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Good news for the Wood Stork

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Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Fish and Wildlife Service, I was involved in various aspects of the species habitat protection largely on the regulatory arena. On June 25, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S.

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The Swallow-tailed Kites in Florida Are Now Heading South…

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In about a week after the last count, no kite will be seen at or near the roost (Meyer 2004). Similar observation have been made in Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where up to 47,000 migrating Mississippi Kites are counted every season as they fly south. Final report for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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A Tale of Three Magnificent Frigatebirds (Two I help, one tries to kill me)

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In February 2004, a young frigatebird blown into the Northern Pacific by a storm landed on a vessel bound for Vancouver, British Columbia. In a quick review, you learn frigatebirds eat fish. The frigatebird we had in care in 2004 never ate the fish that we offered on her own. Oil was everywhere.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Anse Boileau.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Anse Boileau.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA UÅ¡?e Anse Boileau.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

Jodrey State Fish Pier. fishing beach. Mississippi Kite – Ictinia mississippiensis. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Uzdin fish farm (Private access, must have permission to enter). Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Florence South Jetty. 14 Feb 2018. Junkanoo Beach. 01 Jan 2018.

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