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Even Eagles Aren’t Immune …

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The ruling is important because as recently as three years ago, several Hopi were prosecuted for illegally killing eagles. On a somewhat brighter note, ABC News shares the story of a Bald Eagle that lived to see another day, thanks to modern technology. News eagles' Bald Eagle in Brevard County, by Nate Swick.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!” The Black-faced Monarch is a relative in the same bird family, the Monarchidae. It seems that quite a few zoos keep Tawny Frogmouths.

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Cool Green Heron

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These Blasts From The Past Ease Into Some Oekologie Oekologie #10 Undercover Taxidermist Busts Illegal Hunters Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia Audubon Rebrand About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Hat-tip to Shawn.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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These strange birds are two species in their own family; White-necked or Yellow-headed, endemic to the Upper Guinea forests and Grey-necked or Red-headed, restricted to Lower Guinea forests. Then a few years ago the news broke that picathartes had been rediscovered at a community forest reserve in Ghana. million hectares in 2007.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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She is an excellent mother, managing not only to feed her four large cubs, but their visiting father One-eyed who comes by every now and then (he has two more families and being the good father he is, visits them all regularly, usually around lunch time). Very dusty Swarovski CLs. Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Their plumage is simply amazing and the colors are astounding.

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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What has been the Republican response to this illegal occupation ? Federal water rights that underpin entire agricultural economies, and that are critical to some of the last family farms and ranches in America, will be in play. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLFQnW7CUc. v=flLFQnW7CUc.

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