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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

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She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl. This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. We decided to raise them, and hoped they would wild up quickly if we followed the protocol for avoiding imprinting.

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Xena

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Xena is a Eurasian Eagle Owl. Normally she would be living somewhere in Europe or Asia, but she was born and raised in captivity in the United States. She lives with her handler, wildlife rehabilitator Lisa Acton, in upstate New York. But raising an ed bird means you can coochy-coochy them to your heart’s content.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part III

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For example, wind turbines are designed to generate electricity, but they incidentally strike eagles and other birds. The rule’s reading of the MBTA also raises serious concerns with a United States’ treaty partner, and for the migratory bird resources protected by the MBTA and underlying treaties.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Their common names reflect their size, appearance, residence, and sometimes their sound, ranging from the simple to the eponymous: Little Owl, Powerful Owl, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Cloud-Forest Pygmy-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Morepork, Christmas Island Boobook, Blakiston’s Fish-Owl.

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Winging It In Tulsa

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I live in New York; I’ve also lived in Maine and Switzerland. One of them was my longtime-but-never-met rehabber buddy Leslie Jackson, who has accomplished the nearly-impossible task of successfully raising swifts, swallows, and Purple Martins (see one of her eventual graduates). Snowstorm? ” You’re in Oklahoma ,” she replied.

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A Twitch at Two, and the Flood

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I know you can bird in dark in New York and Newcastle, Weyburn and Walla Walla. Which these days involves a frenzy to breed and raise a brood. In the last couple of weeks I’ve seen over 20 new species. Birds like American Coots and Long-eared Owls in Arviat, to Bald Eagles in Whale Cove.

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Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America: A Book Review by a Sound Challenged Birder

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A special box shows the differences amongst hawk and eagle copulation sounds. Of course, this only works when the target birds vocalize, which Scaup don’t tend to do in winter in New York City. Pieplow has here expanded the scope and raised the bar, making the spectrogram THE core of the field guide.