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Operation Duck Drop

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The following emails were intercepted by our crack team of investigative journalists. Date: 07 October 2018. Date: 08 October 2018. Date: 09 October 2018. Date: 09 October 2018. Date: 09 October 2018. Date: 10 October 2018. Date: 10 October 2018. Date: 11 October 2018. To: Sparrow.

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Birding the Kruger Park (6): Pafuri area part 2

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This is the last post covering my time birding the Kruger Park in November 2018. It seems this African Harrier-Hawk just caught something here. No clue what it is though. A study on the diet of the African Harrier-Hawk starts rather pompously: “Feeding is an indispensable activity in the life of birds.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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And once in a while, there is a check-in on what was happening in the United States–the killing of a bird protection warden in the Everglades, investigations into millinery sweatshops, the earlier passage of bird protection legislation. Aurum Press, June 2018, 336 pp. ISBN-10: 1781316546; ISBN-13: 978-1781316542.

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Puerto Rico’s Birds after Hurricane Maria

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These hurricanes prompted a personal interest in the impact of hurricanes on birds, so I did some research, which ultimately led to an article in the April 2018 issue of Birding magazine. territory of Puerto Rico, an American territory where researchers have numerous ongoing investigations, including many studies in El Yunque National Forest.

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Please Don’t Ask for an Aztec

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In ten years of hardcore birding, I have seen Aztec Thrushes only four times, never twice in the same year (2017, 2018, 2019, and now, 2024). On January 29th, I decided to investigate the results of a major forest fire last year at one of my favorite routes.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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He has smartly expanded on his article, giving us more about Lendrum’s boyhood and history with conservationists in southern Africa; falcon hunting and racing in the Middle East; the life of Detective Andy McWilliam, the British wildlife officer who investigated Lendrum; and a brief history of oology, the obsessive hobby of egg collecting.

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Birding Wuyuan, China

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Taking photos of such a rare species is a bit of a double-edged sword. On the other hand, these exact same photographers – by buying food and asking for accommodation – also make the birds valuable for the local villagers who might otherwise be tempted to trap the birds and sell them.

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