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7èmes Journées Internationales des Oiseaux d’Eau et des Zones Humides "JIOEZH7" 22 Jul 2013 | 06:36 pm
Le Groupe de Recherche pour la Protection des Oiseaux au Maroc - GREPOM (Unité Régionale de Marrakech) et la Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, organisent les 7èmes Journées Internationales des Oiseaux d’...
Seawatching at Cap Ghir 9 Jul 2013 | 10:38 am
A fantastic seawatching at Cap Ghir, north of Agadir yesterday by Jorrit Vlot and Frank Wildschut. They recorded the following species, a number of which are rarities in Morocco: Bulwer's Petrel (Bul...
La chasse des espèces protégées continue 1 Jul 2013 | 07:33 am
Suite à la publication des photos d’un Vautour fauve tué par des "chasseurs" dans le blog la semaine dernière, notre ami Mohamed Larbi El Jebari (Président de l'Association Marocaine de Chasse et de P...
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii) 23 Jun 2013 | 01:10 pm
A pair of Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii, Ganga de Lichtenstein) was observed in the Middle Draa at some 12 Km north-east of Lake Iriki (Iriqui) on 7 May 2013 by Mohamed Mediani. ...
Moroccan hunters shoot the vultures 21 Jun 2013 | 02:16 pm
English text see below / Texte français voir ci-dessous بعض الصيادين المغاربة يقتلون بطريقة غير مشروعة بعض الأنواع المحمية و المهددة بالانقراض. الصور أدناه تظهر هؤلاء "الصيادين" يأخذون الصور بكل فخر...
GREPOM launched it's website 14 Jun 2013 | 10:02 am
GREPOM (Groupe de Recherche pour la Protection des Oiseaux au Maroc), the 'future' BirdLife partner in Morocco, has launched it's website: http://grepom.org/ GREPOM is a non-profit, non-governmental ...
Sudan Golden Sparrow at Aousserd 12 Jun 2013 | 11:44 pm
Two Sudan Golden Sparrows (Passer luteus) seen on 12 January 2013 in a dense tree with 50 Desert Sparrows (Passer simplex) at a well 17 km SW of Aousserd (Awserd), Oued Dahab region on the track to th...
Journée Mondiale des Oiseaux Migrateurs à Marrakech: 25-26 mai 12 Jun 2013 | 11:40 pm
Unité Régional du GREPOM Marrakech Haut-Atlas Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification (DREF - Marrakech) Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Dynamique des Ecosystèmes...
New heronry found at Dayet Erroumi 12 Jun 2013 | 11:39 pm
A new multi-species heron colony (heronry) was found at Dayet Erroumi this season. This new heronry was installed in about two hundred Eucalyptus trees at the western edge of the lake. The heronry i...
Red-necked Ostrich reintroduced to the Sahara after 50 years 12 Jun 2013 | 11:34 pm
The North African Ostrich a.k.a. Red-necked Ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) has returned to breed in the Sahara after it went extinct there some 50 years before. This is thanks to a successful rein...
