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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. It looks as though “New World” vultures are sister to hawks and eagles after all, not anything stranger or more exotic (and certainly not storks). In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. titled Avian relationships – What do we know?

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. Have you had rehab experiences with eagles? I’ve only handled a couple of eagles, and they were awesome birds!

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Come to Puembo Birding Garden

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” We are currently offering the opportunity of a lifetime to see a Harpy Eagle that is nesting in the Amazon lowlands, and guides are ready to work! Another – raising and selling trout to survive. With Mercedes, you will be treated like family, and guaranteed to have the trip of a lifetime!

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Pied Oystercatchers breeding in Broome

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We have never had a pair succeed in raising all of their chicks and even to succeed in raising one takes a lot of effort because they are so dependent on their parents. Pied Oystercatcher family. We were in a privileged position this week when we were able to sit with the Pied Oystercatcher family.

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Kinabatangan – Borneo’s Mighty River

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The lodge is unusual in having a raised walkway behind the lodge, allowing those of us keen to bird or watch wildlife when most normal people are resting in the middle of the day. Wallace’s Hawk Eagle was a lifer. I quickly stepped out and went around the block of rooms to get a better look! Orangutans never get old.

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Highs and Lows from the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat, Israel

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The birding at Eilat is so dynamic in so many ways, you can’t just use that easy “gen” to zip over and see a Bar-tailed Lark , that Greater Spotted Eagle that flew overhead, or even the Wryneck hanging out in Eilat’s very own Central Park. Lesser Spotted Eagle was also seen several times along with Steppe Eagle.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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If you have always wondered what the minimum anesthetic concentration for isoflurane and sevoflurane for the Crested Serpent-eagle is, science has an answer. While serpent means large snake, the Crested Serpent-eagle also eats frogs, as this video shows. Apparently, if exposed to sunlight, the green of the magpie plumage may turn blue.