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Snowy Owls Being Shot at JFK Airport

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Well, this doesn’t seem to make much sense : The Port Authority doesn’t give a hoot about the lives of snowy owls. The agency that oversees the city’s airports has added the majestic snowy owl to the list of birds it kills to protect airplanes from bird strikes.

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How Close Is “Too Close” To An Owl?

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.” My question that I hope you can help me with is what would be considered a safe distance to photograph Northern Saw-what Owls? Would this be considered a threat to these owls?” First I applaud the photographer for actually asking the question of how close to get to a Saw-whet Owl. Six feet from a saw-whet?

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Barred Owl Love, Freakin Owlsome!

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In late January this year we were commissioned by Florida’s Space Coast to produce an episode on the birding of the area and the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. We had scheduled one of our afternoons to go and look for Barred Owls in the Palm Bay area of Brevard County. Just shows how far-reaching birding is.

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Great Horned Owl Along Fellsmere Grade Road

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On the second day of the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I wasn’t scheduled to lead any field trips. Astute readers, er, well, readers with any brain activity at all, will probably have realized by now that the lump was a Great Horned Owl ! I got out of the car and watched the owl for awhile.

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The Western Screech-Owl Nests in Tree Cavities

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Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. Personally, I’m waiting for the irruption of Snowy Owls to reach northern California! We have a pair of Western Screech-Owls near our house.

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Saving the Spotted Owl—Zalea’s Story: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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Award-winning free-lance science journalist Nicola Jones , most noted for her work on climate change and environmental issues, ventured into the book world with a picture book on the wildlife rehabilitation efforts for one of North America’s most endangered bird species, the Northern Spotted Owl.

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Wildlife Rehabilitators vs. Bird Thieves

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“I’d check my bank statements anyway,” cracked Michele Wellard, of Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill Center Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic , during one of our frequent Rehabber FaceBook Free-For-Alls. The Common Grackle pictured at left was a patient at Wildlife Care Alliance in Virginia. “I BTW, I’m still missing F4.”.