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Urban birds, urban birding… is there a future?

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White-tailed Eagles normally take flight silently, yet, while checking some Common Starlings and hoping for Rosy Starlings , I heard a few noisy wing-beats, enough to turn and see a young eagle flying with a wing tag. This is clearly one of its first flights – it may have even taken the first flight today!

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Nesting Eagle Killed in Portugal, Another Brilliant Move

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I come from a Portuguese family and I have no problem dumping on the Portuguese. Portuguese environmental groups - including SOS Lynx, A Nossa Terra and Almargem - have denounced the deliberate shooting of the country's only nesting male Iberian Imperial Eagle. Tags: Stupid eagle portugal fox hunting. This makes me angry.

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Week Fourteen: The Center of Australia, and Sydney Part #1

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Wedge-tailed Eagles roam the skies, along with Brown Falcon, Black Kites , and Nankeen Kestrels. This Wedge-tailed Eagle was sitting along side one of the roads, eyeing a small road killed Kangaroo. Many of the birds were being wing tagged and GPS makers as well in order to track their movements.

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Great Kestrel Count 2011

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Obviously, Bald Eagles are a pretty big deal too. Take your kids, a family member, a neighbor or a friend on a drive, a walk, or a bike ride to look specifically for kestrels for at least an hour during the long weekend. Twitter masterminds can follow the unfolding kestrelmania using the hash-tag #KestrelCount.

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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These Blasts From The Past Bald Eagles are Getting Spoiled… Help Save Migratory Birds! These Blasts From The Past Bald Eagles are Getting Spoiled… Help Save Migratory Birds! Tags: Asides , christmas bird count • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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The Cherokee nation called them “Peace Eagles” owing to the fact that they never killed a living thing – and also that they tended to show up in numbers after battled when peace treaties were being signed, though admittedly that may have been for a slightly more macabre reason. millions years ago.

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Birding around Sydney

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My sister and family were not moving far, so commuting between houses was not hard and our two nephews have settled into their new schools. He is fond of nature programmes and has 10000birds in his “favourites” He is hoping for some eagle pictures in upcoming posts, as he has seen some in nature films and they impress him!

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