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« Reply #375 on: January 20, 2016, 06:05:02 AM »
Not sure if this has been posted yet here, but the North American Falconers Association posted this yesterday on their Facebook page.  It's an article from June 2009 about finding a Falcon nest in Greenland that is 2,500 years old.  Pretty interesting!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8103000/8103872.stm
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« Reply #376 on: January 20, 2016, 12:25:21 PM »
glogdog - Thoroughly enjoyed reading that article. Much new information. Thanks for posting!
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« Reply #377 on: January 20, 2016, 11:36:10 PM »
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« Reply #378 on: January 20, 2016, 11:59:18 PM »
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« Reply #379 on: January 21, 2016, 12:42:39 AM »
More bizarre news from Pennsylvania - Eagle nest cam operator PixController accuses former staffer of creating ghost employee position

The lawsuit will not stop the two webcams, which are located along the Monongahela River in Hays and the Allegheny River in Harmar, from rolling as the two pairs of eagles enter another nesting season, according to PixController CEO Bill Powers.

http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/9825484-74/pixcontroller-furnari-lawsuit#axzz3xrAx47En
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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #380 on: January 21, 2016, 01:01:06 AM »
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« Reply #381 on: January 21, 2016, 01:03:54 AM »
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« Reply #382 on: January 21, 2016, 01:14:47 AM »
Whooping Crane Group To Take Up USFWS Proposals, Including Phase-Out Of Aircraft

http://www.wpr.org/whooping-crane-group-take-usfws-proposals-including-phase-out-aircraft



(baz - also posted in Whooping Cranes thread)
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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #383 on: January 21, 2016, 01:29:05 PM »
T40, I saw that you posted in the Whooping Cranes Forum thread about that proposal.  Thanks!



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More bizarre news from Pennsylvania - Eagle nest cam operator PixController accuses former staffer of creating ghost employee position

The lawsuit will not stop the two webcams, which are located along the Monongahela River in Hays and the Allegheny River in Harmar, from rolling as the two pairs of eagles enter another nesting season, according to PixController CEO Bill Powers.

http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/9825484-74/pixcontroller-furnari-lawsuit#axzz3xrAx47En

Wow!  T40, that story is truly cray-cray!!!  I can't believe criminal charges haven't been brought yet!  Though I noted there is a criminal investigation in progress.  That's really too bad the company suffered so much malicious financial, physical property, and electronic/file/storage damage, but you have to wonder about any company hiring someone to run the whole financial side of a business and apparently not doing a thorough background check, or even verify the work/responsibilities represented by the person hired... At least from that news report it sounds to me like there was a major lapse in that regard.  Bet that company uses a different process when they hire in the future!!!
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Re: Birds in the News
« Reply #384 on: January 21, 2016, 02:56:58 PM »
FWC Conserves Painted and Indigo Buntings, Focuses On Illegal Trapping

http://spacecoastdaily.com/2016/01/fwc-conserves-painted-and-indigo-buntings-focuses-on-illegal-trapping/

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« Reply #387 on: January 21, 2016, 04:22:55 PM »
Real diplomacy: Putin soothes relations with Qatari leader by gifting him a falcon, the national bird of Qatar

http://www.sott.net/article/310714-Real-diplomacy-Putin-soothes-relations-with-Qatari-leader-by-gifting-him-falcon-national-bird-of-Qatar

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« Reply #388 on: January 21, 2016, 04:29:15 PM »
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Hawk shootings highlight conflict between hungry predators and dwindling quail

http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article55091250.html



Update: USC trustee appears in court in hawk killings

"I didn't know the damn birds were valuable."  >:( >:(

http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article55733240.html
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