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Record-breaking eagles? nests, coastal Georgia, and a wicked sunburn

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Urban parks in downtown historic squares, a riverfront with cobblestone streets, and multiple wildlife refuges and state parks called like the Sirens. Then the EIS (environmental impact statement – a document required by federal law) hit the press. Bald Eagle. Featured image – Bald Eagle. Photo by © Robin Edwards.

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Can A Hawk Carry Off Your 12-Pound Pet?

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Wildlife lovers and rehabilitators, as always, tried to intervene. “I I have been caring for raptors for almost 29 years and not even a Bald Eagle can carry off 12 pounds,” wrote Eileen Wicker, the Executive Director of Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky. “I The frightening responses went like this: “Just shoot ‘em.”

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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

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Elephants used to cross the border here before the war, but the fighting increased incidents of poaching as law and order broke down, leading to highly traumatised elephants crossing the border. But the wildlife and scenery was epic. Tembe Elephant Park is a mosaic of savannah and forest. Terrestrial Brownbul. Crested Guinefowl.

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Greater Sage-grouse v. Wind Turbines in Oregon

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Jason’s first contribution tackled the importance of the National Wildlife Refuge System., For example, turbine blades can be lethal to raptors, particularly eagles. NEPA is a federal law that requires agencies to follow certain procedures before commencing a project.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

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I discovered that they nest on Protection Island, which is off the northeastern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, just west of Port Townsend, in the Juan de Fuca Strait near where it meets Puget Sound. Once the salmon started heading upstream the eagles would disperse and go after them. Protection Island and Mt.

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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For birds of prey, we have plates of flight silhouettes, Eagles in flight, Kites in flight, Buzzards in flight, Harriers in flight, Accipiters in flight, falcons in flight, plus multiple flight images on each species account. and population estimate above the map and the bird’s most likely habitats below the map. .”

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Bird Litigation: Wind Turbine Near Ottawa NWR

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The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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