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MARCH 18, 2024

When Jonathan Slaght did his research on Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Russia’s Far East – which he describes in his excellent book “Owls of the Eastern Ice” – he had to cope not only with extreme cold but also with rather bad music: “Katkov filled our commutes with loud music.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Blakiston’s Fish Owl (image by Robert tdc/Wikimedia Commons) . Today’s post includes two such stories, brought all the way to you from Russia. And to learn more about Blakiston’s Fish Owl (and download a ringtone of its call!), Sometimes, on the bird news beat, you find gold at both ends of the rainbow.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here are some of the questions that were running through my mind as I read Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl : (a) Is ornithological research always this dangerous? (b) The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. F to -0.4°

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