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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

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Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. There are also numerous videos of strikes from territorial birds, that while vindicating are also worrisome. Image © Womackke.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds.

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Domestic or Ganky Geese

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Even the ones that bear the same plumage as their progenitors, however, can usually be distinguished by their larger bulk. Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

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Or These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become A Bird Watcher #13: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! • Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Duck Migration Review of Gulf Crossing Cold Front Connecticut in Carolina (or how migrants surprise us).Or Join Mike in Jamaica! The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Many of the fruits, seeds and flowers that make up a significant part of a macaw’s diet in this part of the Amazon basin have evolved with naturally occurring toxins designed for the plant’s self-protection. The clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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The Marvelous Spatuletail as it appears in a video about The Glitter in the Green. It is also a story about conservation: the danger hummingbirds have always been in from all sides, natural and human-made, and the ways in which individuals, community groups, and larger organizations are working to protect them. link] © 2021 Jon Dunn.

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The Cutting Edge: Bird Feeder Patents

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Brome states that the “SquirrelBuster Legacy” is protected by several patents, including U.S. A video of the SquirrelBuster Legacy in action is here and it may provide helpful context for the discussion that follows. The ‘707 patent bears the uninspired title “Bird Feeder,” and it issued in July 2001. Brome owns several U.S.

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