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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

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This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. We decided to raise them, and hoped they would wild up quickly if we followed the protocol for avoiding imprinting. She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl.

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Wagbachniederung in Late Spring

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It seemed to me that this species has a much more liberal approach to raising offspring compared to that other waterfowl: the young chicks were sometimes exploring the wetland dozens of meters away from the mother – so far I think I’ve always seen ducklings to follow their parents quite closely.

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On the Lake with American White Pelicans

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I’m talking, of course, about “my” flock of American White Pelicans. I cross my fingers that they make it safely, raising voracious chicks before returning to the Sunshine State once more. They’ve become familiar in the best way, like a person I’ve come to know and appreciate.

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Kerkini in Winter

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They are, of course, a smaller more compact goose, but picking out the various distinguishing features (such as the yellow eye ring) at such range is invariably challenging, to say the least. Its author is Steve Mills, the founder of Birdwing, an organisation that has done much to raise awareness of bird conservation in North-East Greece.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 1

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May is a busy month for birds migrating through Shanghai – and of course, last May was completely missed due to the lockdown. While having somebody else raise your chicks like an attractive strategy to me, it is not without dangers. Also, do not smoke as it is not good for your health.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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Feel free to insert your own French joke here (though of course in the US, restaurants now serve Freedom Frogs rather than French Frogs). Of course, hearing about this immediately makes me think I have to show the photo of a Yellow-eyed Babbler below. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.

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Mistletoebird family

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The raising of these young chicks is not over yet! Of course the Pied Oystercatchers are also breeding at this time of year and we continue to monitor their progress along our coastline. The male Mistletoebird called out as we approached and the chicks continued to call out for more food. Mistletoebird chicks out of the nest.

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