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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Our Snow Leopard sat, quite Cheetah-like, before stalking off and once again rolling in the gravel, apparently an indication of the desire to mask its scent before a hunt. We could not believe our fortune, could we really be treated to a Snow Leopard hunt – this was beyond our wildest dreams?

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JANUARY 17, 2020

While it has no official status – at least not yet – many Scots regard the Golden Eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos ) as their national avian mascot. Pair of Golden Eagles (1899) by Scottish painter Archibald Thornburn (1860-1935). Pair of Golden Eagles (1899) by Scottish painter Archibald Thornburn (1860-1935).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Kosutnjak Park , a former royal deer-hunting forest, is located to the west of the Topcider Park. Some of the birds you might see in these areas include the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler , Hawfinch , Black Woodpecker , Golden Oriole , Savi’s Warbler , and the White-tailed Eagle.

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Transported Woodpeckers Birds Serbia 256

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there. Photographed within Beljarica: five White-tailed Eagles by Snezana Panjkovic.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Two more aspects contribute to bird diversity: these are the inner city waters, so hunting is forbidden, and the Danube rarely freezes, and even then it would be the last water to freeze. Also, a rare Greater Spotted Eagle was spotted here in December (only about a dozen of them overwinter in Serbia).

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful. A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. Back to birds.

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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. A Lesser Spotted Eagle high in the thermal, getting ever smaller. And a White-tailed Eagle making an appearance in the same thermal! Photo by Surcin Municipality.

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APRIL 16, 2020

This D usky Eagle Owl is blind on one eye but still seems to be doing ok. Well, it mostly hunts at night, when it is dark anyway. This Indian Eagle Owl was relentlessly mobbed by some crows. The Brown Fish Owl is the most common of all Fish Owls. Its ear tufts seem to be almost horizontal rather than vertical.

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MARCH 20, 2024

It was like so many other places where the young birds were stolen from nests, habitat was destroyed, and adult macaws occasionally hunted. Prefer a White-fronted Nunbird or an Ornate Hawk-eagle? At one time, Scarlet Macaws in Costa Rica were greatly reduced. Thankfully, In Costa Rica, that ignorance ended some time ago.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Malta, you might recall, has the dubious distinction of being a hotspot for illegal hunting of protected birds. BirdLife Malta posted about the suspected shooting of a Short-toed Eagle. News Birdlife Malta european union illegal hunting Malta short-toed eagle' Like the felled Turtle Dove photographed above by the BBC.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Now that I have driven that to a state of relative completion and I am compelled to return to the forest, I learned that the government here has re-opened the hunting season. After experiencing the ebb and flow of energies over the years with the coming and going of the annual five month long hunting season, the strain is plain for me to see.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Many friends and guests enjoyed seeing this particular bird soar, hunt, or even sit for hours in the valley. A massive shadow caught our eye on the opposite end, by the time we whispered “ Black Hawk-Eagle ” to each other it already was in view almost overhead. Definitely a hawk-eagle, but which? Was it this bird?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Travel onto the world famous Kaziranga National Park and you will have very good chances of more endangered species such as Pallas’s Fish Eagle , vultures, Swamp Francolin , and both species of Adjutant Storks. On night drives here looking for Eurasian Eagle Owl and nightjars you have a very good chance of seeing Striped Hyena.

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Critter News

MARCH 21, 2009

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. Irrational attitudes? That's a diplomatic way of saying that it's ignorance, pure and simple.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Yet, one other hunting attempt in the same area I do remember. The next memorable hunt came from winter 2006/07. This endearing ground squirrel is the preferred prey of a resident pair of Imperial Eagles … Within twenty minutes, a Goshawk, a Black Kite and two Honey Buzzards passed over. And, now, at eBird.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And more importantly for us, unlike Zywiec, 313 Polish Lager features a bird: the orzel bialy , the white eagle that adorns the national coat of arms of Poland. Poland, of course, is just one of many lands that claims an eagle for its national avian symbol. An eagle (a White-tailed?) as drawn by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski.

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Critter News

MARCH 19, 2012

A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The Northern Arapaho decline to say specifically what they will do with the eagles the federal permit allows them to kill.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Killing Wyoming 100

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As I am already familiar with CL Companion, ELs and NLs, as well as the ATS/STX scopes, now I had a chance to try those toys I am not familiar with, such as hunting EL Range binoculars with built-in electronics telling the user the distance and an azimuth angle (interesting, but I still prefer my binoculars without batteries).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In a low tree crown above the road stands an Icterine Warbler , while a smaller flock of Sand Martins hunts insects low above the reeds. A guy on a motorbike is approaching me… perhaps a leader of the hunt to warn me off the area for safety reasons? There’s a pickup truck parked by the dirt road, next to it stands a bored hunter.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

It’s a good thing too, because it is the leading gamebird in North America in terms of total harvest and the widespread distribution of hunting effort. Use of non-toxic shot when hunting waterfowl has been mandatory, nationwide, since 1991. Click on photos for full sized images. www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fNo6B5gUI. v=44fNo6B5gUI.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Bald Eagle that he watched (and photographed) hunting and eating a Blue-winged Teal at Viera Wetlands. Sure, Corey saw rarer birds, more colorful birds, and birds that he wanted to see more than a Bald Eagle but the experience of watching such a show was amazing. How about you?

