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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. Many general and master falconers with wild birds will also let them go after a few hunting seasons, especially if they are good hunters to give them a shot at spreading their genes in the wild. As Tracey Ullman said at the end of her show, “Go home!

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

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As an independent illustrator, he regularly contributed art to Ford Times , a “lifestyle” magazine published by the Ford Motor Company. The Eskimo Curlew “ran the gauntlet of a hunter army, which stalked him from state to state to provision meat counters by the wagonload.”

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Exploring the relationship between flamingos and grebes: The wonderful birds

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The diving, piscivorous grebes were usually grouped with loons. Long-legged, long-necked flamingos have over the years been grouped variously with storks, waterfowl, and the stilts and avocets. The groups do, contrary to van Tuinen et al.’s ” Some morphologists, notably Brad Livezey, Richard L. Zusi and Robert W.

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The five most unique birds in the world

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While the ranking is limited by our current knowledge of the fossil record and the state of genetic sequencing techniques, it certainly spotlights some fascinating and enigmatic global treasures with unique physiologies and lifestyles. It’s important to understand that the evolutionary distinctiveness ranking proposed by Jetz et al.

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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

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The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups. Ba’Aka people are among the most well-known representatives of an ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Other primates include Chimpanzee and Putty-nosed Monkey, several duiker antelope species, etc.