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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. Hammer paints a fine journalistic picture of how falcons are bred, trained, and interbred for speed.

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Back in New York and Birding

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I stepped out of the train and my foggy brain was just realizing that I was at the end of the E line at Jamaica Center when the doors behind me closed and the train left, heading back towards my stop that I had apparently slept through when the train first went past it. Why does this matter?

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Learning to Hunt Where the Ducks Are

Sales and Marketing Management

Teaser: A window company’s decision to train the sales organization to target the most winnable projects sparks companywide growth. A window company’s decision to train the sales organization to target the most winnable projects sparks companywide growth. Issue Date: 2014-07-25. Author: Barrett Riddleberger. read more'

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The German Eagles

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Since around the year 2000 we are seeing long-staying individuals each year again, especially in the country’s South, and there are rumours of a breeding pair on a military training ground in central Bavaria. They used to breed throughout the country, but were wiped out mostly through hunting more than 100 years ago.

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Humane Society Puts Pressure on South Carolina's Bear Baying

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A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. Ugh, this is barbaric and right out of the dark ages.

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January Birding – Getting the Year List Going

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Get to my early morning birding destination while it was still dark, sit in the car with the radio on to prevent the inadvertent identification of a run-of-the-mill bird by voice, and wait for a Short-eared Owl to fly past on the hunt. Amazingly, it worked! Short-eared Owl is a great way to start off a birding year! Click to embiggen.).

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City Birds

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As we headed for the F train, one of the local Northern Mockingbirds launched into a rendition of the classic multinote car alarm – whoop whoop whoop, be-boop be-boop be-boop, etc. Seriously, don’t even think about touching his IROC-Z.