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Spotting the 4 Eagles Of Alaska

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It’s like finding the crown jewel of wildlife sightings. When you think “Alaska wildlife,” the Bald Eagle probably flies right into your mind. Range: Widely distributed across temperate Eurasia, breeding as far west as Greenland and Iceland, and stretching eastward to Hokkaido, Japan. Spotting an eagle in Alaska?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2019)

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As promised, I teased a single Iceland Gull out of an endless horde of more common gulls. The shortest month of the calendar year tends to be one of the less birdy as well. Still, twenty-eight days hardly suffice when the world offers so much to see. It is his Best Bird of the Weekend as a rail must always be when it gives good looks.

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As the tide falls: an hour at Brancaster Staithe

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These birds all breed in Iceland My visit to Brancaster concluded with a magnificent fly-over of Pinkfeet as skein after skein passed high overhead, all heading west. In Britain, wildlife spectacles don’t get much better than that. Pinkfooted Geese.

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Gulls at Daytona Beach

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Back when I was trying to figure out what I should do during my time at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I was advised by Doug Gochfeld to check out “the Gull spectacle on the beach at Daytona Beach Shores.” It is well worth the visit.

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If We Can Rock Together, We Can Flock Together

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Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. The same massive gull flock that would bring tears of joy to the eyes of some birders (indeed, this flock contained both Iceland and Slaty-backed Gulls ) strikes fear into the hearts of others. Some flocks are not for everyone.

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Whales in danger.

4 The Love Of Animals

IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals. The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population.

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Birding Finland on the Fly

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First was an awesome stay in Iceland. And, as appears to be the case in most cities in Finland, wildlife and nature is only steps away! One of many signs in the park aimed at educating about wildlife. Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe.

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