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Urban birds, urban birding… is there a future?

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White-tailed Eagles normally take flight silently, yet, while checking some Common Starlings and hoping for Rosy Starlings , I heard a few noisy wing-beats, enough to turn and see a young eagle flying with a wing tag. Nowadays, it has a feeling of an abandoned construction site. and after the road construction (June 2018).

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How My 2021 Birding Is Going So Far

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Later in the day, the Pied-billed Grebes became more visible (with one Least Grebe tagging along). The sun was barely up when I photographed these Least Grebes. But I just had to show them all together. Blue Grosbeaks were everywhere! This Great Blue Heron caught the light nicely.

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An Animal Welfare First in Spain

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Loa was six years old at the time she was abandoned, with her papers left with her. Nacho Paunero, President of El Refugio, notes that this is the first time in Spain that someone has been fined for abandoning their animal at the doors of a refuge. Tags: spain dogs. From Spanish News - RTN (Round Town News). No need to click.

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Marine Litter is Devastating Oceans

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Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear in the oceans makes up around 10 percent of all marine litter. Tags: oceans marine life environment pollution. And the problem is getting worse as we continue overfishing the oceans. It's easy to overlook ocean issues when there are so many other things to think about.

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World Animal Day in Minsk

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They also put up a tent to collect donations, such as pet food, cages, collars and other pet supplies, for stray and abandoned animals kept at the shelters. Tags: belarus animal rights. Free consultations by veterinary physicians also were available. Even if one or two animals find owners, we will view this as a positive result," Ms.

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Military Dogs Play Roles in Iraq and Afghanistan

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The most famous example of military dogs is the Vietnam dogs who faithfully served American soldiers and then were abandoned to unknown fates after we left the country. Tags: afghanistan military military force iraq dogs. But the grand tradition continues in Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't like it.

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

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It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need. And one roe deer fawn. Link: [link].