10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2022
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was known for his hunting forays into this forest, only months prior to his assassination during a 1934 state visit to France. By law, the foresters should have left 5 mature trees per hectare, but nothing remained. A Lesser Spotted Eagle high in the thermal, getting ever smaller. And there it is!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2017
If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains birds to take out drones that stray into restricted airspace. The smart-looking example in the photo above is by Michael Catanzariti, through Wikimedia Commons.).
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10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2011
The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. No explanation of his decision is known to exist, though he did simply state “The Escutcheon is born on the breast of an American Eagle without any other supporters to denote that the United States of America ought to rely on their own Virtue.&#
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2016
But, lacking the law enforcement in the field, nothing has really changed. Hunting is also significant during migration and in its wintering range; with an annual toll in France computed at c. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. Greater Spotted Eagle by Artemy Voikhansky. European Turtle-Dove by Denis Cachia.
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