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« Reply #2355 on: June 02, 2019, 04:13:46 PM »
To Drive Eagles Away From Deadly Wind Turbines, Researchers Turn To Sound

https://www.opb.org/news/article/sounds-eagles-wind-turbines-fatalities/

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« Reply #2356 on: June 04, 2019, 06:52:17 PM »
Steller sea-eagle father banished to another zoo ahead of chick's birth

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/06/03/denver-zoo-steller-sea-eagle-hatched/

Quote: '"Normally both parents raise the chicks, but we found that our adults tended to bicker over who got to take care of the chick, which put the chick at risk," said Hollie Colahan, vice president of animal care at the Denver Zoo, in an email.'

(Isn't bickering normal?! Just ask any Decorah eagle.)

New chick makes Denver Zoo debut

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/new-chick-makes-denver-zoo-debut/73-83deaacf-35b7-418d-bb86-de7a33683fbf


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« Reply #2357 on: June 07, 2019, 08:07:44 PM »
The Shorebirds of Delaware Bay Are Going Hungry

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/science/bird-migration-horseshoe-crabs.html?em_pos=medium&ref=headline&nl_art=4&te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20190604


Larry Niles, a wildlife biologist, holding two red knots to be tagged and measured. The species is now listed as threatened.
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« Reply #2358 on: June 07, 2019, 08:12:50 PM »
Long-term ecological research threatened by short-term thinking

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/long-term-ecological-research-threatened-by-short-term-thinking/


Bird banding is a regular activity at field stations doing long term research. Here a green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is assessed, Las Cruces Field Station, Costa Rica. Image by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.
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« Reply #2359 on: June 07, 2019, 08:26:42 PM »
Hen harrier chicks to be reared in captivity to placate grouse moor owners

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/06/hen-harrier-chicks-to-be-reared-in-captivity-to-placate-grouse-moor-owners


 Hen harrier chicks. The species is on the brink of extinction as a breeding bird in England. Photograph: James Leonard/Alamy
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« Reply #2360 on: June 09, 2019, 03:33:10 PM »
Golden bowerbirds' building prowess helps scientists monitor climate change, and alarm bells are ringing

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-09/golden-bowerbirds-help-scientists-monitor-climate-change-impact/11193446


The great bowerbird, with striking magenta plumage, displays his bower and grey decorations.
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« Reply #2361 on: June 09, 2019, 03:36:39 PM »
How we're helping the western ground parrot survive climate change

http://theconversation.com/how-were-helping-the-western-ground-parrot-survive-climate-change-117419

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« Reply #2362 on: June 09, 2019, 03:41:08 PM »
Changing climate may affect animal-to-human disease transfer

https://vetpracticemag.com.au/changing-climate-may-affect-animal-to-human-disease-transfer/

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« Reply #2368 on: June 09, 2019, 04:41:45 PM »
Indiana farmer helps collect data on migratory bird species

http://www.therepublic.com/2019/06/07/in-exchange-migratory-birds/
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« Reply #2369 on: June 09, 2019, 04:56:12 PM »
Map tracks GPS-equipped bald eagles throughout B.C.

https://www.nelsonstar.com/community/map-tracks-gps-equipped-bald-eagles-throughout-b-c/


Flight pattern of South Surrey-based bald eagle BACA03.


Flight pattern of TERF05, a bald eagle that travelled to Hay River, where it eventually died.


A map shows the flight pattern of 10 eagles the David Hancock Wildlife Foundation equipped with GPS trackers. (David Hancock Wildlife Foundation image)
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