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« Reply #7875 on: October 29, 2018, 06:19:34 PM »
What vultures know better than we do about flying

https://www.pressconnects.com/story/entertainment/arts/2018/10/26/vultures-know-air-movement-flight/1761194002/


Turkey vulture in flight.(Photo: Rick Marsi / Correspondent)
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« Reply #7876 on: October 29, 2018, 06:55:58 PM »
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« Reply #7877 on: October 29, 2018, 07:03:28 PM »
Harper the Golden Eagle heads south towards Kentuckiana

https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/harper-the-golden-eagle-heads-south-towards-kentuckiana/417-608529524

Harper is back! Follow his 2018 journey here - https://bernheim.org/harper-is-back-follow-his-2018-journey-here/




Harper's northbound migration in 2015


Harper's 2018 journey as of March 9, 2018
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« Reply #7878 on: October 30, 2018, 05:14:30 PM »
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« Reply #7879 on: October 30, 2018, 05:44:56 PM »
Podcast from BirdNote: Can You Hear the Difference Between These Saw-whet Owl Calls?

https://www.audubon.org/news/can-you-hear-difference-between-these-saw-whet-owl-calls


Northern Saw-whet Owl. Photo: Matt Scott/Audubon Photography Awards
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« Reply #7880 on: October 30, 2018, 06:54:05 PM »
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« Reply #7881 on: October 30, 2018, 06:56:31 PM »
Sheriff's deputy praised for helping to save wounded bald eagle on busy highway

https://www.villages-news.com/sheriffs-deputy-praised-for-helping-to-save-wounded-bald-eagle-on-busy-highway/


Marion County Sheriff's Dep. Austin Coon used his patrol car to block traffic Sunday before helping a bald eagle with a broken wing.
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« Reply #7882 on: October 31, 2018, 07:23:45 PM »
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« Reply #7883 on: October 31, 2018, 08:08:23 PM »
New HAWK city! Bird of prey brings NYC rush hour traffic to a standstill after landing on top of a car

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6335461/Birds-prey-bring-NYC-rush-hour-traffic-standstill-landing-cars.html


The sight was so unusual that the bird began to draw quite the crowd from passersby
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« Reply #7884 on: October 31, 2018, 08:13:30 PM »
Elephant birds were blind, nocturnal and taller than Big Bird

https://www.local10.com/news/weird-news/elephant-birds-were-blind-nocturnal-and-taller-than-big-bird


Two small bones from the Ciemna Cave in Poland are the oldest human remains found in the country. The condition of the bones also suggests that the child was eaten by a large bird.
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« Reply #7885 on: November 02, 2018, 04:09:38 PM »
A tall tale of a bird at home again in Louisiana

http://www.fox8live.com/2018/10/31/tall-tale-bird-home-again-louisiana/

Here's where to find the early arrivals of the South Texas flock of whooping cranes

https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2018/11/01/500-endangered-whooping-cranes-have-begun-arriving-south-texas/1811317002/

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission asks residents to document whooping crane sightings

https://nebraskaradionetwork.com/2018/11/01/the-nebraska-game-and-parks-commission-asks-residents-to-document-whooping-crane-sightings/



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« Reply #7887 on: November 02, 2018, 04:15:33 PM »
Golden eagle: A fierce raptor and romantic lover

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d31516a4d30457a6333566d54/share_p.html

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« Reply #7888 on: November 02, 2018, 04:46:25 PM »
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« Reply #7889 on: November 02, 2018, 04:49:15 PM »
BirdNote Stories for the week of November 4, 2018

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-866409?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: Long-lived Wisdom, the Albatross

https://www.birdnote.org/show/long-lived-wisdom-albatross

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