Rick Watson (8)
- Ruth Tingay (14)
- Ryan Phillips (1)
- Saskia Santamaria (1)
- Sean Davis (3)
- Shahid Mahmood (1)
- Shakeel Ahmed (1)
- Shawn Farry (8)
- Sophie Osborn (27)
- Swathi Sridharan (1)
- Thom Lord (25)
- Tracy Brown (1)
- Ursula Valdez (2)
Our Conservation Projects
- American Kestrel Partnership (6)
- Aplomado Falcon Restoration (30)
- Arctic Raptors and Climate Change Project (1)
- Asia-Pacific (5)
- Asian Vulture Crisis (11)
- California Condor Restoration (93)
- Central Africa Project (3)
- East Africa Project (124)
- Harpy Eagle Conservation and Research (48)
- Madagascar Project (20)
- Neotropical Raptor Conservation Program (6)
- Orange-breasted Falcon Project (22)
- Pan Africa Conservation Program (1)
- Philippine Eagle Conservation (6)
- West Indies Project (10)
- World Center for Birds of Prey (33)
Completed Projects:
- Arctic Program - Greenland
(Project completed in 2006) (15) - Mongolia Project
(Project completed in 2006) (6) - Neotropical Environmental Education Program
(Project completed in 2009) (17)
Species we work with
- African Fish Eagle (16)
- Andean Condor (3)
- Aplomado Falcon (37)
- Augur Buzzard (13)
- Bateleur (9)
- Black Kite (1)
- Black-and-chestnut Eagle (1)
- California Condor (101)
- Egyptian Vulture (7)
- Gray-headed Fish Eagle (2)
- Gyrfalcon (9)
- Harpy Eagle (73)
- Hooded Vulture (8)
- Lappet-faced Vulture (30)
- Long-billed Vulture (4)
- Madagascar Fish Eagle (11)
- Madagascar Serpent Eagle (1)
- Orange-breasted Falcon (26)
- Pallas's Fish Eagle (1)
- Peregrine Falcon (17)
- Philippine Eagle (8)
- Rüppell's Vulture (20)
- Ridgway's Hawk (10)
- Slender-billed Vulture (1)
- Sokoke Scops Owl (3)
- Tawny Eagle (14)
- Teita Falcon (1)
- White-backed Vulture (33)
- White-headed Vulture (7)
Where we work
- Africa (145)
- Arctic (15)
- Asia-Pacific (27)
- Neotropics (98)
- North America (118)
Combined Federal Campaign # 10639
