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« Reply #9780 on: December 08, 2019, 05:22:01 PM »
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: LUMIX People's Choice Award

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-lumix-peoples-choice-award-nnf5jf3sm


In Hortob?gyi National Park, Hungary, these kestrels are displaying typical courtship behaviour. Here the female has just received an offering - a young green lizard - from her suitor and has taken hold of his claw
Marco Valentini
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« Reply #9781 on: December 08, 2019, 05:23:42 PM »
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« Reply #9782 on: December 08, 2019, 05:29:09 PM »
VIDEO: Bald Eagle Found inside Va. Beach Tax Business

https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/video-bald-eagle-found-inside-va-beach-tax-business/

A bald eagle broke into an H&R Block in Virginia Beach, and it's the most American thing you'll see all day

https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-bald-eagle-broke-into-hr-block-building-virginia-beach-2019-12




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« Reply #9783 on: December 08, 2019, 05:39:02 PM »
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« Reply #9784 on: December 08, 2019, 05:43:55 PM »
'A crisis situation': Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/a-crisis-situation-extinctions-loom-as-forests-are-erased-in-mozambique/


Recently harvested timber poles on their way to market. Photo by David Njagi for Mongabay.
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« Reply #9785 on: December 08, 2019, 06:19:12 PM »
Saker falcon to be symbol of 2020 in Kazakhstan (paywall)

https://akipress.com/news:630244:Saker_falcon_to_be_symbol_of_2020_in_Kazakhstan/

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« Reply #9786 on: December 08, 2019, 06:23:17 PM »
BirdNote Stories for the week of December 8, 2019

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-867293?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: The Majestic Gyrfalcon

https://www.birdnote.org/show/majestic-gyrfalcon



Featuring: Wingspan - A Stealth Ecology Lesson

https://www.birdnote.org/show/wingspan-stealth-ecology-lesson

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« Reply #9787 on: December 08, 2019, 06:39:07 PM »
Texas' Other Crane: Interest In Hunting Sandhill Cranes Is On An Upswing

https://tylerpaper.com/texas_all_outdoors/blogs/texas-other-crane-interest-in-hunting-sandhill-cranes-is-on/article_01833220-18b1-11ea-80d8-bf9f20df2761.html


Although they do not attract as many hunters as ducks and geese, sandhill crane hunting is popular. An estimated 800,000 of the birds are expected to have migrated into Texas this year.
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« Reply #9788 on: December 08, 2019, 06:42:10 PM »
A North Alabama wildlife getaway

https://newschannel9.com/sports/outdoors/a-north-alabama-wildlife-getaway


The two white birds in this photo from Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near Decatur, Ala. are among only 850 whooping cranes alive in the world. (Photo: Richard Simms)
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« Reply #9789 on: December 08, 2019, 06:46:13 PM »
Nature up close: Whooping cranes are finally making a comeback

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nature-up-close-whooping-cranes-are-finally-making-a-comeback/




Sandhill cranes (on the left) and whooping cranes.
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Hundreds of Asian openbill storks spotted in Singapore in rare sighting with possible climate change link (paywall)

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/hundreds-of-asian-openbill-storks-in-singapore-in-rare-sighting-with-possible

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[PICS] 'Angry Bird' appearing to be male one side and female on other caught in Texas, pictures go viral

https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/pics-angry-bird-appearing-to-be-male-one-side-and-female-on-other-caught-in-texas-pictures-go-viral/524617


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« Reply #9794 on: December 08, 2019, 07:28:31 PM »
Chimney swifts: our aerial acrobats

http://www.westlakebayvillageobserver.com/read/2019/12/03/chimney-swifts-our-aerial-acrobats


Chimney swifts are uniquely adapted to cling to vertical surfaces. Photo by Amanda Sebrosky
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