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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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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Wintering Wallcreepers are always a possibility, too, generally in quarries where Eagle Owls are resident. Rock Nuthatches can be elusive Mention of Eagle Owl brings me to to rich variety of raptors to be found here in winter. Steve is a talented photographer: his excellent pictures add greatly to the appeal of the book.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

With birds like Ornate Hawk-Eagle and Snowcap possible, how can you not take up birding while living in Costa Rica? The sightings raise several questions. We might have limited space but we make up for it with a massive amount of biodiversity including well over 900 bird species on the official Costa Rica bird list.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I started the campaign for the protection of Beljarica, raising public awareness and collecting more than 10,000 petition signatures, not only because of its Eurasian Otters , White-tailed Eagles , Black Storks , Icterine and Eastern Olivaceous Warblers , etc., but because this large spillway protects the city from flooding.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

” We are currently offering the opportunity of a lifetime to see a Harpy Eagle that is nesting in the Amazon lowlands, and guides are ready to work! Another – raising and selling trout to survive. Birding guides have been working hard to keep trails open at the lodges. One guide has been taking care of cattle.

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MAY 31, 2013

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. The great thing about raising an education bird,” says Lisa, “is that you can do everything you’re never allowed to do with the wild ones.” Check out her Facebook page.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Black-chested snake Eagle with a snake at Matheniko Wildlife Reserve Eastern Uganda. Herbert travels broadly to attend birding festivals and fairs as an exhibitor and as a guest speaker on the topics of ecotourism development, community-based Skills training focusing on Women in tourism.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As we passed by a small body of water a couple of Apolinar’s Wrens ( Cistothorus apolinari ) skittered in between the stalks of grass and one of them even sort of displayed on top of a small plant with its tail raised high up. As we walked parallel to a rock face on the left, a suspicious set of eyes followed us from the precipice above.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Still, this way or another, the year is ending with some glorious species, e.g. a rare Greater Spotted Eagle. I observed my first GS eagles in India some 8 years ago, then the first for Europe in Greece only last December , and finally I have them in my home country list.

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MAY 18, 2023

A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. After a positive ID, it flies to the protruded roots of a large tree, showing itself well in the soft sunlight. There is barely enough light for a photo.

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MAY 7, 2019

My husband and I zipped up windbreakers and pulled down hats to stay warm as we traversed the raised path, watching Common Gallinules, White-Faced Ibis, and American Coots probe for food along the exposed mud. A flock of Black-necked Stilts flies past me. While the whistling ducks may have been the highlight, there were birds everywhere.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Some might even protest at being kept separate, raising their voices as they eye the main conference birds with hungry intent. The Accipiters and other bird predators would either have to be prohibited from attending or at least need to be kept separate from the rest of the tasty looking attendees.

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JULY 6, 2011

Back on the first weekend in May, I attended the Heron Festival at Clear Lake, one of the four aforementioned lakes which also include Eagle Lake, Lake Almanor and the Thermalito Afterbay of Lake Oroville. Note the raised crests as the female (on the left) turns to face the larger male (on the right).

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MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. For a split-second I was considering the white morph of the Booted Eagle… while noticing that they do not have long stork necks and that they were… Egyptian Vultures ! Raising and lowering its head, like stretching.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

At the far end of the lake stands a tall, dry tree with an eagle that we are struggling to determine and it remains a dark silhouette far too far. Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! The closer one raises her head, than lies back.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures.

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AUGUST 3, 2013

It is built to reach out into the water when the dam is full and is reached along a raised walkway, screened from the mammals, reptiles and birds that may be roosting, resting, feeding, drinking or waiting in ambush close by. The Osprey in its turn was dispossessed by an African Fish-Eagle.

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MARCH 25, 2020

Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother. Two days after September 11, 2001 (of course) on a day in the mountains when she sees, for the first time in her life, Bald Eagles (of course) Alejandra becomes pregnant. We, as individuals, escaped the trap of the past.”

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JANUARY 7, 2016

One bird was flying towards us and, just prior to avoiding us, only slightly raised its head (showing us its yellow throat) before picking up an insect in mid-air. The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices.

