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Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest: A Photographic Journey through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season

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The Bald Eagle is not just an American symbol, it is also a quintessentially American story. Inside a Bald Eagle’s Nest: A Photographic Journey through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season , by Teena Ruark Gorrow and Craig A. Reviews Bald Eagle book review'

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Birding Yancheng, Jiangsu

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Frankly, if the name of the Bald Eagle was North Korean Eagle ( Haliaeetus coreaseptentrionalis ?), In Daurian Redstarts , personality traits (specifically, whether a bird is shy or bold) partly determine how good an individual is in rejecting cuckoo eggs in its nest. it would not be the national bird of the USA either.

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Year of the Eagle

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After three years of observation at a Bald Eagle nest in Washington state, I believe that young birds do, in fact, learn to fly — and they appear to learn much the same way we do. My work focused on a consistently productive bald eagle nest in Kirkland, Wash., … Birds Bald Eagle raptors'

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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

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Bald Eagles ,” I said encouragingly/defensively/lamely. A half-hour boat cruise around Eastern Egg Rock gave me a glimpse of seabird paradise, then yanked it away. There are boat trips to Eastern Egg Rock, as well as to other small islands. said Bau-Hien. You’ve never seen one before?”. “We There’s one!”.

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

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It was the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, calling to report a Bald Eagle standing “crumpled” in remote area near Wausau, Wisconsin. A waste truck driver had found the eagle, but was unable to stay with her until we could arrive. This eagle is not long for this world.”. We are off to rescue a Bald Eagle, kiddo!”

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Late March Birding in Queens

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Not the best shot but this Bald Eagle was distantly digiscoped as it circled over Willow Lake. The Snow Geese at Big Egg Marsh were fun to photograph as they landed on the field on Saturday. They must have irrupted further south and are now on their way back north. Keep those nyger socks out!

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Osprey in Missoula

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Early April is a fairly typical time for the earlier-migrating Osprey to arrive (both birds at Dunrovin are already onsite,) but eggs probably won’t appear until late April or early May. Time enough, I suppose, for our newcomers to figure out that those aren’t eagles.