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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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Looking for Waterfowl in Gulf Islands National Seashore

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As a duck hunter, he had seen Redheads and scaups and mergansers throughout the winter, but as I did not relish getting up at 3:30 a.m. Binoculars turned towards the water, I spotted Common Loons, Horned Grebes , and Bufflehead as we walked, Brown P elicans , a juvenile Bald Eagle, and Ring-billed Gulls soaring past us overhead.

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Extreme Raptors

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Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Merlin and Peregrine, amongst others, dazzled the crowds on this, one of the busiest weekends at this important sanctuary. Hawk Mountain attracts a colorful crowd during fall migration Hawk Mountain is renowned as the world’s first refuge for raptors.

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Come@Me Week Round Up

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1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7AM – Donna: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds. 7AM – Duncan: Bird Photography is a Fantastic Waste of Time. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos.

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Welcome to Come@Me Week

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1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools. 1PM – Larry: Hunters are not Conservationists. 7AM – Duncan: Birders Don’t Need to Dress Like Geeky Desert Storm Cosplayers. 7PM – Greg: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle. 7AM – Dragan: Watching Gulls is for Weirdos.

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car. People passed the eagle often. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” He lay in a ditch with a spinal injury, unable to move.

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Drones: The Next Thing Birders Will Be Arguing About

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I was chatting with Gordon about this and we discussed how drones could be a safer way to get photos of birds or document birds for breeding surveys, but he was quick to point out, “You and I already have an idea of what a safe distance would be to test that out with an active bald eagle nest.