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« Reply #9855 on: December 21, 2019, 09:07:33 PM »
Wounded by shotgun blast, bald eagle survives surgery and is on way to eventual release

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/2019/12/12/female-bald-eagle-dorothy-parker-poet-mdc-missouri/4398316002/


The full-grown female eagle suffered pellet wounds in a leg and a broken wing from the shotgun blast. (Photo: Karen Clifford)
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« Reply #9856 on: December 21, 2019, 09:19:45 PM »
Snap of emperor penguin family wins wildlife award

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7770377/Photograph-emperor-penguin-family-wins-wildlife-award.html


Sandi Little, 67, received a highly commended certification for her shot of a pair of bald eagles fighting over a dead chicken in Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada
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« Reply #9857 on: December 21, 2019, 09:22:47 PM »
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« Reply #9858 on: December 21, 2019, 09:24:07 PM »
Bald Eagle Numbers at Lake Buchanan Are Declining. No One's Exactly Sure Why.

https://www.texasobserver.org/bald-eagles-numbers-at-lake-buchanan-are-declining-no-ones-exactly-sure-why/


Annual surveys show that the bald eagles' population has fallen to the lowest numbers since tracking efforts began in the late 1970s.
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« Reply #9859 on: December 21, 2019, 09:27:15 PM »
UPDATE: Injured eagle rescued in White Rock: 'It was the size of a turkey!'

https://www.surreynowleader.com/community/injured-eagle-rescued-in-white-rock-it-was-the-size-of-a-turkey/


A bald eagle was rescued after it likely got in a fight above White Rock's Five Corners neighbourhood on Sunday.
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« Reply #9860 on: December 21, 2019, 09:28:34 PM »
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« Reply #9863 on: December 23, 2019, 02:28:49 PM »
I hope whoever murdered this bald eagle is found & prosecuted.  :'(

Indiana DNR looking for person who shot & killed bald eagle
https://www.theindychannel.com/news/state-news/indiana-dnr-looking-for-person-who-shot-killed-bald-eagle 
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« Reply #9864 on: December 23, 2019, 06:32:25 PM »
Plane hits bald eagle en route to Gainesville Regional Airport

https://www.wcjb.com/content/news/Gainesville-pilot-hits-bald-eagle-566408931.html

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« Reply #9865 on: December 23, 2019, 06:34:04 PM »
DNR investigates killing of bald eagle in Lawrence County

https://fox59.com/2019/12/22/dnr-investigates-killing-of-bald-eagle-in-lawrence-county/

Indiana conservation officials need the public's help to find the person who fatally shot a bald eagle

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/22/us/bald-eagle-shot-indiana-trnd/index.html

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« Reply #9866 on: December 23, 2019, 06:41:36 PM »
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« Reply #9867 on: December 23, 2019, 06:52:10 PM »
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« Reply #9868 on: December 23, 2019, 06:54:05 PM »
Once, America Had Its Own Parrot

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/science/carolina-parakeet-genome.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur


Carolina parakeets, as depicted in John James Audubon's "Birds of America." Credit - The Picture Art Collection, via Alamy
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« Reply #9869 on: December 24, 2019, 12:55:14 PM »
Wild turkey menace: Angry birds are pecking cars, deflating kiddie pools and harassing the elderly

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/24/wild-turkey-menace-angry-birds-are-pecking-cars-deflating-kiddie-pools-harassing-elderly/?utm_campaign=post_most&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1


A wild turkey ran after a U.S. Postal Service truck in Waukesha, Wisc., on Nov. 18. (Newsflare)
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