10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I don’t know how many of you ever raised chickens but the old joke went something like this. This adult Bald Eagle politely moves away from the nest to defecate (watch out). Well, as it turns out, it’s really uric acid (the white part of the poop). The dark part is undigested feces. Besides, it has just been fed.

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Bald Eagle Chickens Birds North America 238

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

“Tomcat” uses diphacinone, a first generation anticoagulant known to have caused the deaths of bobcats, mountain lions, domestic housecats, songbirds, and birds of prey including Kestrels and Bald Eagles. Perhaps not surprisingly, the poison companies seem to be hiding behind Teflon shields about the problems with their products.

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 255

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats. Northern Harriers, Peregrine Falcons, American Kestrels, and a fair number of Bald Eagles all can be found on the refuge year round.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 121

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. He waved me down and I braced myself, expecting him to point out any of the several Bald Eagles I had already spotted. ” Was I? Yes, dear fisherman, yes!

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Cattle Florida Bald Eagle Endangered Species 191

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Young raptors like the above Bald Eagle chick are a different matter. Never raise a wild goose or duckling yourself.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

Which these days involves a frenzy to breed and raise a brood. Birds arrive, and immediately start the business of breeding, so they can raise a family and be gone before winter arrives. Birds like American Coots and Long-eared Owls in Arviat, to Bald Eagles in Whale Cove.

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Bald Eagle Breeding Raised Whales 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2014

We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer. Sophie the Scissortail was the most difficult but the most satisfying bird of the season.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 214

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This is where we learn how to differentiate Broad-winged migrating hawks from Red-tails, immature Bald Eagles from immature Golden Eagles, Northern Harriers from “the rest” and, of course, that classic conundrum, how to know a Sharp-shinned Hawk from a Cooper’s Hawk.

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North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 215

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. Bald Eagle, for example, is still said to be “formerly more widespread” though the range map shows expansion. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

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. Have you had rehab experiences with eagles? photo by John Huba. Was there a role model for Mars?

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 246

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

qn Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Runner-up: The Bald Eagle that swooped around over the Big Gay Race in Minneapolis in October, which I didn’t get a picture of. Gray-necked Wood Rail by Redgannet Greg had two birds but he managed to choose one as his best and one a runner-up: My best bird was Archaeopteryx.

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Raptors and other predatory birds have largely rebounded, and there seems to be be no shortage of Brown Pelicans, Peregrine Falcons and Bald Eagles. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Can you imagine having to go to Alaska just to see our national bird?

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

And we did , for the Peregrine Falcon and Osprey , the Brown Pelican and Bald Eagle. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. We could do it! Then the 80s happened. We must fight to save every species we can, every ecosystem, every niche.

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California Condor United States Guam Whales 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. AND you can use lead shot, which will impact any scavenger like a bald eagle that happens to feed on the carcass you leave. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly. Benjamin Franklin disapproved of the selection of the Bald Eagle as our national bird, calling it “a Bird of bad moral Character.” They can be found in every state except Alaska (but see the comments below!). Wild turkeys can fly for short distances up to 55 miles per hour.

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Turkey Bald Eagle Game North America 236

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Something needed to be done. Somebody had to take one for the team. Mike fixed me with his cold, steely, gray-eyed stare. Tualatin River NWR–Atfálat’i Unit.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 137

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. 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. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.

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