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What the rings reveal

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That’s why the current trend to radio-tag birds reveals so much more than ringing, though it is of course vastly more expensive. Rings are not the only way of marking birds, and with a number of species wing tags are more often used. When I photographed the Red Kite ( above ) near my home in Suffolk I hadn’t noticed its wing tags.

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Australian White Ibis Survey 2013

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You may even see a tagged ibis, like we did on our trip to Sydney last year. This bird “040″ had been banded at about 5 weeks old in 2005 and given a tag as an adult in 2008 within Centennial Park. This survey started in 2003 and needs your help! You can report your sightings easily online.

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The Last Few Rays Before Extinction

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As for me, I didn’t see a passenger pigeon until visiting the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, about three summers ago, a specimen tagged and strangely out of place in a haven for raptors. Shoemaker—Retrieved September 12, 2013, from: [link]. Tales You Won’t Believe (1925) by Gene Stratton-Porter.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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212) who trap, follow, and analyze the migration paths of Snowy Owls, a project founded in 2013, the magic year of the Snowy Owl irruption. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?

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Astonishing Move By UK Government to Control Buzzards

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of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases). I’d urge all right-minded bird-lovers to support proposals to stop this trial proceeding and ensuring that not a single Buzzard loses its nest in the coming breeding season (2013). In the 21st century this is truly outrageous. … a.

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Big White Bird survey

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These species wander far and wide and with the addition of wing tags they have been able to confirm movements as far away as Papua New Guinea. If you should go to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney you will undoubtedly come across several birds wearing wing tags, because they are marked there. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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I feel certain that, given Tennessee’s 18-year track record of celebrating cranes in a tremendously successful festival, the opposition will only be stronger in 2013. Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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