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Open Season on Bald Eagles

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Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. And while we’re at it, I think it’s time to open a limited season on Bald Eagles. We’ve always hunted Bald Eagles. I get it now, I really do.

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Where to Find Me at the 2015 Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival

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The 18th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival is less than a month away and while we don’t have snow down yet here in New York City I am pretty sick of cold weather and could use some warmth and Florida sunshine! This Bald Eagle was a sight worth seeing! John’s National Wildlife Refuge” trip.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of November 2011?

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I plan to use the extra time to teach my son the difference between a seagull and an eagle: one of the two flew over our house this morning and Mason couldn’t ID it. Dawn at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia a. Obviously, I was mortified!

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I Remember Elephants

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Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%.

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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These Blasts From The Past Bald Eagles are Getting Spoiled… Help Save Migratory Birds! Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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This year was my third year helping to lead trips at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Though Whooping Cranes have recovered greatly since their nadir of 23 total Whooping Cranes in 1941 as of 2011 there were only about 600. That number has continued to shrink. It is no wonder that the project was discontinued.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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Sometimes it is too late, as they are deceased and Brahminy Kites and White-bellied Sea-Eagles usually take advantage of the situation. Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. Get yours today!

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