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« Reply #7770 on: October 07, 2018, 05:13:00 PM »
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« Reply #7771 on: October 07, 2018, 05:17:28 PM »
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« Reply #7772 on: October 08, 2018, 11:58:56 AM »
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« Reply #7773 on: October 08, 2018, 12:01:49 PM »
50 years after Louisiana state bird's reintroduction, brown pelicans face this new threat

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_88a5f278-c68d-11e8-bcda-77bfb6217478.html


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« Reply #7774 on: October 08, 2018, 12:07:59 PM »
Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/07/kittiwakes-fish-oceans-plastic-marine-life-fishing


 Puffins ... 33,000 have vanished from Sumburgh Head in Shetland in less than a decade. Photograph: Kevin Rushby for the Guardian
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« Reply #7775 on: October 08, 2018, 03:55:31 PM »
Illegal killing of birds of prey is putting species at risk

https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/16963518.illegal-killing-of-birds-of-prey-is-putting-species-at-risk/


Footage captured of illegal bird of prey persecution, with a pole trap being set.
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« Reply #7776 on: October 08, 2018, 04:06:29 PM »
Bird Rhythms: Northern Saw-whet Owl

http://www.kbbi.org/post/bird-rhythms-northern-saw-whet-owl


Juvenile Northern Saw Whet Owls
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« Reply #7777 on: October 08, 2018, 06:33:14 PM »
Flight school - UB's resident peregrine falcons fly on South Campus

http://www.ubspectrum.com/article/2018/10/flight-school

Falcon Cam - http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability/falcon-cam.html


A peregrine falcon incubates two eggs in the nesting box installed in Mackay [Heating Plant] on South Campus. This May, two eggs were laid by mother falcon, Dixie.
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« Reply #7778 on: October 08, 2018, 06:45:18 PM »
Bones of a Neanderthal Child Eaten by Giant Bird Discovered in Poland

https://www.newsweek.com/neanderthal-child-eaten-giant-bird-poland-human-evolution-1157327
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« Reply #7779 on: October 09, 2018, 04:44:55 PM »
Idaho Study Shows Global Raptor Population In Trouble

http://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/idaho-study-shows-global-raptor-population-trouble#stream/0

Quote: "By being at the top of the food chain and slower to reproduce than many other birds, raptors are more sensitive to threats caused by humans and are more likely to go extinct."
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« Reply #7780 on: October 09, 2018, 05:02:18 PM »
Reddit's Viral "Massive Bird" Identified, and It's a Rare One (videos)

https://www.inverse.com/article/49688-reddit-steller-s-sea-eagle-viral-post



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« Reply #7781 on: October 10, 2018, 11:12:23 PM »
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« Reply #7782 on: October 10, 2018, 11:25:32 PM »
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« Reply #7783 on: October 10, 2018, 11:26:58 PM »
Calgary Zoo's conservation program breeds rare set of whooping crane twins

https://globalnews.ca/news/4527111/calgary-zoos-conservation-program-breeds-rare-set-of-whooping-crane-twins/


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« Reply #7784 on: October 10, 2018, 11:30:21 PM »
In Russia introduced the drone "Falcon" (good luck following the translation!)

https://kozpost.com/blog/in-russia-introduced-the-drone-falcon/10934/


(Does this look like a falcon?)
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