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Springtime in Bonn

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I was rewarded with nice scope views of Eurasian Eagle-Owls – by no means a surprise sighting as these birds breed here. Nonetheless, seeing these huge owls never gets boring, even if they only doze on the cliff face. Eurasian Eagle-Owl The Rheinaue park close to our appartment was also productive again.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. We have more California Condors , Bald Eagles , and Peregrine Falcons , but there seem to be less Spotted Owls , Burrowing Owls , Sooty Shearwaters. 6) Taxonomy.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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There are owls in New York City. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble. The NYC owls have little to do with the book in front of me except that it too is about birds and people. But–is that it?

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Thank a lemming

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Many of you in the south are enjoying great sightings of Snowy Owls ( Bubo scandiacus ) this winter. Everywhere on Facebook I see friends and acquaintance posting photos of Snowy Owls , and or status updates on how they’ve succeeded or failed in their search for reported birds. Why is that? Did I mention they’re fast?

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 1

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In an interesting experiment featuring a stuffed model of a Collared Scops Owl , Crested Goshawks arrived when hearing the mobbing call of Light-vented Bulbuls that they use when encountering such a scops owl, but not when hearing other mobbing calls. And the female, as usual going for a more casual look.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I Years ago I was handling a Barred Owl without gloves (I’ve since learned my lesson), my attention slipped, and one of his talons went through the webbing between my second and third finger,” said Tracy Anderson. .

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona. .&# He and his mate were one of the few successful pairs in the whole eastern flock!

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