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Blakiston’s Fish Owl on Hokkaido

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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. Sitting in a heated(!)

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies. But its U.S. What was once sage scrub is now suburbs and highways.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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Indeed, most of what we knew about Emperor Penguins before Kooyman’s research expeditions was about their breeding behavior and physiology. Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish.

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It’s a girl! Discovery Cove welcomes new dolphin.

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This dolphin calf is the first born at Discovery Cove that was conceived through the use of “sperm-sexing” research, which involves separating sperm carrying a female-producing X chromosome from sperm carrying a male-producing Y chromosome. Scientists at the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Reproductive Research Center in San Diego, Calif.,

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. Uzdin fish farm (Private access, must have permission to enter). Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Weka – Gallirallus australis. Mussell Inn.

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Collaborative List – May 2018

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African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Jodrey State Fish Pier. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. Uzdin fish farm (Private access, must have permission to enter).

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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fishing beach. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Anse Boileau.

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