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AUGUST 28, 2014

Perhaps even more interesting is how Green Herons and its relatives have learned to use bait to attract and capture fish. Egyptian Vultures raised is isolation used rocks to crack eggs presented to them. Green Herons have learned to use bait for fishing. This is particularly obvious in urban ponds with lots of small fish.

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Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

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MAY 22, 2013

The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1. We think so.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 175

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JULY 15, 2017

Perch are a fresh water species of fish that are native to Europe and N. I used to fish for perch and know them to be a spiky character. The dorsal fin has stiff spines which can pierce a clumsy angler’s palm, but when raised they can be a defensive mechanism to avoid being swallowed. Now, the Great Crested Grebe and the perch.

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Fish Asia America Suffering 100

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MAY 21, 2014

Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) entitled “ BANKING ON NATURE: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation 1 , ” recreational visits to national wildlife refuges generate substantial economic activity. Fishing accounted for 21 percent and hunting 7 percent. Case in point.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunting Fish 214

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JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. Fish and Wildlife service estimates that there are 16 million “active birders” in the United States, though that figure is likely orders of magnitude too high.

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JUNE 20, 2020

Piney Z lake is not large, bisected by a berm that parallels the land-trail as well as a series of fishing earthen fingers that stretch out into the water at regular intervals. Nosing our kayaks between the trunks of bald cypress trees, we watched two Osprey eating fish on their large, stick-filled nest.

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Georgia Transported Horses Fish 151

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NOVEMBER 8, 2015

It continued to fish, working its way slowly along the bank while the blackbird continued its assault. The only acknowledgement that the heron even noticed its attacker was a slightly raise crest. Despite taking thumps that could be heard across the water, the heron seemed almost oblivious to its attacker.

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Blackbirds Hunting Raised Fish 152

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APRIL 11, 2012

Since 2006 a pair of Bald Eagles ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus ) nesting at Turtle Bay in Redding California have successfully raised a dozen eaglets! Not to disappoint, Patriot flies in a fresh fish from the Sacramento River. This year when the pair returned to Turtle Bay, they decided to build a new nest in an adjacent tree.

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Bald Eagle Turtles Eagles Sacramento 185

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JANUARY 12, 2019

A world without bird and/or mammal, fish and reptile rehabilitators would be a very sad one. The questions that are raised with a rehab bird are things like; without human help, would the bird have lived? This week, I have been pondering the value of bird rehabilitators. Would it be here in a city park?

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Owls Brazil Reptiles Mammals 160

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AUGUST 3, 2013

It is built to reach out into the water when the dam is full and is reached along a raised walkway, screened from the mammals, reptiles and birds that may be roosting, resting, feeding, drinking or waiting in ambush close by. The Osprey in its turn was dispossessed by an African Fish-Eagle.

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South Africa Mammals Reptiles Elephants 171

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In fact, the only way to explore this section of the waterway is to take a 45 minute tour on one of their shaded boats, a treat in and of itself because the raised seats mean visitors can take in not only the birds above the water, but the fish and manatees beneath the rippled surface.

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Alligators Turkey Family Hunting 117

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Rufous Fantails are observed less often and my first encounter was on 5th November on the Great Southern Rail Trail between Foster and Fish Creek. I raised my binoculars and there was one huge male Koala relaxing in the fork of the tall tree. I then started to observe more Rufous Fantails in December. Rufous Fantail.

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Koalas Tigers Raised Fish 134

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

About one hundred yards away an Anhinga surfaced with a freshly skewered fish. I’d excitedly raise my binoculars to only barely make out that bright yellow eye that screamed ‘Least Grebe’ uncomfortably loud. These scarce residents are rarely seen – and even when visible, are usually quite wary of humans.

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Trinidad Birds Parrots Falcons 197

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

There was a Gartered Trogon right above me, and one cooperative Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth on a cecropia tree, raising its head to smile at us. In a rock-garden in the middle of the river, one Fasciated Tiger-Heron was fishing, with both Amazon and Green Kingfishers nearby. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 227

Critter News

MARCH 19, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service granted a permit March 9 to the Northern Arapaho Tribe allowing it either to kill or capture and release two bald eagles this year. They say the tribe could raise captive birds, or accept eagle feathers or carcasses already available from a federal repository that collects birds killed by power lines or other causes.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Killing Wyoming 100

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APRIL 23, 2012

The female rhythmically moved her body left and right and the male tried his best to keep his balance as he followed her movements The occasional flashes of white, which first caught our attention, were the male’s underwings, displayed as he raised his wings to regain balance when he lost synchrony with the female’s movement.

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Sri Lanka Eggs Raised Investigation 184

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JUNE 9, 2013

That is, warmer oceans are changing fish populations, with butterfish beginning to supplant the herring that Puffins usually feed their young. For now, though, the Puffins have returned to Seal Island in Maine and are trying their best to raise healthy families.

