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From the Niagara Frontier: A Book Review of “Birder’s Break”

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But when both birds approached an eagle, it attacked: the hawk was able to evade the eagle, but not so the crow, which was killed instantly. It’s an example, still a rare one, of a country club that has accommodated itself to wildlife, and has been certified as a bird sanctuary.). and the Buffalo native Fred Szatkowki.

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My Ten Best Birds of 2019

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I always wanted to see a bright red male and my long wait was over this December when I managed to connect with one at San Joaquin Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary. The second trip was in the rain and it killed my camera but fortunately not the memory card as the image above shows. How could this bird not make my top ten?

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. Just ask Bill Taddicken, director of the Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary on the Platte River in Kearney. 18 Responses to “Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?!

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? She lives at Indigo Hill, an 80-acre wildlife sanctuary in Appalachian Ohio with her husband, Bill Thompson III, their children Phoebe and Liam, and their Boston terrier, Chet Baker.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Cano Negro/Rio Frio flooded fields. 25 Oct 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Stygian Owl – Asio stygius. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Parque do Ibirapuera. 29 Sep 2018.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Trešnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops. Bare-shanked Screech-Owl – Megascops clarkii.

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