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Even Eagles Aren’t Immune …

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Fish and Wildlife Service caps at five the number of Golden Eagles that members of the Hopi tribe can collect from neighboring Navajo lands. The ruling is important because as recently as three years ago, several Hopi were prosecuted for illegally killing eagles. . … to perils associated with mankind. To wit: A ruling by the U.S.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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However, the lockdown forces me to go deeper and deeper into my photo collection, if I want to write anything at all. The Australasian Figbird is a member of the Oriole family despite not being yellow. Indeed, it seems Australian members of the oriole family are not fond of yellow, as demonstrated by this Olive-backed Oriole.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Clearly, members of the birding community and their families–thanked in the opening Acknowledgments section–played a strong role in getting this project done. . An identification guide for an overlooked bird family? It’s a very mixed chapter. And for good reason. Or, at least, the life of our local park or neighborhood.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The refuge offers opportunities for hiking and biking trails, canoeing and kayaking on Swan Lake, bank fishing, and family friendly programs and events.” The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. 31 to provide inviolate sanctuary for migratory birds.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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Wrynecks are fascinating because they are woodpeckers, taxonomically and evolutionarily, yet they do not share many behaviors and anatomical features of most members of the Picidae family. But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. They are beautiful, but in a different way.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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Working in an area for which there are few official checklists, no governing taxonomic body, and much new information on species relationships coming in, the authors were faced with a multitude of questions about family sequence, genus arrangements, English common names, and species taxonomy. Co-author Frank E. Species Accounts.

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