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Birds Taking Over TV Screens

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To wit: A lingering Snowy Owl plopped down right outside a television news station in Vermont. News BBC Norway Snowy Owl television' After watching the three-eyed ravens on Game of Thrones , it seems some other members of the bird kingdom want a piece of the small-screen action.

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Seal Products Banned in Europe

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Thanks to Animal Rights Person for the heads up on this. EU nations agree to ban on seal products * Ban would lead to trade clash with Norway and Canada * Final approvals seen as a formality. Tags: canada norway europe trade seals. As of last Friday. *

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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

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That is the trickiest moment for him: what if there’s a bear right next to the dirt track? 80% of the national park is covered by forest, 85% of it consisting of Norway Spruce , Silver Fir and the European Beech. Okay, Brown Bears here are 90% vegetarians, but I don’t think it would be smart to call them that to their face.

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Whales in danger.

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A new proposal to lift the ban on commercial whaling has raised much concern amongst members of The International Fund for Animal Welfare and animal rights activists around the world. Whales are facing more threats today than ever before, largely from commercial whaling. But recently, a new plan has been released to legalize this practice.

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Time and the Tilting Earth*

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That’s about 400 hundred people in Canada, 2600 in Greenland, 2500 in Svalbrad (Norway), and 700 or so in Russia. Right now I may dream of your Piping Plovers and American Woodcock , but before long I’ll be watching birds that many of you only dream of, Ivory Gulls , Black-legged Kittiwakes , and Gyrfalcons on the nest.

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Killingholme Haven Pits revisited

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We were soon at home and after hot soup headed for Killingholme Haven, which is only a short drive or a walk across the fields along a public right of way. The Bar-tailed Godwit had a red ring around its left tibia and a yellow flag on its right tibia. Common Kingfisher.

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Disneynature Earth Q&A

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Fothergill: For me, it has to be Svalbard, which is an archipelago of islands between Greenland and northern Norway. And you can jump on your skidoo and go over the top of a glacier and be in one of the most extraordinary wilderness areas in the whole world, you know, right in among polar bears. It’s a breathtakingly lovely place.