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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

10,000 Birds

I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. When you see a falconer transporting their bird or walking with a group, the bird might be in a dark crate or hooded. I think what bothered me most was that I knew how angry birders get about owls and that this would be bad PR for falconry. Not all the time.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

10,000 Birds

So, all this makes birding this place an occasionally less than pleasant experience. Hemoglobin is a key molecule in transporting oxygen from the lungs to the individual cells requiring it for their metabolism. However, it is still worth it, if only for the parrotbills, four of which I encountered here within a few hours.

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