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JULY 20, 2011

Two weekends ago, I took a little jaunt to Eagle Lake hoping to see the complete courtship display of the Western and Clark’s Grebes but alas, I was too late. They begin feeding by dipping that huge bill into the water and scooping prey into their pouch, water flowing out of the pouch as they raise it back up to horizontal.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Owls and eagles and ducks and hummingbirds and parrots and woodpeckers are all things that a regular nonbirding joe or jane can, with time and a few color photographs, see the appeal of. a sea gull.''” Of course, that raises an important question – what is the most interesting gull in the world?

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

Jose’s deep knowledge of rainforest wildlife and ecology is reflected in his detailed paintings of Spectacled Owls, Ornate Hawk-Eagles , and other jungle wildlife. It was created by Jose (aka Cope ), a talented, salf-taught Costa Rican artist and naturalist who lives in the Caribbean lowlands of his birdy nation.

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JUNE 1, 2011

If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Young raptors like the above Bald Eagle chick are a different matter. Never raise a wild goose or duckling yourself.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As if a nod to my quiet appreciation for the force of nature, a lone Bald Eagle opened great wings and sailed across the sound, heedless of the breeze trying to push it back. A few times the sand was thrown up at my uncovered legs, stinging, but I felt mostly awe at my surroundings. Waves crash along Navarre Beach Park.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus. Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca. Osprey Pandion haliaetus.

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JULY 31, 2015

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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MAY 4, 2014

When the land is flooded after rain it will move inland and breed at the ephemeral lakes and raise its young there. The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is a large black and white shorebird that has distinctive long pink legs. It has a fine straight bill and is found in a variety of places around Broome.

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JUNE 13, 2013

The reward for the troubles comes in the shape of a Lesser Spotted Eagle circling in a thermal at the opposite side of the meadow, two Stag Beetles ( Lucanus cervus ) engaged in a wrestling match on a low branch, Roe Deer swiftly running across the road… But what are we doing in that meadow? An adult to raise its head.

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MAY 11, 2019

For 13 years, this organization has carried out a bird-a-thon to raise funds for such projects as reforestation in Ecuador and protecting nests of the Harpy Eagle in Brazil. Participate in the Rainforest Biodiversity Group’s annual bird-a-thon.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

I once raised 5 orphaned blue jays, released them, and was happily watching them fly around my house one afternoon when a Cooper’s Hawk blazed through, grabbed one, and disappeared. Naturally people question the video’s credibility, especially after that stupid and damaging eagle-snatching-a-toddler hoax by a Canadian college.

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JULY 16, 2014

The lodge is unusual in having a raised walkway behind the lodge, allowing those of us keen to bird or watch wildlife when most normal people are resting in the middle of the day. Wallace’s Hawk Eagle was a lifer. I quickly stepped out and went around the block of rooms to get a better look! Orangutans never get old.

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JUNE 22, 2011

I don’t know how many of you ever raised chickens but the old joke went something like this. This adult Bald Eagle politely moves away from the nest to defecate (watch out). Well, as it turns out, it’s really uric acid (the white part of the poop). The dark part is undigested feces. Besides, it has just been fed.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

We have never had a pair succeed in raising all of their chicks and even to succeed in raising one takes a lot of effort because they are so dependent on their parents. They are the only pair in our area that lay three eggs, with all other pairs generally laying two eggs and sometimes only one egg on their second attempt.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Those two creme a la creme neotropical king raptors, Crested and Harpy Eagles , have also been seen at Luna Lodge although not for some years. The two king eagles might still be somewhere in the Osa but I didn’t hit that avian jackpot while guiding a Birding Club of Costa Rica trip a couple weeks ago.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

“We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Two years ago we got a call about an eagle hit by a car. When we arrived we looked and there was our one-eyed eagle, eating a raccoon that had been hit. That was 9 years ago.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Unlike other birds that drink one sip at the time and raise their heads to swallow, pigeons and sandgrouses drink like asses, lowering their beaks into the water and taking as much as they like. Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus. Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus. White-eyed Buzzard Butastur teesa. Shikra Accipiter badius.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats. Northern Harriers, Peregrine Falcons, American Kestrels, and a fair number of Bald Eagles all can be found on the refuge year round.

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