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« Reply #9810 on: December 12, 2019, 03:42:00 PM »
Dreams Become Reality: Peruvian Diving-petrels Return to Cha񡲡l Island, Chile

https://www.islandconservation.org/dreams-become-reality-peruvian-diving-petrels-return-chanaral-island/

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« Reply #9811 on: December 12, 2019, 04:00:44 PM »
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« Reply #9812 on: December 12, 2019, 04:06:10 PM »
Starving snowy owl rescued by community effort on Michigan island

https://www.mlive.com/life/2019/12/starving-snowy-owl-rescued-by-community-effort-on-michigan-island.html


The snowy owl was found along the side of the road on Michigan's Drummond Island. Photo courtesy Drummond Island Animal Clininc
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« Reply #9813 on: December 13, 2019, 04:51:19 PM »
Octopus in BC tries to drown a bald eagle
https://www.fox13news.com/news/eagle-vs-octopus-dramatic-video-shows-bald-eagle-caught-in-tentacled-death-grip

Sorry - I don't know how to stop a video to grab a screen shot
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« Reply #9814 on: December 13, 2019, 05:56:02 PM »
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« Reply #9815 on: December 13, 2019, 06:17:54 PM »
BirdNote - Stories for the week of December 15, 2019

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-867297?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: A humble little bird with a big role in history

https://www.birdnote.org/show/margaret-morse-nice-and-song-sparrow

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« Reply #9816 on: December 13, 2019, 06:18:54 PM »
The Vulture Watcher

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-vulture-watcher/?utm_source=Hakai+Magazine+Weekly&utm_campaign=2f8406b795-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-2f8406b795-121598265


When turkey vultures are born, they remain in the nest and depend on adults for survival. Both turkey vulture parents help raise the young and feed them regurgitated food for more than 10 weeks. Photo by David Manning
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« Reply #9817 on: December 13, 2019, 06:22:53 PM »
Octopus catches bald eagle in death grip but salmon farmers help bird survive

https://wtkr.com/2019/12/12/octopus-catches-bald-eagle-in-death-grip-but-salmon-farmers-help-bird-survive/

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« Reply #9818 on: December 13, 2019, 06:25:36 PM »
Hundreds of Gyr Falcons released into the Scottish countryside

https://www.birdguides.com/news/hundreds-of-gyr-falcons-released-into-the-scottish-countryside/


An image posted on Mark Avery's blog demonstrating three Gyr Falcons (or Gyr-like hybrids) in a Moray field, with (inset) a blown-up version.

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Flightless bird provides 'spark of hope' amid environmental crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/10/previously-extinct-guam-rail-saved-in-rare-conservation-success-aoe


The Guam rail was extinct in the wild but has been saved by captive breeding programmes. Photograph: Prisma by Dukas/Getty

7 things you might have missed from the 2019 Red List update

http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/7-things-you-might-have-missed-2019-red-list-update


Scientists are now beginning to understand Markham's Storm-petrel - Jaime Jahncke
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« Reply #9820 on: December 13, 2019, 06:52:52 PM »
The battle to save Ireland's birds

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-battle-to-save-ireland-s-birds-1.4103535


Roseate tern numbers improved thanks to a project that saw the Rockabill Island colony grow from 152 pairs in 1989 to 1,603 pairs in 2017. Photograph: Brian Burke
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Cambodia's Bird Festival, an exhibition of extinct birds and nature

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50669405/cambodias-bird-festival-an-exhibition-of-extinct-birds-and-nature/


 The photos of birds displayed at the Royal University of Phnom Penh on Saturday. YT/Srey Kumneth
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« Reply #9822 on: December 13, 2019, 06:58:26 PM »
Peacocks are becoming more common in Kerala. And that's not a good sign

https://qz.com/india/1765946/increasing-peafowl-in-kerala-is-a-sign-of-climate-change/

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« Reply #9823 on: December 13, 2019, 07:04:07 PM »
The place where dead eagles are given a new life

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50089990


The repository's role is to handle dead eagles, but there are actually live eagles living just outside the building in Colorado


America's eagles are protected even after death
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« Reply #9824 on: December 13, 2019, 07:05:35 PM »
Snake eagle devours deadly 4ft cobra slurping it down like spaghetti in incredible pics

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10538828/snake-eagle-devours-deadly-cobra-incredible-pics/

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