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Puffins Seals Canada Breeding 174

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JANUARY 7, 2016

One bird was flying towards us and, just prior to avoiding us, only slightly raised its head (showing us its yellow throat) before picking up an insect in mid-air. The morning I first tested them was filled with migrating flocks of European Bee-eaters and their constant bubbling voices.

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Birds Serbia Eagles Fish 184

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JUNE 27, 2017

A Green Heron stood stock-still as we passed, blending in with the raised oyster beds recently exposed by the retreating tidal waters. Marsh grasses had retreated from a section of trail bordering the water, a legacy of anglers wading there to try their luck with Redfish and other sport fish.

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Virginia Branding 2013 Blackbirds 100

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JUNE 26, 2013

There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan. Fish and Wildlife Service). **And

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Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 143

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Encountering this stunner, one of the largest passerines in South America, raises a number of questions. After all, the Red-ruffed Fruit Crow, known inexplicably in the fly-fishing community as the Indian Crow, is not a crow at all.

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Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 188

Critter News

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The aquarium said it hoped Homer would help raise awareness about the plight of his species. Dangers include fishermen deliberately blinding the animals to protect fishing equipment. I'm not posting this because of the rescue (which is a good thing), but because of HOW this turtle was blinded. From the BBC.

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Turtles Greece Rescue Raised 100

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JANUARY 15, 2014

The Gull will take the fish out of the youngster beak as this retrieves it from the parent’s crop. The gulls breed their young and the cormorants raise their young successfully as shown by the size of the two young birds in the photos. It is going to get rough here…. The Gull lands and assesses the situation waiting for the right time.

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Protection Peru Chile Collecting 187

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

I was at Baranda fish farm, north of Belgrade, following a short embankment without much hope: swans and ducks at the right hand side and a solar powered screamer at the left, meant to scare cormorants with sounds of shooting, reloading, shooting and bird cries (presumably in agony).

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Moldova Birds Serbia Greece 118

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 25, 2010

Talking Hot Dog Ranch, Livingston, Montana: Casey Anderson tosses Brutus the grizzly bears a fish at homemade “falls.&# (Photo Credit: © Grizzly Creek Films). Casey then returns to Montana to see if he can teach a bear raised in captivity to fish for himself, in an aquarium designed for that purpose. Nat Geo WILD!

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Grizzly Bear Montana Bears Wolves 100

Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). The 10-year-old Boa was pregnant and had been raised by McAdam since it was a baby. The man who owned the snakes, Chris Coffee, had legally possessed them for years.

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.”

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 257

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Back on the bank it gave itself a doggy shake to dry out and held its feathers slightly raised from its body to help them dry, making itself look even bigger than it already was. Raising two chicks to this stage is a reasonably good return on investment.

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Hunting Battery Raised Adoptable 182

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JULY 8, 2020

The fishing birds have it easy here. The lodge also has a raised saltwater pool – no excessive digging nor abrasive scent of chlorine in the rainforest – from which one can observe flocks of Crested Oropendolas attending to their pendulous nests in the nearby trees under the watchful eye of a Piratic Flycatcher.

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Trinidad Parrots Species Hunting 164

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MARCH 30, 2013

It is easy to see its close association with other fish-catching, ‘toothed’ ducks. I am unable to say why some of the ducks swim with their tails raised while others allow it to trail behind them in the water. It migrates north to breed in the tundra where it nests on the ground close to shallow pools.

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Ducks Geese Suffering Canada 166

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JUNE 19, 2011

The teacher asked the kids to make a list of all the birds they knew, and they were busy scratching away with their pencils when one boy raised his hand and asked, “Ma’am, how do you spell “shitepoke?” portrait of a Green Heron , only slightly compromised by the giant dollop of fish emulsion exiting its cloaca.

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Iowa Pigs Farming Raised 221

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The classic bittern habit of freezing when alarmed with its bill raised can be seen in this species, though it allows very close approach or flushes if you get too close without seeing it. Light streaking on the underparts suggest that they are all females.

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Singapore Indonesia Asia Guinea 169

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MARCH 18, 2011

It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

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Honduras 2011 Deer Birds 150

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Kudos to this awesome group, which has changed minds, laws, and continues to raise awareness of an environmental disaster which too many people don’t even realize has been taking place. They pass around the website of Safe Rodent Control , which gives alternatives to poisons.

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 237

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats. A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats.

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Fox Washington Geese Sparrows 122

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AUGUST 11, 2015

Great Blue Herons stood like statues, occasionally venturing into the water to look for crustaceans and small silver fish. If I approached too closely they scurried away, so I raised my lens to take identification photos. Ruddy Turnstone. Ruddy Turnstones are relatively easy to identify, but the peeps would be harder.

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Florida Birds Mice Breeding 157

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

As a wildlife rehabilitator who has dealt with both the US Fish and Wildlife and our state’s Parks and Wildlife for over twenty years, I half-jokingly asked him what I thought was a “duh” question: “How frustrating is it to deal with governmental regulations concerning wildlife?”. How it raised its chicks? Or how gracefully it flew?

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Collecting Wildlife Rehabilitation Solomon Islands Texas 240