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Lightning Storms and Eagles

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It was the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, calling to report a Bald Eagle standing “crumpled” in remote area near Wausau, Wisconsin. A waste truck driver had found the eagle, but was unable to stay with her until we could arrive. This eagle is not long for this world.”. We are off to rescue a Bald Eagle, kiddo!”

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Birds In a Changing Climate: A Primer

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Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. This is a Pika, a charismatic and beloved mammal found in high elevations in much of western North America. Will early-arriving birds suffer from having to endure late winter storms?

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. photo by John Huba.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. This allows you to watch birds (well, at least those that are not too noise sensitive) while not having to suffer their sounds. But I am grumbling a little bit about it.

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