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« Reply #9225 on: July 27, 2019, 03:08:49 PM »
Quote from: horseylvr on July 26, 2019, 09:13:35 PM
Wow! Looked like shredded hay ropes. Thanks for posting!

Almost certainly improperly discarded baling twine. Ospreys can't resist such colorful junk. >:(
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« Reply #9226 on: July 28, 2019, 05:00:27 PM »
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« Reply #9227 on: July 28, 2019, 05:02:34 PM »
Bird-watchers catch 'thrilling' trout-hungry ospreys on camera

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-49096866


Horn Mill was losing trout valued at about ?20,000 each year to hungry ospreys before the photographer hide was set up
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« Reply #9229 on: July 28, 2019, 05:30:00 PM »
Peregrine falcons: The 240mph predators living peacefully alongside us in our church spires

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/peregrine-falcons-240mph-predators-living-peacefully-alongside-us-church-spires-200083


Peregrine falcon chicks in an urban nest in London. Credit: Getty
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« Reply #9230 on: July 28, 2019, 05:34:02 PM »
BirdNote Stories for the week of July 28, 2019

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-867045?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: How Double Yolks Happen

https://www.birdnote.org/show/double-yolks

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« Reply #9231 on: July 28, 2019, 05:43:52 PM »
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« Reply #9232 on: July 28, 2019, 05:45:25 PM »
BIRD OF THE WEEK: July 26, 2019 - American Goldfinch

https://abcbirds.org/bird/american-goldfinch/


Female American Goldfinch in winter plumage, FotoRequest, Shutterstock
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« Reply #9233 on: July 28, 2019, 05:56:22 PM »
Migratory Birds to Benefit from $20 Million in Funding Throughout the Americas

https://www.ammoland.com/2019/07/migratory-birds-to-benefit-from-20-million-in-funding-throughout-the-americas/#axzz5v0tQ8I8r

Quote: "Cerulean Warbler Habitat Acquisition in Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and partners will conserve over 300 acres of key cerulean warbler habitat in the Driftless Area of northeast Iowa through the acquisition of three tracts."
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« Reply #9235 on: July 28, 2019, 06:14:13 PM »
Cherokee Nation opposes push to widen eagle feather use

https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/Article/Index/103397

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« Reply #9236 on: July 28, 2019, 06:21:14 PM »
North American eagles facing 'imminent' threat, senior eagle biologist says

https://www.surreynowleader.com/community/north-american-eagles-facing-imminent-threat-senior-eagle-biologist-says/


David Hancock says North America will lose its bald eagles, but he isn't explaining why - yet
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« Reply #9237 on: July 28, 2019, 07:12:24 PM »
Ring-billed gull die-off likely a result of spring flooding

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ring-billed-gulls-dying-ottawa-river-britannia-1.5223573


Dead ring-billed gulls have been found along the Ottawa River in the Britannia area, near a large colony of gulls nesting on the roof of a water filtration plant along the Ottawa River. (Stu Mills/CBC)
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« Reply #9239 on: July 28, 2019, 07:17:14 PM »
Why Are London's Iconic Sparrows Disappearing?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/07/25/why-are-londons-iconic-sparrows-disappearing/#5e7d54442ad5


An adult male house sparrow, Passer domesticus, feeds one of his chicks. (Note: bread -- especially white bread -- is a VERY unhealthy food for this species.)
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