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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

10,000 Birds

When you see a falconer transporting their bird or walking with a group, the bird might be in a dark crate or hooded. All the training with the bird is based on positive reinforcement. When Merlins first started nesting in the Twin Cities metro area, one of the birds had a band. Falconers keep their birds in the dark. Not all the time.

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Remotest Endemic Birds

10,000 Birds

How difficult is the place to reach in terms of planes, trains and automobiles? Some of these islands cannot be reached by any mode of transport except a long ocean crossing and some are well over a thousand miles from the closest human habitation. Basically, if you can fly or drive there, it doesn’t count.

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