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Operation Duck Drop

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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. Date: 11 October 2018. Date: 11 October 2018. Date: 11 October 2018. To: Sparrow.

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Big Energy 1, Birds 0

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We’re less than a week into 2018 and already birds (at least those that migrate in and through the United States) are worse off than they were at the end of last year. Namely, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act will no longer be interpreted to include accidental killings (such as from environmental hazards) as crimes, only intentional deaths.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of May 2018?

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Unfortunately, family commitments are killing my Big Day or any other kind of birding this weekend. Last year’s Global Big Day accounted for at least 65% of all the bird species on the planet. Are you going to help beat that tally this weekend? I’ll be in NYC hearing migrants flying high above me.

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“The Wise Hours” — a review

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She accompanies Luke on his Barn Owl counting, a heartening and optimistic chore now that British farmers have learned to prefer owls, as a pest control method, to strychnine, which kills rats but also the owls that feed on them.

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From the Niagara Frontier: A Book Review of “Birder’s Break”

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But when both birds approached an eagle, it attacked: the hawk was able to evade the eagle, but not so the crow, which was killed instantly. W.R.Parks, 2018 (March 1, 2018). A crow was repeatedly bothering a hawk from above and behind, pecking at the tail feathers. and the Buffalo native Fred Szatkowki. by Gerry Rising.

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or When Harry Met Mercedes

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I am taking a sip of coffee, my eyes following an impossibly colourful Kill-Bill ( Keel-billed) Toucan , flying against the background of the Irazu Volcano slopes and, farther to the right, water-vapour ‘smoking’ Turrialba Volcano on the horizon. And yes, sometime in 2018, Mercedes and Harry started dating.

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

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However, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”) broadly prohibits the “take” of any bird, which effectively means that a protected bird cannot be killed, harassed, or otherwise adversely impacted. The cases are: Friends of Animals v. Fish & Wildlife Serv., LEXIS 93734 (D. July 16, 2015). Friends of Animals v.

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