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Falcon Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson

10,000 Birds

When I was a kid I loved books like My Side of the Mountain , Island of the Blue Dolphins , and Julie of the Wolves. Stark, a white Gyrfalcon , is a falconry bird born and raised. Still, she’s nearly more falconry bird than 13-year-old Karma (yes, she has hippy parents) can handle at the book’s opening.

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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few. I will admit that there are legitimate concerns that have been raised about falconry – birds that are not native to an area sometimes escape and become feral; humans should minimize their influence on nature. They have hunted together before, this pack of sky wolves.

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Nat Geo WILD!

4 The Love Of Animals

Casey then returns to Montana to see if he can teach a bear raised in captivity to fish for himself, in an aquarium designed for that purpose. This population of more than 3,500 bears offers Casey a chance to witness how they catch wild salmon and feed their young.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. Hare suspects that the evolutionary pressures that turned suspicious wolves into outgoing dogs were similar to the ones that turned combative apes into cooperative humans. Evolving Gifts.

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Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

10,000 Birds

Sadly, this population too went into a steep decline until only 57 animals were left in Germany in 1997, raising fears about their imminent extinction in the country. According to the observation book on the tower, even wolves are a – very remote – possibility. Furthermore, you will likely see or hear Eurasian Curlews.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

From Hiro, we learn how Northern Pygmy Owls are “rule breakers,” not incubating eggs till all are hatched and then raising owlets that mature at the same rate even though the eggs were laid asynchronously (as most owl eggs are). Sprigs of Wolf Lichen spring from the Douglas firs, a gorgeous, almost iridescent lime green.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators. Wolves eat sheep. Second, our food animals have co-evolved with us. Mr. Steiner rightly rejects this view as morally flawed. Tuna eat mackerel.