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Birding Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

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Together with Cedar Point and West Sister Island, which are both managed by the staff at Ottaway, a total of over 9,000 acres of prime habitat on the south shore of Lake Erie are protected. Thanks to the folks at the symposium for having me and I’ll see you all in 2013! … a.

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California Audubon Names Burrowing Owl Bird of the Year

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We’re particularly interested in recognizing bird species that were of significant conservation interest in 2013, but that also had a compelling story and rallied the public around it.” We need to protect their remaining habitat and spread the word of their predicament.

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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

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Lawrence University associate professor Dr. Susan Willson, who led a field study involving pet cats in 2013 and 2014. Birds birds and cats Birdsbesafe cat collars protect birds from cats' Birdsbesafe was invented in 2009, has a website filled with testimonials, and has received high praise from St.

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Tricolored Blackbird in Trouble in California

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An unknown number of adult tricolors is shot each fall due to their similarity in appearance to red-wings, as red-wings are exempted from protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and are legally shot each fall as they feed on ripening rice.” See Birdchick’s post here.

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Wind Farm Company Pleads Guilty to Bird Fatalities

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The case involved the deaths of more than 150 birds, including 14 eagles, at two plants in Wyoming between 2009 and 2013. law against causing the deaths of protected birds without a permit (and no wind-energy farms seem to have such permits). In what is apparently the first case of its kind, a U.S. These fatalities violate U.S.

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A perfect birding rucksack: Swarovski BP Backpack 30

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In 2013, I wrote of my non-necessity checklist. I would be leaving it behind anyway, in my kayak club, to continue birding with a paddle in my hands. Yet, as I started doing more land birding, I needed something a bit larger and sturdier. BP 30 has zippers both in the front, like a standard rucksack, and in the back, like camera rucksacks.

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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India, February 2013. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g. I am camping in the dry-deciduous jungle in eastern Maharashtra, near the geographic heart of India. It is February and evenings are cold. Against snakes,” he said.

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