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« Reply #6480 on: February 15, 2018, 08:25:35 PM »
Seasonal Boulder Canyon climbing restrictions begin Feb. 1 to protect nesting golden eagles

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_31630756/boulder-canyon-seasonal-nesting-closures

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« Reply #6481 on: February 15, 2018, 08:28:11 PM »
$15,000 golden eagle stolen in Ontario is 'not very friendly,' handler warns

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/15-000-golden-eagle-stolen-in-ontario-is-not-very-friendly-handler-warns-1.3782159

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« Reply #6482 on: February 15, 2018, 08:30:52 PM »
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« Reply #6484 on: February 15, 2018, 08:38:32 PM »
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« Reply #6485 on: February 15, 2018, 11:00:33 PM »
UT Tower falcon could finally be settling down

http://kxan.com/2018/02/14/love-may-be-in-the-air-for-ut-tower-falcon/


Peregrine falcon that lives at the UT Tower (Courtesy: Neil Crump)


Peregrine falcons that live at the UT Tower photographed on Jan. 26, 2018. (Courtesy: Phil Butler)
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« Reply #6486 on: February 15, 2018, 11:02:46 PM »
Trump's Budget Would End Grant Funding For State Endangered Species Projects

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-budget-endangered-species-state-grants_us_5a8584f1e4b0774f31d28e73


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Efforts to protect the Newell's shearwater, an imperiled Hawaiian seabird, could be hurt if a Trump administration budget proposal is adopted.
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« Reply #6487 on: February 15, 2018, 11:05:23 PM »
Condor specimens land at UC Davis

https://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/ucd/condor-specimens-land-at-uc-davis/


Curator Andy Engilis examines a condor specimen at the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. The museum is preparing the newly acquired specimens donated to the museum earlier this year. Six dead condors, five of which died from lead poisoning, are being preserved and prepared for the UCD collection. Gregory Urquiaga, UC Davis/Courtesy photo
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« Reply #6488 on: February 15, 2018, 11:09:14 PM »
Research museum secures rare California condors

http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/02/research-museum-secures-rare-california-condors


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A California condor skin and wing shown in contrast to a preserved cardinal.
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« Reply #6489 on: February 16, 2018, 12:16:48 AM »
Watch live: Colorado's first bald eagle egg of the season in Platteville nest

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/watch-live-colorados-first-bald-eagle-egg-of-the-season-in-platteville-nest

Bald eagle parents-to-be tend to one tiny egg in a massive nest near Fort St. Vrain power plant

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/15/bald-eagle-egg-fort-st-vrain-power-plant/


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Xcel Energy has two "Eagle Cams" trained on the nest, which sits at the company's Fort St. Vrain Station in Platteville. Xcel says it first spotted the egg Monday night shortly after 10 p.m.




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Bald eagles work their nest before returning to incubating their first egg of the 2018 season. They were observed by Xcel Energy's Eagle Cam One trained on the nest near Fort St. Vrain power plant in Platteville
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« Reply #6490 on: February 16, 2018, 12:18:27 AM »
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« Reply #6491 on: February 16, 2018, 12:41:40 PM »
BirdNote Stories for the week of February 18, 2018 (this issue is packed with fun stuff!!)

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-865689?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: Do Crows Have Funerals?

https://www.birdnote.org/show/crow-funeral-tony-angell

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« Reply #6492 on: February 16, 2018, 12:50:59 PM »
Audubon Flying to Court for Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.audubon.org/news/audubon-flying-court-izembek-national-wildlife-refuge


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« Reply #6493 on: February 16, 2018, 12:54:10 PM »
The Law That Protects Our Wild Birds Is Under Dire Threat

http://www.newsweek.com/law-protects-our-wild-birds-under-dire-threat-809282

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