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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #7260 on: June 22, 2018, 02:14:18 PM »
BirdNote Stories for the week of June 24, 2018

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-866189?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: Begging Sounds and Postures

https://birdnote.org/show/begging-sounds-and-postures

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« Reply #7261 on: June 22, 2018, 10:46:13 PM »
Seabirds Washing Up Dead; Scientists Investigating

http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2018/06/21/seabirds-washing-up-dead-across-western-alaska-scientists-investigating/


A dead murre that washed ashore in Nome in June 2018. Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM.
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« Reply #7262 on: June 23, 2018, 01:13:18 AM »
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« Reply #7263 on: June 23, 2018, 11:50:19 AM »
It's a boy! Chicken owners face a dilemma when hens turn out to be roosters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/06/19/its-a-boy-chicken-owners-face-a-dilemma-when-hens-turn-out-to-be-roosters/?utm_term=.a227e1be9789&wpisrc=nl_animalia&wpmm=1


Crystal Cahill thought she had a hen in her New Jersey back yard, until the bird began crowing. That's when Repecca became Roopecca. (Bryan Anselm for The Washington Post)
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« Reply #7264 on: June 23, 2018, 12:21:38 PM »
John J. Audubon's Birds of America

https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-20180623_jja_[audience]&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180623_jja&utm_content=[audience]

Each print is also available as a free high-resolution download.
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« Reply #7266 on: June 23, 2018, 12:45:40 PM »
Heavy Metal - The debate over how to regulate lead ammunition is heating up in Oregon.

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/heavy_metal/


photo Fryderyk Supinski - In anticipation of the eventual arrival of California condors, Oregon wildlife officials are examining how best to get hunters to abandon toxic lead ammunition.
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« Reply #7267 on: June 23, 2018, 12:47:44 PM »
Foundation formed to curb falcon deaths

https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/environment/foundation-formed-to-curb-falcon-deaths-1.2212204


Around 4,000 Saker Falcons are electrocuted each year in Central Asia alone due to poorly designed power poles.
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bird of play Stunning pictures show sea eagle honing its hunting skills on toy gliders in Australia (idiot humans)

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6514040/stunning-pictures-show-sea-eagle-honing-its-hunting-skills-on-toy-gliders-in-australia/
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« Reply #7273 on: June 24, 2018, 03:44:07 PM »
First white-tailed eagle chicks hatch in Orkney for over 145 years

https://www.orcadian.co.uk/first-white-tailed-eagle-chicks-hatch-in-orkney-for-over-145-years/

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« Reply #7274 on: June 24, 2018, 03:45:17 PM »
Magnificent rare bird of prey spotted flying over Coventry

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/red-kite-rspb-bird-prey-14797253

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