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Mountain Goats Accidentally Killed in Study

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A mountain goat study in Glacier National Park has been suspended following the deaths of two goats after they were shot with tranquilizer darts. The University of Montana study, aimed at exploring the effects of climate change on mountain goats, got under way this month with preliminary field work in the Many Glacier Valley.

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Birding Dulan County, Qinghai

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Good for animals, of course – particularly some shy mammals. Being a mammal myself, I am understandably much less fond of this animal class than I am of birds. Therefore, apologies in advance for the largish number of mammal photos in this post. Blue Sheep. At least they are cute.

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Mountain goat??? (It was safely herded toward the path up the mountain)

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United States of America: "Mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) in the mountains of Olympic National Park, Washington."

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submitted by /u/trot-trot [link] [comments].

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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When there are no animals around to sit on, Cattle Egrets sometimes sit on trees, even though they frequently b h about the trees’ low speed and inability to stir up insects. John Darnielle (of Mountain Goats fame), should you read this, feel free to add a comment that this post would have been much better without most of the words.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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This study suggests that the common pastime of supplementary feeding of ducks has resulted in new foraging behaviours and patterns within urban populations of Pacific Black Ducks, and these findings have implications for urban wildlife management and the co-existence of people and animals in urban environments.”

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Little Big Year Week 33: Yellowstone

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Whenever one thinks about Yellowstone, the first though for the majority of folks is probably the animals. The Rocky Mountain Goats were the same thing, saw them, got a shot, but from 800 yards away, it really isn’t much to write home about. Here are the rest of the animals that we did see.

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