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JULY 22, 2020

Drifting slower and looking closer, we observed a tiny Malachite Kingfisher hunting in the sheltered shallows. The now familiar sound of a pair of African Fish-Eagles dominated the soundscape. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (above), African Fish-Eagle (below). Squacco Heron. This tiny kingfisher thoroughly excited everyone on board.

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Kenya Fish Trinidad Eagles 155

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Many countries have private reserves and concessions, run for tourism or hunting, that provide outstanding wildlife watching opportunities. Brown-hooded Kingfishers hunt far from water. Spotted Eagle Owls are one of several owls that can be seen here. The reserve had several francolins, like this Crested Francolin. You decide.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A shot or two coming from the opposite bank, but they do not sound like geese shooting – more like boar hunting. A goose hunt sounds like a WWII battle. We counted more than 35 of them, relaxed and fearless, clearly not hunted. Easy – it is forbidden to hunt at night. Labudovo okno reserve, photo (2) by Marko Sciban.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

I also couldn’t help but notice that the drone passed by at least one eagle nest (the operator probably had no clue it was there) and wondered how much an eagle would tolerate from a small unmanned aircraft. And we would know what to watch for if the eagle didn’t like it and would back the drone off.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Readers of this site already know about this extraordinary place from Dragan’s evocative post of November 2018, “ The 701 Long-eared Owls of Kikinda.”)

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Barn Owls Owls Serbia Finland 113

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APRIL 6, 2011

Two new studies “add scientific evidence that hunters’ lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.&# So when will conservation-minded hunters stop using lead ammunition? Why, then, is lead still used to hunt?

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JUNE 5, 2012

Typically these birds hunt at night and are very shy. We also stumbled upon the largest of Africa’s owls, the colossal Giant Eagle Owl (more recently named Verreaux’s Eagle Owl ) and often heard its pig-like grunting both during the day and at night. In full sunlight, at eye-level and eating a freshly caught fish.

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Owls Fish Botswana Barn Owls 246

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The area is used as a hunting ground for large raptors including the White-bellied Sea-Eagle and Brahminy Kite. This was not something that was known to occur until recently and the Pied Oystercatchers appear to be having some luck this breeding season.

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JUNE 16, 2022

In the grass, Desert and Isabelline Wheatears await us, together with Tawny Pipits and large flocks of Greater Short-toed Larks ; while Booted Eagle , Lesser Kestrel and even one Critically Endangered White-rumped Vulture fly above us.

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Gazelles India 2012 Pakistan 255

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AUGUST 3, 2019

A birder needs access to large areas of mature forest that also offer up chances at seeing glittering flocks of tanagers, checking out the tail bobbing behavior of cool antbirds, and glassing a hawk-eagle or two. This is what a Black Hawk-Eagle shape looks like. Ornate Hawk-Eagle. Buff-fronted Quail-Dove. Black Guan.

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Costa Rica Panama Birds Eagles 202

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JULY 21, 2016

After the Common Starling , my second bird of the morning becomes the largest eagle of Europe, the White-tailed Eagle , this one with a fairly white tail, yet still dark beak, that I estimate to be in its 3rd calendar year. Looking miserable with its feathers soaked, one yellow and blue European Bee-eater sits on a dead branch.

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Serbia Sheep Birds Eagles 128

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JANUARY 30, 2019

From his time hunting, Brian knew where rafts usually sheltered from the wind on the Santa Rosa Sound, and we strolled down the shore towards the black dots in the distance. As a duck hunter, he had seen Redheads and scaups and mergansers throughout the winter, but as I did not relish getting up at 3:30 a.m.

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Bald Eagle 2019 Florida Hunters 113

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The drongo perches above the flock, snatching insects that they disturb, and keeping an eye out for predators that might go unnoticed by its hunting flock-mates. The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ).

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JULY 5, 2018

It is a fascinating world of swampy forests of willow and poplar, inhabited by Black Storks , White-tailed Eagles , Eastern Olivaceous and Icterine Warblers (above), among more than 200 other species. And that was the time when all 400 km2 were still open to annual rhythms of flooding and represented a famous waterbird hunting ground.

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Beavers Serbia Eagles Hungary 120

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MAY 6, 2021

The White-tailed Eagle is one of the easiest birds to observe in Belgrade, Serbia (almost guaranteed). And with a wingspan slightly bigger than a Bald Eagle, it is really no wonder that almost every local eBird list contains a sighting of one to several birds. The post A Tale of Two Eagles appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Eggs Serbia 263

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FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Americans of a certain age will recall how close their country came to losing the Bald Eagle.). The sighting suggests that for all its struggles with habitat loss and hunting, the species is still managing to reproduce. But that tragedy is compounded when the species at risk is a country’s national bird.

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