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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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This year was my third year helping to lead trips at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. He waved me down and I braced myself, expecting him to point out any of the several Bald Eagles I had already spotted. ” Was I?

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. When a tree filled with nestling Cattle Egrets collapsed, 60 orphans took up temporary residence in the house.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” Short-toed Snake-Eagle – Circaetus gallicus. Martial Eagle – Polemaetus bellicosus. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Tawny Eagle – Aquila rapax. Something needed to be done.

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