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« Reply #8115 on: December 14, 2018, 06:10:25 PM »
Being bird scientist for a day can help make sure that birds are thriving

http://www.kbia.org/post/being-bird-scientist-day-can-help-make-sure-birds-are-thriving#stream/0


The citizen-gathered data from Christmas bird count can help scientists track the health of local bird species, such as bald eagles.
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« Reply #8116 on: December 14, 2018, 06:11:52 PM »
Grouse moor regulation needed to end raptor killing, says RSPB Scotland

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-12-14/grouse-moor-regulation-needed-to-end-raptor-killing-says-rspb-scotland/


A satellite-tagged young hen harrier which disappeared suspiciously on an Aberdeenshire grouse moor
Photo: RSPB Scotland/PA
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« Reply #8117 on: December 14, 2018, 10:14:29 PM »
Turning back the pages: Headlines from 25 and 50 years ago

https://www.dl-online.com/community/history/4542799-turning-back-pages-headlines-25-and-50-years-ago

50 Years Ago

"Editorial Short-Shorts: With man apparently determined to destroy nearly all forms of wildlife, an encouraging report came from the Interior Department the other day when it took the trumpeter swan off its list of rare and endangered species... An energetic effort is being made to build up the whooping crane population and we sincerely hope that the whooper doesn't meet the fate of the passenger pigeon, dodo bird, etc. In view of these events, it;s the opinion of this writer that state and national officials will soon be forced into closing seasons on ducks, pheasants, etc., or face the fact that future generations will never know the thrill of seeing these birds in their native habitat."

Excerpt from the Monday, Dec. 16, 1968 Detroit Lakes Tribune
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« Reply #8118 on: December 14, 2018, 10:21:43 PM »
Bald eagle is king of the gut pile in trail camera photo

https://grandforksherald.com/sports/outdoors/4543478-bald-eagle-king-gut-pile-trail-camera-photo


A bald eagle swoops in to chase a hawk from a gut pile in this Nov. 7 trail camera photo in northern Minnesota. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Birchem)


DEER TALES: Get the lead out: A hunter explains switch to copper bullets

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/outdoors/4361301-deer-tales-get-lead-out-hunter-explains-switch-copper-bullets


Johanna Birchem, 13, harvested this eight-point buck using copper bullets during the opening day of Minnesota's firearms deer season. She is an eighth-grader at Lake of the Woods School in Baudette, Minn. (Submitted photo)


College of Veterinary Medicine - The Raptor Center

For the past 40 years lead exposure and lead poisoning have been major health issues for bald eagles received by or admitted to our clinic.

https://www.raptor.umn.edu/our-research/lead-poisoning
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« Reply #8120 on: December 14, 2018, 10:30:38 PM »
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Front Range Nesting Bald Eagle Studies advocate for birds besieged by development

http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_32316795/front-range-nesting-bald-eagle-studies-advocate-birds


A juvenile and two mature bald eagles in a nest near Stearns Lake.Photo Courtesy of Dana Bove

Update: Federal judge orders fish and wildlife to redo eagle take permit application

http://www.dailycamera.com/broomfield-news/ci_32331984/federal-judge-orders-fish-and-wildlife-redo-eagle

FWS Evaluation Of Bald Eagle Impacts Fell Short, Judge Says

https://www.law360.com/cases/5a8358e5f209947f93000001?article_sidebar=1


A pair of bald eagles are seen perched in a tree near the construction site for the Caliber at Flatirons apartments in Broomfield in November. (Jeremy Papasso / Staff Photographer)


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« Reply #8121 on: December 15, 2018, 01:19:25 PM »
Finding early success during bald eagle watching season on the Mississippi

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-moran-eagle-watching-season-dubuque-st-1215-story.html


A photo taken through a pair of binoculars shows a solitary bald eagle perched in a tree below Eagle Point Park in Dubuque, Iowa, in early December. (Moran family/News-Sun)
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« Reply #8122 on: December 15, 2018, 01:21:50 PM »
'Blood everywhere': Palm Springs community furious about eliminating nuisance ducks -- with guns

https://www.theledger.com/news/20181214/blood-everywhere-palm-springs-community-furious-about-eliminating-nuisance-ducks---with-guns

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« Reply #8124 on: December 15, 2018, 01:24:39 PM »
Ontario government proposes hunting season for cormorants

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ontario-government-proposes-hunting-season-for-cormorants/


Cormorants and seagulls nesting in Hamilton Harbour on May 17, 2011.
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« Reply #8125 on: December 15, 2018, 01:26:24 PM »
Grouse moor 'criminality' killing Scotland's eagles, claims RSPB

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1058847/Grouse-moor-killing-Scotland-eagles-nature-RSPB


The RSPB complained of "cultural and systematic criminality" in the grouse shooting industry (Image: GETTY)
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« Reply #8126 on: December 15, 2018, 01:38:52 PM »
Eagles: powerful, predatory and in need of protection (wonderful photos)

https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/eagles-birds-photography/


Steller's eagles calling on sea ice off Rausu at Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan (Photo: David Tipling)


The above is an edited extract from 'The Empire of the Eagle' by Mike Unwin and David Tipling (?30, Yale Press)

https://www.yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300232899&nat=false&sort=%24rank&sf1=keyword&st1=eagle&m=2&dc=11

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« Reply #8127 on: December 15, 2018, 01:41:57 PM »
Meet the peregrine falcon, the world's fastest-flying bird

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/gardening/article/Meet-the-peregrine-falcon-the-world-s-13466243.php#photo-16645985


A peregrine falcon can reach a cruising speed of 60 mph. During an aerial assault on a pigeon or duck, it can reach 240 mph. Photo: Kathy Adams Clark / Kathy Adams Clark/KAC Productions
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« Reply #8128 on: December 15, 2018, 07:49:16 PM »
Rocco The Cheeky Parrot Keeps Using Amazon's Alexa To Order Snacks

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/parrot-alexa-amazon-shopping_us_5c159050e4b05d7e5d8290ee

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« Reply #8129 on: December 15, 2018, 09:46:18 PM »
Look Back: On the hunt in Wood County
Historical newspaper excerpts from the Wood County Historical Society (a Harpy eagle in North America?!)

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2018/12/look-back-on-the-hunt-in-wood-county/

Excerpt: "An eagle captured -

Last Saturday morning while H.C. Roberts, of Newark, was out hunting, he saw a large bird flying toward him, and concealing himself behind a fence, the bird lit in a tree near him. He fired at the monster, breaking one of its wings. On examination it proved to be one of the finest specimens of the harpy eagle. Its measurements were as follows: Across the wings, 7 feet 6 inches, from top of head to tip of tail, 3 feet.

The Parkersburg Daily State Journal

Dec. 20, 1888"
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