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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior. I have never been one to advocate the needless killing of animals for whatever purpose. But after spending time with experienced falconers in the field I have come to respect and admire the responsible practitioners of this, the sport of kings.

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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

10,000 Birds

Along with animal care director Peggy Coontz, Tom and a number of volunteers rescue and care for injured and orphaned wildlife within 15 miles of the Center, as well as those spotted on small islands around Key West. Last year, 4,000 young Peregrine Falcons swept through the Keys on their way north.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

About a quarter of the world’s Brown Bears live in Europe (including the Russian part of it), some 55,000, divided into nine separate and evermore fragmented populations – some of them dangerously tiny, a dozen or two dozen animals only. At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. And I came here to track them.

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