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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour

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Commerce vs. conservation is often at the center of environmental battles, whether they involve global warming or the spotted owl. Tags: CITES marine animals Japan endangered species. Over the years, environmentalists have learned that arguing solely on behalf of other life forms is not enough.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

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.

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Terrifying Truth about Crow Intelligence

10,000 Birds

I may have to quit blogging… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

4 The Love Of Animals

To accommodate the sanctuary rabbits, our adoption center and our compassionate human visitors, Rabbit Meadows plans to build a series of small cottage-like structures among the picturesque fir trees on its grounds. Tags: rescue spotlight ferret rabbit rescue rodent.

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Leucistic Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

10,000 Birds

Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

10,000 Birds

There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. The Bay of Islands is a very popular area for tourists, both those looking for natural history and for human history. Wicked, right?

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

212) who trap, follow, and analyze the migration paths of Snowy Owls, a project founded in 2013, the magic year of the Snowy Owl irruption. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl. This is big, global-level stuff with amazing findings but worrisome data. Photograph by Chris DeSorbo, © 2021 Scott Weidensaul. birding tour company.

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