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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

10,000 Birds

I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. Falconers must always keep their birds somewhat wild so if they get separated or the bird flies off never to return, it can still survive on it’s own without human intervention. Falconers can trap any bird of prey any time they want. Not all the time.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

10,000 Birds

The authors speculate that “human disturbance (i.e. Hemoglobin is a key molecule in transporting oxygen from the lungs to the individual cells requiring it for their metabolism. A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan. Unfortunately, their overall nesting success was only 18%.

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