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Starlings and Eagles

10,000 Birds

Here I was, sitting patiently in a blind, watching a tethered European Starling on a string. The aim of the game was to band raptors, and specifically to band Golden Eagles. It was the only bird I could see through the narrow slit in the blind, and so, as a bird-watcher, I watched it. And Science requires Sacrifice.

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