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The German Eagles

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Regardless of what may have been my motivation, all eagles are exceptionally amazing birds that will scarcely ever fail to impress lucky birders. So here they are, the German eagles… Osprey. So here they are, the German eagles… Osprey. White-tailed Eagle. Go Eagles!! Short-toed Snake Eagle.

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Highlights from Birding Costa Rica, 2019

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Three days, three hawk-eagles. During a memorable guiding trip in June, we hit the jackpot with all three species of hawk-eagles in just a few days. The Ornate Hawk-Eagle was noticed at the last minute on our drive towards San Jose through the dense rainforests of Braulio Carrillo National Park. An Ornate from another day.

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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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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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Finches, for example, are “especially prone to nomadism,” and Falcons, as many experienced birders know, are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than to hawks and eagles. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

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What is the National Bird of the United States?

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The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. No explanation of his decision is known to exist, though he did simply state “The Escutcheon is born on the breast of an American Eagle without any other supporters to denote that the United States of America ought to rely on their own Virtue.&#

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Birds and Bling

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Moral: they’re everywhere. “I Sharron Montgomery went through the same thing with a badly-behaved educational Bald Eagle named Booker T. Birds American Crow Bald Eagle brown-headed cowbird great-horned owls Red-tailed Hawk sandhill crane wildlife rehabilitators' I had to scramble to get them back before he swallowed them.”. “He

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Collaborative list – January 2020

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Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. 21 Jan 2020. 10 Jan 2020.

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