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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

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Have you heard of a small town in Serbia graced by the presence of its 700 communally roosting Long-eared Owls ? You may have read about them in the Wall Street Journal , the BBC Wildlife Magazine , or perhaps watched them on BBC, who filmed them here twice, for the Planet Earth II in 2015 and for the One Planet in 2018.

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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

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My first ‘protest’ memory involved putting pencil to notebook paper and writing the President about the harmful effects of DDT. Images of wildlife coated in toxic goo haunted me; particularly the birds. Destroy the habitats – destroy the wildlife. Photo courtesy of © Matt Clark/Defenders of Wildlife). ~. Image by NPCA.

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

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The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!” And, it shows us the birds in brief, non-captioned close-ups of songbirds and owls and soaring overhead pans of migrating hawks and waders. ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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Yala National Park is brimming with wildlife and there are good chances of seeing Leopard , Sloth Bear and Asian Elephant , while it is also excellent for dry-zone birds, while the nearby Bundala coastal marshes and Palatupana ponds are good spots for shorebirds. And the final 15 pages are devoted to various Glossaries.

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Frank Gilbert’s Awesome Hospital Cage

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When using a regular hospital cage, the wildlife rehabilitator reaches in, picks up the bird, transfers him to another cage, cleans the original one, then returns the bird. When some birds start to feel better, they stay mellow and allow you to do what you have to do without much protest. Others, not so much. Thanks, Dad!

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Birders Ignoring Signs

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Snowy Owls are all over the place this winter. One person noted on social media that they were having a tough time finding a snowy owl. And is stepping six feet closer to the fence really going to make a difference in your Snowy Owl view? One particular airport had at least three Snowy Owls perching on runways.

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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Just yesterday the FBI was able to complete its evidence gathering and clearing of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, returning the refuge back to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and freeing the seventeen refuge employees to go back to work. So far the cost of the Malheur NWR occupation is estimated at over $3.3

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