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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

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This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. After we took possession of an injured and weakened Golden Eagle from the vast desert area of eastern Utah, it became clear that the compound fracture of the tibiotarsus was the result of a steel-jaw trap.

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Year of the Eagle

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Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. Year of the Eagle is his third book. You can click here for more information about Year of the Eagle.

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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

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Herbert is Managing Director of Bird Uganda Safaris, LTD and his company offers a variety of birding and wildlife tours of the most naturally resplendent regions of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. Black-chested snake Eagle with a snake at Matheniko Wildlife Reserve Eastern Uganda. Shoebill at Mabamba Swamp.

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Snow Leopard hunt by Adam Riley (INDRI Ultimate Wildlife Tours)

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After a few tense moments and some mild panic, we had all trained our telescopes on a Snow Leopard stalking across a far mountain slope. Seeing a wild Snow Leopard is every wildlife enthusiast’s dream, probably the ultimate and most elusive wildlife experience on the planet. The distance was extreme, estimated at 2.5-3km,

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Xena

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Xena is a Eurasian Eagle Owl. She lives with her handler, wildlife rehabilitator Lisa Acton, in upstate New York. Lisa takes her to schools, fairs, and events, and together they show people why they should respect and admire the wildlife who live around them. Birds Eurasian Eagle Owl wildlife rehabilitator'

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The Big Black Bird Rescue

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This story comes from Lisa Kelly, a wildlife rehabilitator in Tarrytown, New York, by way of Maggie Ciarcia, a rehabber in the nearby town of Somers. I don’t know if it’s an eagle or a crow or a vulture, I don’t know what it is, but I know it’s alive because we can see it moving its head.” “Can It’s right there near the train tracks.

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The Importance of Nurturing Young Birders

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What do you think: would you have developed faster and developed better skills or habits if someone older would have encouraged you and provided training and resources at a very early impressionable age? Kelly Preheim was talking about the large numbers of Snowy Owls on the nearby National Wildlife Refuge.