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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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because, if the film rights to this book have not been snapped up yet, Hollywood is making a huge mistake) (c) Will I ever see a Blakiston’s Fish Owl? The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. Primorye is officially part of Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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The decrease in numbers has been accompanied by fragmentation of the breeding range and is continuing to affect all populations. Disturbance on breeding grounds (e.g. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway.

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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

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About the Green-winged Pytilia , the HBW entry includes the harrowing “Popular cagebird, large numbers of which are captured and exported; mortality during shipment high” Humanity can be a scarce resource in humankind. ” ( HBW ). With Red-billed Quelea. Kind of like Dresden, I guess.

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