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MARCH 19, 2012

A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The Northern Arapaho share the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Killing Wyoming 100

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Raptors and other predatory birds have largely rebounded, and there seems to be be no shortage of Brown Pelicans, Peregrine Falcons and Bald Eagles. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Can you imagine having to go to Alaska just to see our national bird?

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 243

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JANUARY 27, 2015

From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. He waved me down and I braced myself, expecting him to point out any of the several Bald Eagles I had already spotted. ” Was I? Yes, dear fisherman, yes!

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

And we did , for the Peregrine Falcon and Osprey , the Brown Pelican and Bald Eagle. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. We could do it! Then the 80s happened. We must fight to save every species we can, every ecosystem, every niche.

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JUNE 24, 2012

Which these days involves a frenzy to breed and raise a brood. Birds arrive, and immediately start the business of breeding, so they can raise a family and be gone before winter arrives. Birds like American Coots and Long-eared Owls in Arviat, to Bald Eagles in Whale Cove.

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Bald Eagle Breeding Whales Whaling 185

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MAY 7, 2019

My husband and I zipped up windbreakers and pulled down hats to stay warm as we traversed the raised path, watching Common Gallinules, White-Faced Ibis, and American Coots probe for food along the exposed mud. A flock of Black-necked Stilts flies past me. While the whistling ducks may have been the highlight, there were birds everywhere.

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Bald Eagle 128

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer. Sophie the Scissortail was the most difficult but the most satisfying bird of the season.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Ohio Tulsa West Virginia 251

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A beautiful series of raised boardwalks have been constructed, allowing year round access to the area, thru the marsh area, all the way out nearly a half mile into the tidal flats. Northern Harriers, Peregrine Falcons, American Kestrels, and a fair number of Bald Eagles all can be found on the refuge year round.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As if a nod to my quiet appreciation for the force of nature, a lone Bald Eagle opened great wings and sailed across the sound, heedless of the breeze trying to push it back. A few times the sand was thrown up at my uncovered legs, stinging, but I felt mostly awe at my surroundings. Waves crash along Navarre Beach Park.

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Puerto Rico Bald Eagle Florida Birds 109

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

qn Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Runner-up: The Bald Eagle that swooped around over the Big Gay Race in Minneapolis in October, which I didn’t get a picture of. Gray-necked Wood Rail by Redgannet Greg had two birds but he managed to choose one as his best and one a runner-up: My best bird was Archaeopteryx.

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 221

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MARCH 14, 2011

Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. AND you can use lead shot, which will impact any scavenger like a bald eagle that happens to feed on the carcass you leave. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

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JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. Bald Eagle, for example, is still said to be “formerly more widespread” though the range map shows expansion. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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North America America California Condor Birds 279

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

This is where we learn how to differentiate Broad-winged migrating hawks from Red-tails, immature Bald Eagles from immature Golden Eagles, Northern Harriers from “the rest” and, of course, that classic conundrum, how to know a Sharp-shinned Hawk from a Cooper’s Hawk.

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North America Bald Eagle Eagles Tail Banding 257

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MARCH 25, 2020

Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother. Two days after September 11, 2001 (of course) on a day in the mountains when she sees, for the first time in her life, Bald Eagles (of course) Alejandra becomes pregnant. We, as individuals, escaped the trap of the past.”

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Uruguay 2001 Bald Eagle Science 167

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NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly. Benjamin Franklin disapproved of the selection of the Bald Eagle as our national bird, calling it “a Bird of bad moral Character.” They can be found in every state except Alaska (but see the comments below!). Wild turkeys can fly for short distances up to 55 miles per hour.

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Turkey Bald Eagle Game Alaska 266

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DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Something needed to be done. Somebody had to take one for the team. Mike fixed me with his cold, steely, gray-eyed stare. Tualatin River NWR–Atfálat’i Unit.

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JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. I wonder what Americans would think if, in a Wikipedia entry, a Bald Eagle would be illustrated using a photo taken at an Albanian zoo. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.

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