10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

However, ongoing research at Sia Essential Species Repository (see below) reveals this is not always the case, and that there are actually five phases between albino and leucistic. Leucism, however, is the result of reduced coloration of all types of skin pigments, which sometimes leads to mottled coloring and patches of white.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Delaware 199

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. of deaths in the same study were from gunshot wounds (Kerlinger and Lein 1988). of Snowy Owl deaths (Kerlinger and Lein 1988).

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Ethics Owls New York North America 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Researchers doing shorebird surveys on the Core Banks (that is, the section of coast between Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout) had a tendency to find some interesting stuff. Daylight broke around New Bern and the view turned to acres and acres of saltmarsh as I wound my way through this part of the state where I had spent far too little time.

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North Carolina Colorado Wounded Groups 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird. Any bird that was wounded — and a bander could often prevent that fate by firing the net quickly enough — was nursed back to health. It hadn’t spent much time on the mountain yet and didn’t know its role in this little drama.

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Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 177

Critter News

APRIL 19, 2012

Live anesthetized goats have been used in Coast Guard training to treat combat wounds, but the agency could not verify if the video involved its personnel. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. Frederick, spokesman for the Atlantic Area, wrote in an email.

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Medical Ethical Treatment Animal Goats 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

For decades researchers have made annual trips out to the Tortugas to catch Sooty Terns, attach tiny silver bands to their legs with unique identification numbers, and then set them free again. When I say “cut,” I mean paper-cut sized wounds here. Now, I don’t want anyone in the blogging audience to be alarmed.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 181

Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

And I didn’t properly research the ramifications of going to VLS, because if I had, I wouldn’t have been so shocked when I heard about my inevitable debt and low-paying job prospects. He was bleeding from several bullet wounds, and visibly in excruciating pain. On a brisk November morning, I decided to leave law school.

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Bears Vermont Laws Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Your author watching a Hawfinch instead of the castle Now it was time to research the trip. After the castle we wound our way through the Black Forest where we were able to watch a pair of Eurasian Three-toed Woodpeckers foraged a few feet in front of us. First hand birder knowledge of Germany, and in English!

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Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 139