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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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I’m to the point that I wish all the Snowy Owls in the US this winter would head back north. There’s been some confusing info because Project SNOWStorm also captured and put a transmitter on a first winter female Snowy Owl around the same time in the same area. As Tracey Ullman said at the end of her show, “Go home!

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Minnesota, a Winter Owl Wonderland

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An Imposing Great Gray Owl, by Carlos Sanchez. Great Gray Owl , Northern Hawk Owl , Snowy Owl – this trinity captures the imagination of most birders with their imposing presence, unique adaptations, and beauty as among the most desired species of bird to see in the world.

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

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Nevertheless, five years seems a good time to reflect on the blogging experience. For example, I wrote about litigation involving the California Condor , Barred and Spotted Owls , Golden-cheeked Warbler , California Gnatcatcher , and Greater Sage-Grouse , among others.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

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Nevertheless, five years seems a good time to reflect on the blogging experience. For example, I wrote about litigation involving the California Condor , Barred and Spotted Owls , Golden-cheeked Warbler , California Gnatcatcher , and Greater Sage-Grouse , among others.

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Why Are Red-breasted Nuthatches Irrupting?

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Bird bloggers from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. The usual understanding of why irruptions of birds – from Red-breasted Nuthatches to Snowy Owls – occurs is that there is a shortage of food. Birders are delighted by Snowy Owls. Remember that friend of mine that saw 17 breeding pairs of Snowy Owls in a single valley?

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Birding for the Curious: A Book Review

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The conversational writing style is punctuated by lists (Things to Consider When Going on a Bird Walk) and Tips to Remember (for finding waterfowl, raptors, shorebirds, gulls, owls, perching birds). Finding owls is the occasion to discuss the ethics of playback. The book starts with “Why Birds?”

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