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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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Author Joshua Hammer, who previously wrote about a different type of real-life-unexpected-caper in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu , read about Lendrum in the Times of London in 2017, realized the possibilities, did the research. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

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He meant well, but his research told him to feed them Exact parrot formula – which is NOT a diet for ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. They immediately went to investigate it, and quickly learned to move when cars were coming.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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One proposed explanation by the researchers for this phenomenon is that similar-looking birds reduce their risk of predation, as predators find it more difficult to focus on and isolate a single target. Interested in doing research on the Orange-bellied Leafbird ? melliana but might represent an undescribed subspecies.

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