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Open Season on Bald Eagles

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Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. And while we’re at it, I think it’s time to open a limited season on Bald Eagles. We’ve always hunted Bald Eagles.

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The Cherokee National Forest just got bigger!

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This particular land near the Tennessee-Georgia border is critical as a protection for Taylor Branch, a tributary of the Conasauga River. As one of our country’s most biodiverse rivers, this entire habitat is considered ‘high priority’ in the Wildlife Action Plan of the state Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Bald Eagle.

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The Traveling Birder

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Lifers included Cape May, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Kentucky, Canada, and Blue-winged warblers. For example, not much can beat the experience of seeing a Bald Eagle scare up thousands of Snow Geese at Sacramento NWR. Lifers included White-tailed Hawk, Caracara, and Whooping Crane.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina). Eurasian Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). Montagu’s Harrier (Circus pygargus). Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis). Accipiter sp. Accipiter sp.). Red Kite (Milvus milvus).

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Collaborative list November – 2021

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168 Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. 173 Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 469 Tennessee Warbler – Leiothlypis peregrina. 168 Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. 173 Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. The life list sits stubbornly at 4081.

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Collaborative list – October 2021

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199 Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. 206 Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 515 Tennessee Warbler – Leiothlypis peregrina. 199 Golden Eagle – Aquila chrysaetos. 206 Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. 1 Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui.

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Collaborative list – December 2021

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Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.

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