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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. Then I started volunteering at The Raptor Center to give educational programs with live birds of prey and my trainer was a master falconer. When you see a falconer transporting their bird or walking with a group, the bird might be in a dark crate or hooded.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

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A few general words about parrotbills to fulfill my educational duty towards you, the valued reader. Hemoglobin is a key molecule in transporting oxygen from the lungs to the individual cells requiring it for their metabolism. So, all this makes birding this place an occasionally less than pleasant experience.

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