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Snowy Owls Being Shot at JFK Airport

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Well, this doesn’t seem to make much sense : The Port Authority doesn’t give a hoot about the lives of snowy owls. The agency that oversees the city’s airports has added the majestic snowy owl to the list of birds it kills to protect airplanes from bird strikes.

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

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The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Although most of the threats to the Spotted Owl relate to its dwindling old growth forest habitat, it also faces potential threats from another bird. The Barred Owl has greatly expanded its range, such that it is now common in the Pacific Northwest.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2024

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As those who are not into protecting the environment would probably like to point out, “People don’t kill birds. I know I also showed some photos of the Oriental Scops Owl last month. Let’s face it: if you don’t like owls, we cannot be friends anyway. Japanese Sparrowhawks are not vegetarians.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures. Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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A poisoned rodent can kill whatever eats it, and death by poison is a very bad way to go. Birds Conservation Barn Owl hawk raptors rat poison rats reckitt benckiser' as well as a rare mammal, the California fisher. Scroll to the bottom for a list of products you can boycott. Photos of Cooper’s Hawks by Tony Brake.

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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

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s and “Kill me now!”s. Do you associate the sound of a bell with an armed ninja who wants to kill you? If you see an owl,” wrote Mikal Deese, “someone in your family is going to die. That’s why I can’t take owls to a lot of my education programs out here in New Mexico.”. s, “Gaaahh!”s No, no, no. Probably not.

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. Astonished by this unexpected response, I asked for elaboration.