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Blakiston’s Fish Owl on Hokkaido

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Later in the book mentioned at the beginning of this post, there is another paragraph on music: “As we drove to Terney in the whiteout conditions of a blizzard, listening to the Carpenters lament lost love at ear-bleeding volume, I asked Katkov if he had any songs about wolves.”

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Just had my lifer Cinereous Vulture this morning

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Before I was born, it used to be a rare breeding species in mountainous areas south of Belgrade, but became extinct after the 1960s due to intensive poisoning of wolves. There’s an eagle… a White-tailed Eagle , a relatively common and numerous breeding species of riparian forests along large water courses and fishponds.

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Wolves & Eagles No Longer Endangered in Michigan?

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Michigan's removal of the bald eagle and gray wolf from the list will be the most significant change in species protection the state has seen in years. The delisting would not open the door for hunters to kill wolves, the state's DNR notes. Tags: bald eagle Gray Wolf us endangered species.

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Thought experiment

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The ones who would last until the very end would be lions , tigers bears, eagles and wolves. The main strategy for horses is organisation. Horses live in groups. So they can look out for each other. Not to mention their speed. They have speed,size, power everything. What do you think?

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Wild Mississippi

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You will see everything from bald eagles, wolves and deer, to wild turtles, baby ducklings and other animals. In the newest mini-series, Wild Mississippi, viewers will get to see how the Mississippi river can both nurture and destroy. Who knew our country was so diverse in just one region?

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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

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The park did have a pack of African Wild Dogs, or Painted Wolves, the species I had gone to Africa to see. Out in the park treats like Black-breasted Snake-eagles , Lemon-breasted Canaries, African Cuckoo-hawks, Pink Twinspots, Southern Black T**s, Martial Eagles and Black-bellied Bustards were a small selection of the treats I saw.

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A Day in Anchorage

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About 40 minutes outside of Anchorage, and only a bare 20 minutes from my friends’ place in Eagle River, we visited the Eagle River Nature Center to try to pick up a few of the other northern specialties I was interested in. Where the nearby military base has a pack of wolves on it. Fortunately, mountains don’t move.

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