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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. They showed me their wounds!

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. A Bald Eagle took a chunk out of my jaw,” said Vonda Lee Morton. “I I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. And the eagle was released a few months later!”. “

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Bird Litigation:  Guilty Plea Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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For the next five years, it must also implement an Eagle Management Plan. The company, ESI Energy LLC, built facilities in high-risk locations, failed to obtain permits, and its wind turbines killed approximately 150 eagles. But if it was built, ESI should obtain an eagle take permit. It further alleges that the U.S.

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Starlings and Eagles

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The aim of the game was to band raptors, and specifically to band Golden Eagles. To understand, and thus to protect. To gather vital information that could make the difference between a thriving Golden Eagle population and a declining one. To gain knowledge of migration routes, wintering sites, survival rates.

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