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« Reply #9870 on: December 25, 2019, 12:12:50 AM »
A Trump Policy 'Clarification' All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/climate/trump-bird-deaths.html


A new interpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 2017 means that as of now, companies are no longer subject to prosecution or fines even after a disaster like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 that destroyed or injured about one million birds and for which BP paid $100 million in fines. Credit-Lee Celano/Reuters
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« Reply #9871 on: December 26, 2019, 04:17:50 PM »
Can tech save the kakapo, New Zealand's 'gorgeous, hilarious' parrot?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/26/world/kakapo-conservation-scn-c2e-intl-hnk/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold


Kakapos evolved yellow-green feathers to camouflage them on the forest floor. This provides excellent protection from sharp-eyed birds of prey but does not save them from mammals -- which mainly hunt by smell.
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« Reply #9872 on: December 26, 2019, 04:52:13 PM »
Curious Kids: how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?

http://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-do-magpies-detect-worms-and-other-food-underground-125713


Magpies have a few clever tricks to help them find food.
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« Reply #9873 on: December 26, 2019, 04:53:28 PM »
Migratory flamingoes make Osmansagar home

https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/dec/26/migratory-flamingoes-make-osmansagar-home-2080953.html


A view of the Osmansagar in Hyderabad which has become a home to both ruddy shelducks and migratory flamingoes | VINAY MADAPU
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« Reply #9874 on: December 26, 2019, 04:56:39 PM »
Killer Slime, Dead Birds, an Expunged Map: The Dirty Secrets of European Farm Subsidies

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/25/world/europe/farms-environment.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage


 The Kacza River estuary in the Baltic Sea near Gdansk, Poland. Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times
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« Reply #9875 on: December 26, 2019, 05:44:45 PM »
'The end is near': Netizens are making apocalypse jokes after supermassive stork flock visits Singapore before Christmas

https://www.businessinsider.sg/the-end-is-near-netizens-are-making-apocalypse-jokes-after-supermassive-stork-flock-visits-singapore-before-christmas/

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« Reply #9878 on: December 26, 2019, 06:00:10 PM »
Biggest colony of egrets local bird authority has ever seen put on show in southwest Fresno

https://www.modbee.com/news/california/article238626383.html

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« Reply #9879 on: January 04, 2020, 04:03:49 PM »
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« Reply #9880 on: January 05, 2020, 03:03:05 PM »
BirdNote Stories for the week of December 29, 2019

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-867329?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: Cranes and the Journey Toward Hope

https://www.birdnote.org/show/sandhill-cranes-interview-hank-lentfer



BirdNote Stories for the week of January 5, 2020

https://mailchi.mp/birdnote/weeklypreview-867345?e=e2aca28750

Featuring: Why is it these owls nest in winter?

https://www.birdnote.org/show/great-horned-owls-nest

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« Reply #9881 on: January 05, 2020, 03:05:44 PM »
What Do Birds Do in a Hurricane?

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/what-do-birds-do-in-a-hurricane/?utm_source=Hakai+Magazine+Weekly&utm_campaign=8a0400a33f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-8a0400a33f-121598265


Birds can use a range of strategies to avoid the threat posed by hurricanes. Brown pelicans in South Carolina opt to hunker down. Photo by Edward Myles/FLPA/Minden Pictures
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« Reply #9882 on: January 05, 2020, 03:08:19 PM »
Amazing Photo of an Osprey in Mid-Hunt Captures Every Moment of Its Incredible Dive

https://mymodernmet.com/osprey-chronography-chen-chengguang/

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« Reply #9883 on: January 05, 2020, 03:10:52 PM »
Great horned owls are early nesters

http://www.startribune.com/great-horned-owls-are-early-nesters/566598751/


A great horned owl ignores a red-winged blackbird.
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