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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Because IT IS ILLEGAL TO INTERFERE WITH NESTING BIRDS!! As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1. Authors: T.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. Sometimes females have eggs to lay but no nest and the eggs can end up anywhere from other duck and goose nests…there was even a case in Minnesota where a Canada Goose laid an egg in an Osprey nest and the raptors incubated and hatched it !

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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To avoid quarrels about different education styles, each adult attends a separate chick after fledging (source: HBW). Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.) There are some reports of the species having bred in captivity, for example, in a British Wild Life Park.

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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: A Review

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It’s a fun read, and almost sneakily educational, the book equivalent of a birdwatching museum in London with very long explanatory labels. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. 40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today.