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Open Season on Bald Eagles

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Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. And while we’re at it, I think it’s time to open a limited season on Bald Eagles. We’ve always hunted Bald Eagles. young per year.

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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., It really looked like a game of tag.

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His Regal Grumpiness

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On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. People who say they have found an eagle have rarely found an eagle.

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The Birds of March Madness

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Among the “First Four” games, the LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds faced the squad from James Madison University. Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. Liberty Flames (represented by their American Bald Eagle, Sparky). Marquette Golden Eagles. And there’s little that’s newsier (in the U.S., Temple Owls.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of September 2011)

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In fact, a game is on even as I write this, which means I’ve got no time for idle banter. The best birds of my weekend were Seahawks, Eagles, Falcons, Cardinals, And Ravens. How was your weekend? Mine was fun and footballtastic. Am I the only one here excited about the return of NFL football?

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City Birds

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I reveled in the multiplicity of Rock Pigeon plumages, watched the Ring-billed Gulls slice the air over a Mets game, and as I headed for the Olde Homestead, I was delighted to note how many Bald Eagles are now happily hunting along the over-civilized Hudson.

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According to their Kind

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Way, way back, during our inuagural game of Gone Birding , my friend Molly developed a theory of birds. almost everyone knows a Bald Eagle and a dove, a woodpecker and a Wild Turkey. According to Their Kind Everyone knows this one. There were, in her book, three kinds: Owls, Pigeons, and Ducks. In the U.S.,