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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

10,000 Birds

” Most shrugged and said very few US falconers fly owls because they’re slow and some species you can only hunt at night, that wouldn’t be much fun to watch. If anything, falconry birds like the above red-tailed hawk are a hunting partner, especially wild caught birds. Many get their birds from breeders.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

10,000 Birds

We are always content bird-watching around Broome anyway! Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. This year we were fortunate to observe birds in Victoria at the start of the year before all of the lockdowns.

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