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Canadian Group Wants to Free Captive Porpoise

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The Vancouver-based animal rights group Lifeforce wants the Vancouver Aquarium to free Daisy the porpoise. Tags: porpoise captivity canada aquariums vancouver. Here is a video from the group.

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Greater White-fronted Goose in Queens

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Despite my best efforts and despite seeing around 200 Canada Geese , I had no luck with the Specklebelly. I searched the entire northern end of the park, including the golf course, the reflecting pool, the open water by Porpoise Bridge, and every open grassy spot I could find. I searched the grassy areas all around Meadow Lake.

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Driven to Distraction

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The bird rears up, calls and splashes, it thrashes around on the surface and dives and porpoises about. At its core the goal is the same, to say to a predator “I’m hurt, and an easy meal, come and get me.&# It would be a hard act to ignore. Its squeak call is loud and it moves about, attempting to lead the predator away.

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Collaborative list – January 2020

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Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Flushing Meadows Corona Park–Porpoise Bridge. Brant – Branta bernicla. Breezy Point Tip. 01 Jan 2020. Cackling Goose – Branta hutchinsii. Ridgefield NWR–River ‘S’ Unit. 18 Jan 2020. Hamlin Parma Townline Rd. and Moul Rd. 01 Jan 2020. Kilauea Point NWR.

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